New guests are announced for Star Wars Celebration Anaheim as Billie Lourd and Kelly Marie Tran are added to the already impressive guest list. Both are appearing at the show on Sunday.
Billie Lourd
Billie Lourd was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of actress and writer Carrie Fisher. Lourd graduated from NYU’s Gallatin School in 2014. Lourd began her acting career with the role of Lieutenant Connix in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She then started in 2 seasons of Ryan Murphy’s horror comedy series Scream Queens on Fox. Lourd joined the cast of the anthology series American Horror Story in 2017, starring in 4 consecutive seasons. She also gained critical acclaim for her role as Gigi in Olivia Wilde’s 2019 comedy Booksmart. She reprised her role as Lieutenant Connix in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Later this year Lourd will be starring in the George Clooney and Julia Roberts romantic comedy Ticket To Paradise.
Kelly Marie Tran
Kelly Marie Tran has quickly become known as a captivating on-screen presence. The highly sought after actress made The Hollywood Reporter’s “Next Gen Class of 2017” list and was named one of ABC News’ “Actors to Watch” in 2018. Currently, Tran stars in Hulu’s Anthology drama series Monsterland, based on the collection of stories from Nathan Ballingrud. The series premiered on Hulu in October 2020. Up next, Tran will voice Dawn in DreamWorks’ The Croods 2, a sequel to the Oscar-nominated animated feature about a caveman family. The film is slated for a November 2020 release. Also upcoming, Tran will make history by voicing Disney’s first South-East Asian Princess with her role in the upcoming Raya and the Last Dragon. Set in a fantasy land called Kumandra, the film follows Raya, a fearless warrior princess, as she saves the world from evil. The film is slated to release in March 2021. In 2019, Tran reprised her role as Rose Tico in Star Wars: Episode IX. The film was a smash hit and grossed over $1 billion at the world wide box office. In 2018, Tran starred opposite Elizabeth Olsen in Facebook Watch’s critically acclaimed original series, Sorry for Your Loss. Created and written by Kit Steinkellner (Z: The Beginning of Everything), the show explores the life of young widow as she deals with the grief of losing her husband while reconnecting with relationships from her past. Rounding out the cast are Jovan Adepo, Mamaoudou Athie and Janet McTeer. The show returned for its second and final season in 2019. In 2017, Tran made her big screen debut in Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi as Resistance mechanic worker, Rose Tico. Her performance and character were widely praised, and made headlines across the globe as Tran became the first Asian- American woman cast in a lead role for the franchise. Episode VIII earned over $1.3 billion worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film of 2017. Tran’s past credits include the Netflix Original XOXO; TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything; NBC’s About a Boy and Lifetime’s Fall Into Me among others. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
