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Brittany Murphy Biography

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Actress Brittany Murphy made a Hollywood specialty of playing rough-around-the-edges chums and lovers. After guest starring roles in TV series like Blossom and Party of Five, she made her feature film debut in Clueless (1995) as Tai, the low-rent ugly duckling befriended by Alicia Silverstone's sleek Cher. Murphy won good reviews as Daisy, Winona Ryder's suicidal fellow mental patient in Girl, Interrupted (1999). She followed that with supporting roles in a string of "chick flicks" including Sidewalks of New York (2001) and Riding In Cars With Boys (2002, with Drew Barrymore). Murphy gradually remade herself from dowdy brunette to slim and sultry blonde: she played Eminem's fame-hungry girlfriend in 8 Mile, the 2002 film inspired by the rapper's life, the waitress Shellie in the violent comic book drama Sin City (2005, with Bruce Willis) and the noodle-master-in-training of The Ramen Girl (2008). Murphy also provided the voice of Luanne in the long-running animated series King of the Hill.

Extra credit: Murphy married screenwriter Simon Monjack in May 2007. She had been engaged to film crew electrician Joe Macaluso in December of 2005; they had split in August of 2006. She had previously been engaged to Jeff Kwatinetz, CEO of the talent management company The Firm... She provided vocals on Paul Oakenfold's single Faster Kill Pussycat, a dance club hit in 2006.

Blog posts mentioning Brittany Murphy:

Four Good Links

Brittany Murphy

Los Angeles Times follows developments surrounding her death

Brittany Murphy Media

Fan tribute with career updates and photos

IMDB: Brittany Murphy

All her films, relentlessly organized

AskMen: Brittany Murphy

An appreciation, plus news archives, from the online lad mag

Vital Stats

Birth

10 November 1977

Birthplace

Atlanta, Georgia

Death

20 December 2009
(heart failure, age 32)

Best Known As

Eminem's girlfriend in the 2002 film 8 Mile