Billie Lourd
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Lourd at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
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Billie Catherine Lourd July 17, 1992 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2015–present |
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Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992) is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Chanel #3 in the horror-comedy series Scream Queens.
Lourd was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actress Carrie Fisher and talent agent Bryan Lourd. Through her mother, Lourd is the granddaughter of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, and the niece of Todd Fisher, Joely Fisher, and Tricia Leigh Fisher. Her godmother is actress Meryl Streep. From her mother's side, she is of Russian Jewish, Scots-Irish and English descent. Writer Bruce Wagner is Lourd's godfather.
Lourd studied religion and psychology at New York University, graduating in 2014.
Lourd played the role of Lieutenant Connix in the 2015 Star Wars sequel film The Force Awakens. She will also appear in the next installment, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In February 2015, Lourd was cast in the Fox horror-comedy series Scream Queens. Lourd's character, a rich and disaffected sorority girl known as Chanel #3, wears earmuffs as an homage to Fisher's iconic "cinnamon buns" hairstyle from the original Star Wars film. In December 2015, Lourd spoke about her initial meeting with Scream Queens creator Ryan Murphy:
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