American actress and writer (1956–2016) Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in The Force Awakens (2015), The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and The Rise of Skywalker (2019), the latter using unreleased footage from The Force Awakens. Her other film credits include Shampoo (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), The 'Burbs (1989), When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Soapdish (1991), and The Women (2008). She was nominated twice for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her performances in the NBC sitcom 30 Rock (2007) and the Channel 4 series Catastrophe (2017). Wikipedia's most-read article for 2 days in a row: 5,502,016 views in all, peaking at 3,017,099 on December 27, 2016. Tue, Dec 27: 3,017,099 views Wed, Dec 28: 2,484,917 views Wiki link