Brittany Murphy's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) King of the Hill Luanne Plat… Joseph Grib… Almost Home Molly Morgan Drexell's Class Brenda Drex…

Main Movie Roles 2009 - Across the Hall 2006 - The Groomsmen 2006 - Love and Other Disasters 2006 - Happy Feet 2005 - Sin City 2005 - Neverwas 2004 - Little Black Book 2003 - Uptown Girls 2003 - Just Married 2003 - Good Boy! 2002 - 8 Mile 2002 - Spun 2001 - Summer Catch 2001 - Sidewalks of New York 2001 - Riding in Cars with Boys 2001 - Don't Say A Word 2000 - Cherry Falls 2000 - Trixie 1999 - Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999 - Girl, Interrupted 1998 - Phoenix 1997 - Bongwater 1996 - Freeway 1995 - Clueless

BIOGRAPHY:

Perhaps it was being born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Edison, New Jersey that bestowed Brittany Murphy with the adaptability that has allowed her to conquer a fairly prodigious amount of projects for her 25 years. Brittany first honed her acting skills in regional theater at the age of 9. By age 13, she had signed on with a manager and began appearing in television commercials. In 1991, at the age of 13, Brittany and her mother moved to Burbank, California, where she landed her first television role on the show "Blossom" (1991). This lead to a starring role on "Drexell's Class" (1991), a series that proved to be short lived. Brittany's major breakthrough film appearance was in Clueless (1995), the Emma meets "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) comedy, in which she starred opposite of Alicia Silverstone. She has gone on to demonstrate her versatility and talent for not only comedy but drama; Brittany was nominated for best leading female performance in the Young Artist Awards for her role in the television film David and Lisa (1998) (TV). Aside from the 25 screen appearances since her Clueless (1995) breakthrough, Brittany has lean her vocal talents, established in the early 1990s as a lead singer of her band "Blessed Soul", to the cartoon "King of the Hill" (1997) as the voice of Luanne. She now resides in Los Angeles, where she lives with her mother. Date of Death 20 December 2009, Los Angeles, California, USA


TRIVIA:

• Presenter for the 61st Golden Globes.
• Married screenwriter 'Simon Monjack' (qv) in a private Jewish ceremony (May 2007).
• Engaged to 'Joe Macaluso' (qv) over Christmas, 2005.
• Attended the following schools: Verne Fowler School of Dance, Colonia, New Jersey Herbert Hoover School, Edison, New Jersey Valley Professional School, Los Angeles, California John Burroughs High School, Los Angeles, California
• Former girlfriend of 'Ashton Kutcher' (qv)
• Her mom, Sharon, is a survivor of breast cancer.
• Sang in the opening act at the 2002 MTV Movie awards.
• In February 2000, she appeared [with _Girl, Interrupted (1999)_ (qv) costar 'Winona Ryder' (qv)] in "The Vagina Monologues," reading a chilling story of a Bosnian woman's rape camp experiences.