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Brittany Murphy
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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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The High Was Never the Point
When Trainspotting arrived in 1996, it was quickly labelled as the ultimate "drugs movie". Decades on, its true subject matter is far clearer. It is not fundame...
8 films
Girlhood Reclaimed
From institutionalised rebellion to the raucous freedom of the last day of school, a chain of films that lets young women be messy, angry, and gloriously themse...
8 films
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MegaFault
2009 · Dr. Amy Lane
Happy Feet
2006 · Gloria (voice)
The Groomsmen
2006 · Sue
Neverwas
2005 · Maggie Blake
Sin City
2005 · Shellie
Uptown Girls
2003 · Molly Gunn
Spun
2003 · Nikki
8 Mile
2002 · Alex
Don't Say a Word
2001 · Elisabeth Burrows
Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Daisy
Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · Lisa Swenson
Zack & Reba
1998 · Reba Simpson
Freeway
1996 · Rhonda
Clueless
1995 · Tai