Carrie Frances Fisher was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the original Star Wars films (1977–1983) and reprised the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)—a posthumous release that was dedicated to her—and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), through the use of unreleased footage from The Force Awakens.
Fisher at the 70th Venice International Film Festival in 2013
Fisher with her parents and brother in a photo taken for an issue of Modern Screen, 1958
Fisher with Wim Wenders at a private party after the premiere of the movie F.I.S.T. in 1978
Waxwork of Fisher as Princess Leia (and Jabba the Hutt) from Return of the Jedi, Madame Tussauds, London
Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character and one of the main characters in the Star Wars franchise, portrayed by Carrie Fisher. Introduced in the original Star Wars film in 1977, Leia is princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imperial Senate and an agent of the Rebel Alliance. She thwarts the sinister Sith Lord Darth Vader and helps bring about the destruction of the Empire's cataclysmic superweapon, the Death Star. In The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Leia commands a Rebel base and evades Vader as she falls in love with the smuggler Han Solo. In Return of the Jedi (1983), Leia helps in the operation to rescue Han from the crime lord Jabba the Hutt and is revealed to be Vader's daughter and the twin sister of Luke Skywalker.
Promotional photo of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia for Star Wars (1977)
Hopi girl with "squash blossom" hairdo (1922)
Princess Leia's white gown from the original Star Wars film
Carrie Fisher reprised the role of Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015.