Actress Carrie Fisher, known for her role as Princess Leia in “Star Wars,” died Tuesday, December 27, she was 60 years old.

Carrie Fisher was an actress, author and screenwriter, that became known worldwide for portraying Princess Leia, in the “Star Wars” films.

“It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning,” stated Simon Halls, a spokesperson for Fisher’s family, to People magazine.

Actress Debbie Reynolds, Fisher’s mother, wrote on Facebook:

On December 23, Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack aboard a United Airlines flight before landing in Los Angeles, she received CPR onboard before being transferred to UCLA Medical Center, on December 25, Debbie Reynolds posted an update on Facebook stating her daughter was in stable condition in the ICU.

Carrie Fisher also appeared in other films like The Blues Brothers, When Harry met Sally and The Burbs. The actress was back onscreen in 2015 playing Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Episode VIII, which is currently in post-production.

Carrie Fisher was born Oct. 21, 1956, in Beverly Hills with show business already in her veins, being the daughter of singer Eddie Fisher and actress Debbie Reynolds.

Her first steps in the world of acting came as a student of dramatic arts at the Royal Central School of London and in the cast of “Irene” (1973), a Broadway musical starring her mother.

Her movie debut came thanks to Warren Beatty, who for a long time had considered filming “Shampoo.” In the end it was directed by Hal Ashby and premiered in 1975 with Beatty and Julie Christie in the leading roles and with Fisher as a supporting actress.

At around the same time, young moviemaker George Lucas, who acquired renown for his box-office hit “American Graffiti,” was trying to move forward with a science-fiction project – for which almost nobody in the Hollywood movie industry would give him the time of day.

For the part of Princess Leia, which would be the only female role of any real importance in the original trilogy of “Star Wars,” names like Amy Irving and Jodie Foster were bandied about, but it was Carrie Fisher who finally carried the day.