by Melissa Strong

The award for Best Visible, Vocal, and Real Grown-Up Female in Hollywood goes to Carrie Fisher.  Fisher’s death in January is a fitting occasion for an appreciation of her life and works. She may be best known as Princess Leia, but Fisher gave many other notable performances, from Marie in When Harry Met Sally to Dr. Evil’s therapist in Austin Powers. Equally important, Fisher was a talented writer with a terrific sense of humor about her performance in Star Wars as well as her fame and its dramas.