She found fame playing the sex-symbol Princess Leia in Star Wars, but these days CARRIE FISHER is more familiar with battling weight wars.

The actress has piled on the pounds in recent years and even admits she is so disgusted by her weight gain she can't bear to watch herself perform on camera.

Carrie, who is now appearing on Broadway, in her one-woman play Wishful Drinking, says: "I invite people to my show not to look at my house (body) but to listen to my furniture (performance), because I'm a little on the mansion (heavy) side right now and struggling with it."

But Fisher admits she's trying desperately to put her self-consciousness into perspective.

She adds, "That's a minor thing. That's not my biggest problem. It's a nosebleed, high-class problem, but it makes you vulnerable."

The former child star became a sex symbol in the 1970s after portraying Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy.