- Carrie Fisher & Bryan Lourd's daughter.
- Mark Hamill affectionately refers to her as his "Space Niece".
- For her role as Chanel #3 in Scream Queens (2015), she's constantly wearing earmuffs in every episode. This is a nod to the famous bun hairstyle her mother, Carrie Fisher, wore in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
- Originally auditioned for the part of Rey in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) before Daisy Ridley was cast. This inspired J.J. Abrams to create the character Lieutennant Connix specifically for her.
- Fictionalized as "Honey" in her mother's novel The Best Awful, the sequel to Postcards From the Edge. The Best Awful is based on her parents' break-up after her father came out as gay.
- Granddaughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.
- She lost her mother, Carrie Fisher, and her grandmother, Debbie Reynolds, within one day of each other. Her mother died of a heart attack, while her grandmother suffered a fatal stroke the following day.
- Billie graduated from New York University in 2014 after studying religion and psychology.
- Billie had already filmed her debut role in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) before she was cast as a regular in Scream Queens (2015). But because the film had a much longer pre-production period than the Fox TV series, all 13 episodes of Scream Queens' first season had been broadcast by the time Episode VII premiered in theaters.
- Her godmother is actress Meryl Streep.
- Has 2 children: son, Kingston Fisher Lourd Rydell (b. September 24, 2020) & daughter, Jackson Joanne Lourd Rydell (b. December 12, 2022) with husband, Austen Rydell.
- She is the niece of actor & producer Todd Fisher.
- Her maternal grandfather was the son of Russian Jewish parents. The rest of Billie's ancestry is Cajun/French, English, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Welsh, and German.
- (June 25, 2020) Got engaged to her on & off boyfriend of 4 years, Austen Rydell.
- Niece-in-law of Catherine Hickland.
- Is pregnant with her second child as mentioned on the Late Late Show with James Corden on 10/24/2022.
- Through her father, stepdaughter of Bruce Bozzi Jr., the co-owner of the steakhouse chain The Palm.
- Daughter-in-law of Christopher Rydell.
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