Career: Four years later, he landed what would become his big break - the role of David in hit comedy series Roseanne. He played the articulate but unworldly lad for five years. This led to a series of similar parts, this time on the big screen, in movies such as I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Opposite of Sex. His CV also includes appearances in Vanilla Sky, My Name is Earl, Hancock and Table for Three. In 2006, he took to the stage in a Broadway production of The Little Dog Laughed (which also featured his first nude scene). He returned to the small screen for the sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Career: Early in his career, Parsons worked on Off-Broadway productions and appeared on TV several times. He had a recurring role on Judging Amy, appeared on the TV series Ed and had minor roles in such films as Garden State (2004) and School for Scoundrels (2006). His big break came when he landed the role of Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory, a role that earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical. He went on to appear in the films The Big Year (2011), The Muppets (2011), Home (2015) and Hidden Figures (2016).

Career: Fisher appeared alongside her mother in the 1973 Broadway revival of the musical Irene, and two years later made her film debut in Shampoo. Her big break came in 1977 when she played Princess Leia in Star Wars: A New Hope. She reprised her role as Leia in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. During the 1980s, she appeared in the Broadway production of Agnes of God, published her first novel, Postcards from the Edge, and starred on the big screen in When Harry Met Sally. She wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film version of Postcards from the Edge, and spent a number of years as a leading Hollywood script doctor. In 2007, she took to the stage to perform her one-woman play Wishful Drinking. In 2015, she returned to her most famous role as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She died on December 27, 2016, at the age of 60. A day later, her mother died at the age of 84.