An insightful review of Carrie Fisher—check out the main takeaways.

• Carrie Fisher began her professional career in 1975, playing Lorna Karpf in the Columbia Pictures comedy “Shampoo.”
• In 1977, Fisher made her debut as Princess Leia in George Lucas’ science-fiction picture “Star Wars.”
• She appeared in the television special “Ringo,” the ABC-TV film “Leave Yesterday Behind,” and the “Star Wars Holiday Special” in 1978.
• She played Princess Leia again in “The Empire Strikes Back” (1980) and for the final time in “Return of the Jedi” (1983). (1983).
• Fisher’s first novel, “Postcards from the Edge,” was released in 1987.
• In the same year, she starred in “The Time Guardian,” an Australian film.
• She also appeared in “When Harry Met Sally” as a supporting character and as Tom Hanks’ wife in “The Burbs” in 1989.
• “Surrender the Pink” (1990) and “Delusions of Grandma” (1991) were her next two novels (1993).
• Fisher also wrote uncredited scripts for “Lethal Weapon 3,” “Outbreak,” “The Wedding Singer,” and “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot,” among others.
• She debuted in the 2000s as an actress in “Scream 3,” as a nun in “Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back,” and in the television comedy “These Old Broads.”
• On the animated sitcom “Family Guy,” she also voiced Angela, Peter Griffin’s employer.
• In 2004, she released “The Best Awful There Is,” a followup to Postcards.
• In 2006, Fisher developed and performed “Wishful Drinking,” a one-woman show at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
• In 2008, she wrote her autobiography, also named “Wishful Drinking,” based on the play.
• In the same year, she appeared in the Star Wars-themed comedy “Fanboys” as a doctor.
• At the 2013 Venice Film Festival, she was a member of the main competition jury.
• In 2015, she co-starred in the British comedy series “Catastrophe” with Sharon Horgan and comedian Rob Delaney.
• Fisher had just finished filming her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”(2017) when she died.
• “The Princess Diarist,” her memoir, was published in November 2016. Her audiobook recording earned her a posthumous Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 2018, 13 months after her death.