Brittany Murphy
Birthday: 1977-11-10 | Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USABrittany Anne Murphy-Monjack (née Bertolotti; November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer. Born in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2010). Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014. On December 20, 2009, Murphy died under disputed circumstances at the age of 32. The coroner's verdict was pneumonia, exacerbated by anemia and addiction to various prescription medicines. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brittany Murphy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Tai
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Susan Webb
as Mary
as Alice Evans
as Cilla McGowan
as Dr. Amy Lane
as June
as Abby
as Emily Jackson
as Gloria (voice)
as Krista
as Sue
as Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)
as Emily Nicholson
as Maggie Blake
as Stacy
as Molly Gunn
as Nelly (voice)
as Nikki
as Sarah McNerney
as Self (uncredited)
as Alex
as Dede Mulligan
as Elisabeth Burrows
as Fay Forrester
