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Murphy at the Australian premiere of Happy Feet in 2006. She was nominated for an Annie Award for voice acting in the King of the Hill episode ' Movin' On Up'. She also voiced the character Luanne Platter on Fox's animated sitcom King of the Hill for the entirety of the show's run from 1997 to 2009, and Joseph Gribble until the fifth season. In 1999, she had a supporting role in James Mangold's Girl, Interrupted as a troubled psychiatric patient alongside Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie and as an aspiring beauty queen in Drop Dead Gorgeous. She followed this with roles in Freeway (1996), with Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland, and the independent comedy Bongwater (1998). Murphy's breakthrough role was in her second feature film, the teen comedy Clueless (1995), directed by Amy Heckerling, which developed a cult following. She also had recurring roles on Party of Five, Boy Meets World, and Sister, Sister. Murphy also guest-starred on several television series, including Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Blossom, seaQuest 2032, Murder One and Frasier. She then went on to play Molly Morgan in the short-lived The Torkelsons spinoff Almost Home.

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Murphy landed her first job in Hollywood when she was thirteen, starring as Brenda Drexell in the series Drexell's Class. Murphy made her Broadway debut in 1997, as Catherine, in a revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge opposite veteran actors Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney. From the age of four, she trained in singing, dancing, and acting until her move to California at thirteen. Murphy attended Verne Fowler School of Dance and Theatre Arts in Colonia, New Jersey, in 1982. Career 1991–1999: child acting and first roles

She had two older half-brothers and a younger half-sister. She was raised a Baptist and later became a non-denominational Christian. She always believed in me.' Murphy's mother is of Irish and Slovakian descent, and her father is of Italian ancestry.

Murphy said her mother never tried to stifle her creativity, and she considered her mother a crucial factor in her later success: 'When I asked my mom to move to California, she sold everything and moved out here for me. Prior to her enrolling at Edison High School, the family moved to Los Angeles in 1991 so that Murphy could pursue an acting career. Later in an interview she has stated that Sharon struggled financially, where she forced her to eat spaghetti every night and, on certain occasions, had to beg her mother to buy clothes at KMart this would later explain Murphy's marked social investment in homeless causes, as discussed in a February 2003 Glamour article. Bertolotti was not named as her father on Brittany's first death certificate. Murphy was raised by her mother in Edison, New Jersey. The coroner's verdict was pneumonia, exacerbated by anemia and misuse of various prescription medicines.īrittany Anne Bertolotti was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Sharon Kathleen Murphy and Angelo Joseph Bertolotti, who divorced when she was two years old. On December 20, 2009, Murphy died at age 32 under disputed circumstances. Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014. Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997–2010).

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). 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. 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). Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998).

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Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack ( née Bertolotti November 10, 1977 – December 20, 2009) was an American actress and singer, known for playing Tai Frasier in the teen movie Clueless (1995), Alex Latourno in 8 Mile (2002) and Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999).īorn in Atlanta, Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting.

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