Brittany Murphy
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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 28.603 |
Birthday | 1977-11-10 |
Place of Birth | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
Also Known As | Brittany Anne Bertolotti, Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack, |
2002
8 Mile
7.136/7026
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8 Mile
2005
Sin City
7.457/7895
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1999
Drop Dead Gorgeous
6.391/362
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Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999
Girl, Interrupted
7.557/3675
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Girl, Interrupted
2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
6.8/432
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Riding in Cars with Boys
2009
MegaFault
5.3/73
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MegaFault
1996
Freeway
6.455/355
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Freeway
2009
Across the Hall
5.933/105
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Across the Hall
2003
Good Boy!
5.6/131
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Good Boy!
2005
Neverwas
6.3/119
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1999
The Devil's Arithmetic
6.877/93
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The Devil's Arithmetic
2006
Love and Other Disasters
5.777/316
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2000
Trixie
5/20
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2003
Just Married
5.773/1313
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2003
Spun
6.51/440
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Spun
2001
Don't Say a Word
6.249/877
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Don't Say a Word
2009
Deadline
5.03/84
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1997
Drive
6.1/125
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Drive
1998
The Prophecy II
6.046/196
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The Prophecy II
2000
Cherry Falls
5.276/274
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1995
Clueless
7.277/4251
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first...
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Clueless
2001
Summer Catch
5.4/181
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Summer Catch
2006
Happy Feet
6.186/4964
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Happy Feet
1998
Phoenix
5.3/61
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Phoenix
2006
The Dead Girl
6.019/215
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The Dead Girl
2004
Little Black Book
5.3/334
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Little Black Book
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Bongwater
4.95/40
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Bongwater
2003
Uptown Girls
6.747/813
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Uptown Girls
2006
The Groomsmen
5.3/62
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The Groomsmen
2009
Nora Roberts' Tribute
6.1/26
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Nora Roberts' Tribute
2010
Abandoned
5/144
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2008
The Ramen Girl
6.437/324
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The Ramen Girl
1999
Falling Sky
5.8/4
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Falling Sky
2000
Common Ground
4.7/16
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Common Ground
1998
David and Lisa
5.5/13
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David and Lisa
1998
Zack and Reba
5.8/6
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Zack and Reba
2014
Something Wicked
4.6/39
A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from t...
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Something Wicked
2001
Sidewalks of New York
6.105/62
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Sidewalks of New York
2008
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
6.984/531
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Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
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Family Prayers
5.7/3
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Family Prayers
1996
Double Jeopardy
5.7/9
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Double Jeopardy
2000
Angels!
9.7/3
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Angels!
2005
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
0/0
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I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2005
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
7/4
A featurette about The Wizard of Oz (1939).
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Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
2020
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery
6/4
A new TV special from Investigation Discovery, “Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery," will revisit the circumstances of her death. Murphy's husband, Simon...
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Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery
2003
The Making of '8 Mile'
10/2
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The Making of '8 Mile'
2023
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy
8.5/2
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