Brittany Murphy
Acting
1977-11-10 · 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 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.
Filmography
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · Movie
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy
2023 · Movie
What Happened, Brittany Murphy?
2021 · Series
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery
2020 · Movie
Something Wicked
2014 · Movie
Abandoned
2010 · Movie
MegaFault
2009 · Movie
Deadline
2009 · Movie
Across the Hall
2009 · Movie
Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009 · Movie
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
2008 · Movie
The Ramen Girl
2008 · Movie
Happy Feet
2006 · Movie
The Dead Girl
2006 · Movie
Love and Other Disasters
2006 · Movie
The Groomsmen
2006 · Movie
The Reichen Show
2005 · Series
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
2005 · Movie
Neverwas
2005 · Movie
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
2005 · Movie
Sin City
2005 · Movie
Unscripted
2005 · Series
Little Black Book
2004 · Movie
Good Boy!
2003 · Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Uptown Girls
2003 · Movie
The Making of 'King of the Hill'
2003 · Movie
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Series
The Making of '8 Mile'
2003 · Movie
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Spun
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Just Married
2003 · Movie
8 Mile
2002 · Movie
Icons
2002 · Series
Sidewalks of New York
2001 · Movie
Riding in Cars with Boys
2001 · Movie
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Movie
Summer Catch
2001 · Movie
The Audition
2000 · Movie
Cherry Falls
2000 · Movie
Angels!
2000 · Movie
Trixie
2000 · Movie
Common Ground
2000 · Movie
Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Movie
Falling Sky
1999 · Movie
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Movie
The Devil's Arithmetic
1999 · Movie
David and Lisa
1998 · Movie
Zack and Reba
1998 · Movie
Phoenix
1998 · Movie
Bongwater
1998 · Movie
The Prophecy II
1998 · Movie
Pepper Ann
1997 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
Drive
1997 · Movie
King of the Hill
1997 · Series
Clueless
1996 · Series
Freeway
1996 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
Nash Bridges
1996 · Series
Double Jeopardy
1996 · Movie
Murder One
1995 · Series
Clueless
1995 · Movie
The Marshal
1995 · Series
Party of Five
1994 · Series
Sister, Sister
1994 · Series
Boy Meets World
1993 · Series
Frasier
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Series
Family Prayers
1993 · Movie
Almost Home
1993 · Series
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992 · Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Series
The Torkelsons
1991 · Series
Drexell's Class
1991 · Series
Blossom
1990 · Series
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series