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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 (200…
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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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An SNL Thanksgiving
as (archive footage)
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy
as Self (archive footage)
Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery
as Self (archive footage)
Something Wicked
as Susan Webb
Abandoned
as Mary
MegaFault
as Dr. Amy Lane
Deadline
as Alice Evans
Across the Hall
as June
Nora Roberts' Tribute
as Cilla McGowan
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
as Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)
The Ramen Girl
as Abby
Happy Feet
as Gloria (voice)
The Dead Girl
as Krista
Love and Other Disasters
as Emily Jackson
The Groomsmen
as Sue
Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz
as Narrator
Neverwas
as Maggie Blake
I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust
as Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)
Sin City
as Shellie
Little Black Book
as Stacy
Good Boy!
as Nelly (voice)
Uptown Girls
as Molly Gunn
The Making of 'King of the Hill'
The Making of '8 Mile'
as Self (uncredited)
Spun
as Nikki
Just Married
as Sarah McNerney
8 Mile
as Alex
Sidewalks of New York
as Ashley
Riding in Cars with Boys
as Fay Forrester
Don't Say a Word
as Elisabeth Burrows
Summer Catch
as Dede Mulligan
The Audition
as Daniella
Cherry Falls
as Jody Marken
Angels!
as Nurse Bellows
Trixie
as Ruby Pearli
Common Ground
as Dorothy Nelson
Girl, Interrupted
as Daisy
Falling Sky
as Emily Nicholson
Drop Dead Gorgeous
as Lisa Swenson
The Devil's Arithmetic
as Rivkah
Zack & Reba
as Reba Simpson
David and Lisa
as Lisa
Phoenix
as Veronica
Bongwater
as Mary
The Prophecy II
as Izzy
Drive
as Deliverance
Freeway
as Rhonda
Double Jeopardy
as Julia Neuland
Clueless
as Tai
Family Prayers
as Elise