Princess Leia's Daughter Joins Scream Queens!

Carrie Fisher's real-life offspring Billie Lourd is on the rise

By Marc Malkin Feb 03, 2015 12:11 AMTags
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You may not know her name right now, but you certainly will.

You certainly know her famous family.

Billie Lourd, 22, is the latest young actress to land a role in Ryan Murphy's upcoming television horror comedy series Scream Queens.

Who's Billie?

Her mom is Carrie Fisher and grandma is Debbie Reynolds (Billie was with the two at the SAG Awards when Reynolds was honored with the lifetime achievement award). Billie's grandpa was the late Eddie Fisher and her dad is Hollywood powerhouse talent agent Bryan Lourd of CAA.

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The 15-episode Fox show is slated to kick off in the fall. Murphy co-created the series with his Glee partners Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.

The cast already includes Joe Manganiello, Lea Michele, Keke Palmer, Emma Roberts, Abigail Breslin, Jamie Lee Curtis and Nick Jonas and Ariana Grande.

Lourd will make her big screen debut with a role in J.J. Abrams' upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.

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