Name
Brittany Murphy
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1977-11-10
Deathday
2009-12-20 (32 years old)
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Biography
Brittany 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.
Known For
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Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin ...
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Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from...
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When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abd...
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Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job wh...
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Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpecte...
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In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former...
- 2002 8 Mile as Alex
- 2005 Sin City as Shellie
- 1999 Girl, Interrupted as Daisy
- 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous as Lisa Swenson
- 2009 MegaFault as Dr. Amy Lane
- 2001 Riding in Cars with Boys as Fay Forrester
- 1996 Freeway as Rhonda
- 2009 Across the Hall as June
- 2001 Sidewalks of New York as Ashley
- 2003 Good Boy! as Nelly (voice)
- 2006 Love and Other Disasters as Emily Jackson
- 2005 Neverwas as Maggie Blake
- 1999 The Devil's Arithmetic as Rivkah
- 2000 Trixie as Ruby Pearli
- 2003 Spun as Nikki
- 2003 Just Married as Sarah McNerney
- 2001 Don't Say a Word as Elisabeth Burrows
- 2009 Deadline as Alice Evans
- 1997 Drive as Deliverance
- 1998 The Prophecy II as Izzy
- 2000 Cherry Falls as Jody Marken
- 2008 Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs as Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)
- 2001 Summer Catch as Dede Mulligan
- 1995 Clueless as Tai
- 2006 Happy Feet as Gloria (voice)
- 1998 Phoenix as Veronica
- 2006 The Dead Girl as Krista
- 2004 Little Black Book as Stacy
- 1998 Bongwater as Mary
- 2009 Nora Roberts' Tribute as Cilla McGowan
- 2003 Uptown Girls as Molly Gunn
- 2006 The Groomsmen as Sue
- 2010 Abandoned as Mary
- 2008 The Ramen Girl as Abby
- 2023 Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 Common Ground as Dorothy Nelson
- 1999 Falling Sky as Emily Nicholson
- 1998 David and Lisa as Lisa
- 1998 Zack & Reba as Reba Simpson
- 2003 The Making of '8 Mile' as Self (uncredited)
- 2014 Something Wicked as Susan Webb
- 1993 Family Prayers as Elise
- 1996 Double Jeopardy as Julia Neuland
- 2000 Angels! as Nurse Bellows
- 2005 I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust as Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)
- 2005 Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz as Narrator
- 2020 Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 The Audition as Daniella
- 2003 The Making of 'King of the Hill'
- 1996 Nash Bridges ( 1 episode ) as Carrie
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 seaQuest DSV ( 1 episode ) as Christine VanCamp
- 1993 Boy Meets World ( 2 episodes ) as Trini
- 1991 The Torkelsons ( 13 episodes ) as Molly Morgan
- 1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 Icons ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Murder One ( 1 episode ) as Diane Carson
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 Sister, Sister ( 6 episodes ) as Sarah
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 2 episodes )
- 1993 Frasier ( 1 episode ) as Olsen
- 1996 Clueless ( 1 episode ) as Jasmine
- 1994 Party of Five ( 2 episodes ) as Abby
- 1990 Blossom ( 4 episodes )
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1991 Drexell's Class ( 18 episodes ) as Brenda Drexell
- 1995 The Marshal ( 25 episodes ) as Lizzie Roth
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2021 What Happened, Brittany Murphy? ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2003 Punk'd ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 MTV Movie & TV Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 2005 The Reichen Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1997 King of the Hill ( 255 episodes ) as Luanne Platter (voice)
- 1993 Almost Home ( 13 episodes ) as Molly Morgan
- 2005 Unscripted ( 1 episode ) as Brittany Murphy
- 1997 Pepper Ann ( 1 episode ) as Tank (voice)
