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Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992) is an American actress. She is known for starring as Chanel #3 in the
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horror comedy series '' Scream Queens'' (2015–2016) and for her roles in the FX horror anthology series ''
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'' (2017–present). She also appears as
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in the ''Star Wars'' sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Lourd is the only child of actress
Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...
.


Early life

Billie Catherine Lourd was born July 17, 1992, in
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, the only child of actress
Carrie Fisher Carrie Frances Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016) was an American actress and writer. She played Princess Leia in the ''Star Wars'' films (1977–1983). She reprised the role in'' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), ''The Last ...
and talent agent
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. Lourd is also the only grandchild of actress
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and singer
Eddie Fisher Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, ''The Eddie Fisher Show''. Actress Eli ...
, and the niece of
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,
Joely Fisher Joely Fisher ( /ˈdʒoʊˌli/ born October 29, 1967) is an American actress and singer, the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens, and half-sister of actress Carrie Fisher. Her breakthrough came in 1994, starring as Paige Cla ...
, and
Tricia Leigh Fisher Tricia Leigh Fisher is an American actress and singer. Early life Fisher was born to singer Eddie Fisher (singer), Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens. Her older sister is actress and singer Joely Fisher. She has two half-siblings, actor a ...
, all of whom have worked in show business. She has a sister, Ava, from her father's marriage to Bruce Bozzi, whom her father legally adopted. From her mother's side, she is of
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and Scots-Irish/
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descent. Her godmother is actress
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. Writer
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is Lourd's godfather. Eddie Fisher stated in his autobiography (''Been There Done That'') that his granddaughter's name is Catherine Fisher Lourd and her nickname is "Billy". In 2008 Lourd was a
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at Le Bal des débutantes at the
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in Paris. She was dressed by
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for the occasion. Lourd attended high school at
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in Los Angeles. She graduated with a self-designed degree in "Art and Business as Religion" from New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study, in 2014.


Career


2015–2019: Early roles

Lourd played the role of
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in the 2015 ''
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'' sequel film ''
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''. Slide 9 of 10.Though Lourd is credited as Lieutenant Connix in the film's credits, the official companion book '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary'' by
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(2015) identifies the character with Lourd's photo as Kaydel Ko.
On ''
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'' in 2017, she said that she auditioned for the lead role of Rey, which ultimately went to
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. Lourd also appeared in the second installment, '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), and the third, '' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'' (2019). Lourd also played her mother's character for a brief flashback in the film in which her face was digitally replaced by Fisher's likeness, using imagery from ''
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''. In February 2015, Lourd was cast in the
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horror-comedy series '' Scream Queens''. Lourd's character, a rich and disaffected
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girl known as Chanel #3, wears
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as an homage to Fisher's iconic "cinnamon buns" hairstyle from the original ''
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'' film. In December 2015, Lourd spoke about her initial meeting with ''Scream Queens'' creator Ryan Murphy: In December 2015, Lourd had joined the cast of the American biographical crime-drama film ''
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'', in the role of Rosanna, love interest of Kyle Biltmore. The film was released on July 17, 2018. Its release was put off due to claims of sexual harassment committed by actor
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, who stars in the film. In 2016, Lourd returned to ''Scream Queens'' for its second season. She joined the cast of ''
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'' in the role of
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for the series' seventh season. She also portrayed
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, a former member of the Manson Family cult. She returned to ''American Horror Story'' for its eighth season, ''
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'', playing
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, a powerful witch.


2019–present: Continued success

In 2019, Lourd played Gigi in ''
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'', a high school comedy film directed by
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. Lourd also returned to ''American Horror Story'' for its ninth season, ''
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'', portraying an aerobics enthusiast punk rocker Montana Duke. Murphy stated that her work in ''1984'' impressed him so much that he decided to write Lourd her own miniseries. She appeared in the ninth episode of the eleventh and final season of the
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sitcom ''
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'' as Fiona, the granddaughter of the character that her real-life grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, portrayed during the show's original run. In December 2019, Lourd appeared in a holiday-themed television commercial for
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. In 2021, Lourd returned to ''American Horror Story'' for the tenth season of the series as Lark Feldman, a mysterious tattoo artist and dentist. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy '' Ticket to Paradise'' alongside
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and
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. She also returned to ''American Horror Story'' for its eleventh season as Hannah Wells, a biologist studying a
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in
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. She is next set to star as Audrey in the transatlantic comedy ''And Mrs'' directed by Daniel Reisinger, which wrapped filming in October 2022.


Personal life

Lourd began dating actor Austen Rydell in early 2016. During a brief split from Rydell, she dated actor and ''Scream Queens'' co-star
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between December 2016 to July 2017. Later in 2017, Lourd and Rydell reconciled. They became engaged in June 2020, and their son was born in September 2020. They were married in March 2022. In December 2022, Lourd had her second child, a daughter. Through her marriage to Rydell, Lourd is the daughter-in-law of actor Christopher Rydell, and the granddaughter-in-law of director
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and actress
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.


Filmography


Film


Television


Producer

* ''Wildflower'' (2022), film; post-production


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lourd, Billie 1992 births 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Los Angeles American debutantes American people of English descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Scotch-Irish descent American television actresses American film actresses Debutantes of le Bal des débutantes Harvard-Westlake School alumni Living people New York University alumni