Trivia

Joely didn't know that she had another sister until sometime after she had seen Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and was told that "Princess Leia" was her half-sister, Carrie Fisher.

Younger half-sister of actress Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher.

Following Debbie Reynolds' death..... "Some of the magic people have left the tribe... for the moment I am inconsolable..." she wrote to her followers Wednesday evening.

Daughter of Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher, raised by her mother.

Her paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants. Her maternal grandfather was of Italian/Sicilian descent, and her maternal grandmother had Irish ancestry.

Has 3 daughters: daughters, Skylar Fisher-Duddy (b. June 14, 2001) & True Fisher-Duddy (b. February 2, 2006) and adoptive daughter, Olivia Luna Fisher-Duddy (b. September 29, 2008) with husband, Christopher Duddy.

Has 2 stepsons: Cameron Thomas Duddy (b. December 6, 1985) & Collin Nicholas Duddy (b. February 17, 1986) with husband, Christopher Duddy.

Older sister of Tricia Leigh Fisher.

Good friends with her former TV co-star Ellen DeGeneres.

Friend of Mariska Hargitay.

Announced on Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) that she is 6 months pregnant with her second daughter. (September 2005)

Attended the University of Paris & Emerson College

Niece of John Megna.

Sister-in-law of Byron Thames.

Did a commercial for Primestar in 1997 alongside country singer Clay Walker.

Born on exactly the same date as Rufus Sewell.