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Carrie Fisher's Life in Photos Through the Years, Including Her Role in 'Star Wars'

See her evolution from iconic actress to New York Times best-selling author.

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Carrie Fisher's hold on Hollywood goes far beyond her Star Wars fame. She was born into Tinseltown royalty, as the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, and used her platform to open up a dialogue around addiction and mental illness — all while making us laugh. Now, we remember the writer and actress with these rarely-seen photos.

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1956: A Young Carrie Fisher

Carrie Frances Fisher was born in Beverly Hills, California on October 21, 1956 to Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.

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1957: Hollywood's Sweethearts

Carrie was the result of an iconic Hollywood love story. Her mother was a famous actress and her father was a singer who, together, were the It couple in the '50s. "My mother and my father were America's sweethearts," she said in her one-woman show, Wishful Drinking. "Even my parents sort of went along with the assumption that they were a good couple, but they probably weren't a very good couple."

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1958: A Difficult Divorce

In 1958, the Carrie and Eddie welcomed another child, a son named Todd. Later that year, Eddie infamously left his wife for another actress: Elizabeth Taylor.

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1959: Raised By Her Mother

Carrie had a very close relationship with her mother. "My three husbands all left me for another woman and obviously I wasn't a very sexual lady," Debbie told The Express in 2015. "It seemed that I was more interested in raising my children, not in pursuing my husbands." Here, a three-year-old Carrie is seen on the set of MGM's The Mating Game.

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1971: Appearing on Broadway

When Carrie's mother, Debbie, signed on to the Broadway play Irene, the 15-year-old decided to attach herself to the project as well. In her debut performance, the young actress played a debutante in the show.

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1975: Her Film Debut

Carrie's first starring role was in Columbia Pictures's Shampoo. The comedic satire featured some of the top stars of the decade, including Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, and Goldie Hawn.

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1977: A Breakout Role

Carrie landed her breakout, and most notable, role in 1977 at the age of 22. She starred in the first Star Wars movie as Princess Leia.

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1977: Falling in Love

In 1977, Carrie began dating singer Paul Simon, after meeting on the set of Star Wars. The pair dated on and off for the next six years, with Carrie breaking off an engagement with her The Blues Brothers costar Dan Aykroyd to reconcile with Paul in 1980.

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1978: A Massive Blockbuster

George Lucas's first Star Wars film took off beyond anyone's imagination, raking in more than $775 million worldwide in 1977. The movie also featured Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford.

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1980: The Series Continues

In 1980, the force reunited for the second installment of the franchise, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. The highly-anticipated and commercialized film only further cemented the young actress's celebrity status.

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1981: Becoming an Icon

By the time the second film was released, Carrie had become an undoubted icon in the cultural zeitgeist. Even more, her comedic wit and charm made her one of the most relatable stars of the moment.

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1983: 'Return of the Jedi'

To promote the third installment of Star Wars, Carrie donned a metal bikini and posed for the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, along with a few of her costars.

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1983: Getting Married

The Star Wars star and Paul Simon got married on August 16, 1983 in New York City. The couple were married for a little over a year before divorcing. Although they reunited after the divorce, it wasn't long-lived. Simon's song "Hearts and Bones" is famously about their long romance.

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1983: Returning to Broadway

The actress returned to the stage on Broadway once again for the play Agnes of God in 1983. Here, she's seen with her father Eddie, whom she's been honest about having a strained relationship with. "He defined me more by his absence than by presence," Fisher told The New York Times .

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1984: Battling Addiction

Throughout the early '80s, Carrie battled an addiction to drugs and alcohol. After an accidental overdose in 1985, the actress stuck to her sobriety, although she battled it her entire life. "I didn't like illegal drugs, I liked legal drugs, so I liked medicine. I liked the philosophy of it, 'You're going to feel better if you take two—or eight—of these.' And I always wanted to feel better," Carrie said of her addiction on CNN's Larry King.

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1985: A Life-Changing Diagnosis

At the age of 29, Carrie was diagnosed with Bipolar I disorder, a form of mental illness causing manic-depressive episodes. Although the actress kept silent about her diagnosis at first, she later said that it contributed to her battle with substance abuse.

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1986: Another Big Movie

Moving away from the Star Wars movies, Carrie appeared in Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters in 1986, alongside Sam Waterston, Mia Farrow, and Barbara Hershey.

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1989: Big Supporting Roles

In the late '80s, Carrie was more than happy to fill supporting roles in big blockbuster films, such as When Harry Met Sally and The 'Burbs.

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1990: Making a Movie

The actress turned her first novel into a screenplay in 1990 and the script was picked up by Columbia Pictures. A-list actresses Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine starred in the film.

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1990: A New Relationship

In 1990, Carrie began a relationship with CAA talent agent, Bryan Lourd. Here, the couple attend a premiere in Hollywood together.

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1991: Working as a Screenwriter

Carrie began a successful career behind the camera as a screenwriter in 1991. According to her website, Carrie worked on a number of projects as an uncredited writer revising scripts from 1991 until 2005. Among the many movies she worked on were Sister Act, The Wedding Singer, and Outbreak.

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1992: Becoming a Mother

In 1992, Carrie welcomed a daughter with her partner, Bryan. Billie Catherine Lourd was born on July 17, 1992.

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1993: Success as an Author

Shortly after her daughter's birth, the actress-turned-novelist churned out another best-selling novel, which was loosely based on her life. Here, Carrie is seen at a book signing for Delusions of Grandma, which was released in 1993.

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1994: Going Through a Breakup

In 1994, Carrie and Bryan announced that they were ending their long-term relationship. "It's a tribute to both Carrie and Bryan that after they split up they managed to keep the majority of their relationship focused on co-parenting Billie, the daughter they both cherished," Todd Fisher wrote in his book, My Girls: A Lifetime With Carrie and Debbie.

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1997: Returning to the Screen

After almost a decade off-screen, Carrie returned to film with a number of small roles, including in Austin Powers: An International Man of Mystery as seen here.

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2000: Speaking Out About Her Illness

Carrie decided to speak publicly about her Bipolar I diagnosis in 2000, beginning her long road of advocacy surrounding mental health. "One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls," Carrie wrote in her memoir Wishful Drinking. In 2004, she posed for the cover of bp Hope magazine, a Bipolar awareness publication, which brought even more exposure to the illness.

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2004: Another Hit Book

Carrie churned out another semi-autographical novel with The Best Awful. Her fourth novel used comedy to discuss the funny and sad aspects of living with a mental illness.

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2005: Honored for Her Efforts

In 2005, Carrie's impact on the film industry was recognized by Women in Film & Video of Washington DC with the Women of Vision Award.

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2006: A One-Woman Show

Carrie headlined her own show, Wishful Drinking, at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The show opened to rave reviews and ran from November 2006 until January 2007. It was later written into an autobiography non-fiction book of the same name.

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