Billie Catherine Lourd (born July 17, 1992) is an American actress, best known for starring as Chanel #3 in the Fox horror comedy series Scream Queens (2015–2016) and for her roles in the FX horror anthology series American Horror Story (2017–present). She also appears as Lieutenant Connix in the Star Wars sequel trilogy (2015–2019). Lourd is the only child of actress Carrie Fisher.
Early life Billie Catherine Lourd was born July 17, 1992, in Los Angeles, California, the only child of actress Carrie Fisher and talent agent Bryan Lourd.Byrne, James Patrick. Coleman, Philip. King, Jason Francis. Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia. Volume 2. P. 804. ABC-CLIO, 2008. .Carrie Fisher's Wild Ride, Baltimore Jewish Times Lourd is also the only grandchild of actress Debbie Reynolds and singer Eddie Fisher, and the niece of Todd Fisher, Joely Fisher, and Tricia Leigh Fisher, 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 Russian-Jewish and Scots-Irish/English descent.Byrne, James Patrick; Coleman, Philip; and Jason Francis King (2008). Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History: A Multidisciplinary Encyclopedia, Volume 2, ABC-CLIO, page 804. Her godmother is actress Meryl Streep. Writer Bruce Wagner is Lourd's godfather.
Lourd was raised in Los Angeles, and was a childhood neighbor and close friend of Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Lourd attended high school at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. In 2008, she was a debutante at Le Bal des débutantes at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris. She was dressed by Chanel for the occasion.
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 Lieutenant Connix in the 2015 Star Wars sequel film The Force Awakens. 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 Pablo Hidalgo (2015) identifies the character with Lourd's photo as Kaydel Ko. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2017, she said that she auditioned for the lead role of Rey, which ultimately went to Daisy Ridley. 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 Return of the 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:
In December 2015, Lourd had joined the cast of the American biographical crime-drama film Billionaire Boys Club, 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 Kevin Spacey, who stars in the film. In 2016, Lourd returned to Scream Queens for its second season. She joined the cast of American Horror Story in the role of Winter Anderson for the series' seventh season. She also portrayed Linda Kasabian, a former member of the Manson Family cult. She returned to American Horror Story for its eighth season, Apocalypse, playing Mallory, a powerful witch.
2019–present: Continued success In 2019, Lourd played Gigi in Booksmart, a high school comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde. Lourd also returned to American Horror Story for its ninth season, 1984, 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 NBC sitcom Will & Grace 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 Old Navy.
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 Julia Roberts and George Clooney. She also returned to American Horror Story for its eleventh season as Hannah Wells, a biologist studying a viral strain in New York City. She later starred as Audrey in the transatlantic comedy And Mrs directed by Daniel Reisinger. Lourd also had a recurring role in the twelfth season of American Horror Story and reprised the roles of Winter Anderson and Mallory in the thirteenth season of the series.
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 Taylor Lautner from December 2016 to July 2017. Later in 2017, Lourd and Rydell reconciled. They became engaged in June 2020 and were married in March 2022. They have two children: a son, born in September 2020, and a daughter, born in December 2022.
Through her marriage to Rydell, Lourd is the daughter-in-law of actor Christopher Rydell, and the granddaughter-in-law of director Mark Rydell and actress Joanne Linville.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Star Wars: The Force AwakensLieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi 2018 Billionaire Boys Club Rosanna Ricci2019 Booksmart GigiStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix Young Princess Leia Organa CGI of Carrie Fisher 2022 Ticket to Paradise Wren Butler 2024 And Mrs Audrey The Last Showgirl Hannah Gardner2025 Smurfs Worry Smurf Voice Adulthood Grace Briscoe A Very Jonas Christmas Movie Cassidy 2026 Love Language Tilda That Friend Penny Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 2015–2016 Scream Queens Sadie Swenson / Chanel #3 23 episodes 2017 American Horror Story: Cult Winter Anderson 10 episodes Linda Kasabian Episode: "Charles (Manson) in Charge" 2018 American Horror Story: Apocalypse Mallory 8 episodes 2019 American Horror Story: 1984 Montana Duke 9 episodes 2020 Will & Grace Fiona Adler Episode: "Bi-plane" 2021American Horror Stories Liv Whitley Episode: "BA'AL" American Horror Story: Double Feature Leslie "Lark" Feldman 2 episodes 2022 American Horror Story: NYC Dr. Hannah Wells 7 episodes 2023 Strange Planet Loud Teen (voice) 2 episodes 2023–2024 American Horror Story: Delicate Ashley 3 episodes 2025 Mid-Century Modern Becca Frank Episode: "Turbulence" 2026 Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story Emma Borden 3 episodesAmerican Horror Story: 13 Winter Anderson Mallory
Producer Year Title Notes 2022 Wildflower 2025 Late Fame Executive producer
Awards and nominations AwardYearCategoryWorkResultRef.Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society2019Best Supporting ActressBooksmartSan Sebastián International Film Festival2024Special Jury PrizeThe Last Showgirl
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