Carrie Fisher wins posthumous Grammy
The late actress beat Bruce Springsteen and Mark Ruffalo in the spoken word category
Carrie Fisher has been honoured with a posthumous Grammy award for best spoken word album for her narration of her memoir The Princess Diarist.
Inspired by Fisher’s diary entries while she filmed the original Star Wars movie in 1977, the book was released five weeks before her death in December 2016.
- Mark Hamill leads tributes to Carrie Fisher on Twitter on first anniversary of her death
- Carrie Fisher wrote some of The Last Jedi’s best lines
- The Last Jedi includes a touching tribute to Carrie Fisher
It revealed details of an onset affair with co-star Harrison Ford, and her recording of it pipped fellow Grammy nominees Bruce Springsteen and Mark Ruffalo to the post.
Fisher was also nominated for a spoken word Grammy in 2009 for her book Wishful Drinking.
Last July, Fisher received a posthumous Emmy nomination for best guest actress in a comedy for her performance in Catastrophe.
Authors
Comments, questions and tips
Overall rating
Download RT App today!
summer
Immediate’s iconic brands reach 21m people every month – that’s more than a third of the UK’s adults – through its world-class magazines, innovative digital products and exciting live eventsImmediate’s iconic brands reach 21m people every month – that’s more than a third of the UK’s adults – through its world-class magazines, innovative digital products and exciting live eventsImmediate’s iconic brands reach 21m people every month – that’s more than a third of the UK’s adults – through its world-class magazines, innovative digital products and exciting live events