Carrie Fisher born of two celebrity parents Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher rose to fame in the first Star Wars movie becoming the "new hope" of the Hollywood cinema! Apart from being an actress, Carrie is also a fairly well known screenwriter and novelist. Her first novel "Postcards from the Edge" became a best seller and she agreed that this was inspired from a part of her real life associated with her bipolar disorder and consequent drug addiction.

Inheriting the traits of show business from parents is a common characteristic of celebrity children and Carrie Fisher is no different. Beginning at the young age of 19 when she had her film debut in 'Shampoo' Carrie never looked back leading to her magnum opus Star Wars as Princess Leia! Her career spans over four decades with several popular movies from the Star Wars trilogy to family dramas and recently the horror movie Scream 3 and Charlie's Angels. Her forthcoming movies this year are Fanboys, Suffering Man's Charity and E-Girl.

Her fame does not limit to acting alone as Carrie is an accomplished writer as well. The novels she penned have already turned into screenplays and she continues to enjoy this profession. Carrie Fisher can also be considered a counterpart of the ever popular Oprah Winfrey in the field of talk shows. She interviews many famous people in her indomitable way on Oxygen TV. Carrie is the right candidate for such talk shows since her experience and exposure to sickness, community welfare, and tremendous will power to succeed are so well amalgamated in her demeanor and speech!

It is interesting to note that Carrie was given her name perhaps because she is such a loving person - it means 'love' in the Gaelic language! She is still a very busy person in her profession as well as at home in Los Angeles where she lovingly looks after her young daughter.