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Brittany Murphy
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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…
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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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2024
An SNL Thanksgiving
Movie (archive footage)
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2023
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Something Wicked
Movie Susan Webb
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2010
Abandoned
Movie Mary
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2009
MegaFault
Movie Dr. Amy Lane
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2009
Deadline
Movie Alice Evans
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2009
Across the Hall
Movie June
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2009
Nora Roberts' Tribute
Movie Cilla McGowan
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2008
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Movie Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)
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2008
The Ramen Girl
Movie Abby
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2006
Happy Feet
Movie Gloria (voice)
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2006
The Dead Girl
Movie Krista
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2006
Love and Other Disasters
Movie Emily Jackson
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2006
The Groomsmen
Movie Sue
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2005
The Reichen Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2005
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
Movie Narrator
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2005
Neverwas
Movie Maggie Blake
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2005
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
Movie Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)
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2005
Sin City
Movie Shellie
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2005
Unscripted
TV show Brittany Murphy
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2004
Little Black Book
Movie Stacy
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2003
Good Boy!
Movie Nelly (voice)
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self
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2003
Uptown Girls
Movie Molly Gunn
- 2003
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2003
Celebrities Uncensored
TV show Self
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2003
The Making of '8 Mile'
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2003
Punk'd
TV show Self
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2003
Spun
Movie Nikki
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self
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2003
Just Married
Movie Sarah McNerney
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2002
8 Mile
Movie Alex
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2002
Icons
TV show
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2001
Sidewalks of New York
Movie Ashley
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2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Movie Fay Forrester
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2001
Don't Say a Word
Movie Elisabeth Burrows
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2001
Summer Catch
Movie Dede Mulligan
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2000
The Audition
Movie Daniella
