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Brittany Murphy

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Brittany Murphy

Born November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USADied December 20, 200943 films

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).

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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.

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Girl, Interrupted posterFirst watchGirl, Interrupted19997.6as DaisySet in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland,…View film

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Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. 2014Something WickedSusan Webb
  2. 2010AbandonedMary
  3. 2009MegaFaultDr. Amy Lane
  4. 2009DeadlineAlice Evans
  5. 2009Across the HallJune
  6. 2009Nora Roberts' TributeCilla McGowan
  7. 2008Futurama: The Beast with a Billion BacksColleen O'Hallahan (voice)
  8. 2008The Ramen GirlAbby
  9. 2006Happy FeetGloria (voice)
  10. 2006The Dead GirlKrista
  11. 2006Love and Other DisastersEmily Jackson
  12. 2006The GroomsmenSue
  13. 2005NeverwasMaggie Blake
  14. 2005Sin CityShellie
  15. 2004Little Black BookStacy
  16. 2003Good Boy!Nelly (voice)
  17. 2003Uptown GirlsMolly Gunn
  18. 2003SpunNikki
  19. 2003Just MarriedSarah McNerney
  20. 20028 MileAlex
  21. 2001Sidewalks of New YorkAshley
  22. 2001Riding in Cars with BoysFay Forrester
  23. 2001Don't Say a WordElisabeth Burrows
  24. 2001Summer CatchDede Mulligan
  25. 2000The AuditionDaniella
  26. 2000Cherry FallsJody Marken
  27. 2000Angels!Nurse Bellows
  28. 2000TrixieRuby Pearli
  29. 2000Common GroundDorothy Nelson
  30. 1999Girl, InterruptedDaisy
  31. 1999Falling SkyEmily Nicholson
  32. 1999Drop Dead GorgeousLisa Swenson
  33. 1999The Devil's ArithmeticRivkah
  34. 1998David and LisaLisa
  35. 1998Zack & RebaReba Simpson
  36. 1998PhoenixVeronica
  37. 1998BongwaterMary
  38. 1998The Prophecy IIIzzy
  39. 1997DriveDeliverance
  40. 1996FreewayRhonda
  41. 1996Double JeopardyJulia Neuland
  42. 1995CluelessTai
  43. 1993Family PrayersElise