Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy

1977-11-10 Atlanta, Georgia, USA 50 Credits

Biography

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 Randon...

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Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy

Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy

2023

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Scene-stealing starlet Brittany Murphy was destined for Hollywood’s A-list until her untimely and mysterious death turned out the lights on her lifelo...

Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery

Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery

2020

as Self (archive footage)

6.2
Acting

A new TV special from Investigation Discovery, “Brittany Murphy: An ID Mystery," will revisit the circumstances of her death. Murphy's husband, Simon ...

Something Wicked

Something Wicked

2014

as Susan Webb

4.7
Acting

A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from t...

Abandoned

Abandoned

2010

as Mary

5.0
Acting

Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.

Abandoned

Abandoned

2010

In Memory Of

5.0

Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.

MegaFault

MegaFault

2009

as Dr. Amy Lane

5.3
Acting

When miner Charley 'Boomer' Baxter sets off a series of massive mining detonations in West Virginia, a gigantic earthquake is soon rocking the North A...

Deadline

Deadline

2009

as Alice Evans

5.0
Acting

A screenwriter travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.

Across the Hall

Across the Hall

2009

as June

5.9
Acting

Convinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.

Nora Roberts' Tribute

Nora Roberts' Tribute

2009

as Cilla McGowan

5.9
Acting

A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous gr...

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs

2008

as Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)

6.9
Acting

Fresh off ripping space-time a new one at the end of "Bender's Big Score," the Planet Express crew is back to mend the tear in reality, or (hopefully)...

The Ramen Girl

The Ramen Girl

2008

as Abby

6.5
Acting

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a ty...

The Ramen Girl

The Ramen Girl

2008

Producer

6.5
Producing

An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction in life, she trains to be a ramen chef under a ty...

Happy Feet

Happy Feet

2006

as Gloria (voice)

6.2
Acting

Into the world of the Emperor Penguins, who find their soul mates through song, a penguin is born who cannot sing. But he can tap dance something fier...

The Dead Girl

The Dead Girl

2006

as Krista

6.0
Acting

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

Love and Other Disasters

Love and Other Disasters

2006

as Emily Jackson

5.8
Acting

Flighty Emily "Jacks" Jackson works for the British edition of Vogue magazine. Rather than pursue a relationship, Jacks regularly hooks up with her de...

The Groomsmen

The Groomsmen

2006

as Sue

5.3
Acting

Blue-collar Paulie prepares for fatherhood and his forthcoming wedding to Sue by hanging out with his groomsmen. Brother Jimbo, cousin Mike, and his p...

Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz

Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz

2005

as Narrator

6.8
Acting

A featurette about The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Neverwas

Neverwas

2005

as Maggie Blake

6.4
Acting

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What h...

I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust

I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust

2005

as Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)

4.0
Acting

Brings to life the diaries of young people who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Through an emotional montage of archival footage, pe...

Sin City

Sin City

2005

as Shellie

7.5
Acting

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it ...

Little Black Book

Little Black Book

2004

as Stacy

5.3
Acting

Determined to learn about her boyfriend's past relationships, Stacy -- who works for a talk show -- becomes a bona fide snoop. With her colleague, Bar...

Good Boy!

Good Boy!

2003

as Nelly (voice)

5.5
Acting

An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003

as Molly Gunn

6.9
Acting

Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious Ray...

The Making of '8 Mile'

2003

as Self (uncredited)

10.0
Acting
Spun

Spun

2003

as Nikki

6.6
Acting

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nik...

Just Married

Just Married

2003

as Sarah McNerney

5.8
Acting

Although Tom Leezak and Sarah McNerney come from different worlds, they are both unexpectedly swept off their feet after their first meeting. They qui...

8 Mile

8 Mile

2002

as Alex

7.1
Acting

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary...

Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

2001

as Ashley

6.1
Acting

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on ...

Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001

as Fay Forrester

6.8
Acting

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father.

Don't Say a Word

Don't Say a Word

2001

as Elisabeth Burrows

6.2
Acting

When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, su...

Summer Catch

Summer Catch

2001

as Dede Mulligan

5.4
Acting

Local boy Ryan Dunne, now a pitcher for Boston College, meets Tenley Parrish, the daughter of a wealthy couple who summer on the Cape. Ryan and Tenley...

The Audition

The Audition

2000

as Daniella

Acting

A woman’s unhealthy addiction towards Daniella, a young celebrity that she watched at an audition.

Cherry Falls

Cherry Falls

2000

as Jody Marken

5.3
Acting

When students in the town of Cherry Falls hear that a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize that the only way to protect themselves is to b...

Angels!

Angels!

2000

as Nurse Bellows

7.5
Acting

Three glamorous "female" private investigators from an elite Los Angeles Detective agency are brought back to life after 25 years of slumber in a free...

Trixie

Trixie

2000

as Ruby Pearli

4.9
Acting

Passed over at work and numbed after she witnesses a colleague's murder, security guard Trixie Zurbo takes a relatively easy job at a lakefront casino...

Common Ground

Common Ground

2000

as Dorothy Nelson

4.9
Acting

This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In "A Friend of Dorothy", a woman joins the Navy during the 1950's an...

Girl, Interrupted

Girl, Interrupted

1999

as Daisy

7.6
Acting

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unk...

Falling Sky

Falling Sky

1999

as Emily Nicholson

5.9
Acting

Pulling up stakes for a fresh start in Las Vegas, aspiring singer Reese and daughter Emily are looking forward to the future with optimism. But mom's ...

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999

as Lisa Swenson

6.4
Acting

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follow...

The Devil's Arithmetic

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999

as Rivkah

6.8
Acting

An American-born Jewish adolescent, Hannah Stern, is uninterested in the culture, faith and customs of her relatives. However, she begins to revaluate...

David and Lisa

David and Lisa

1998

as Lisa

5.5
Acting

A psychiatrist tries to treat an emotionally disturbed teenage boy who has a pathological fear of being touched. The only person who can communicate e...

Zack and Reba

Zack and Reba

1998

as Reba Simpson

5.3
Acting

Two young adults who are coping with the deaths of their partners try to move forward with their lives and start a relationship with each other.

Phoenix

Phoenix

1998

as Veronica

5.3
Acting

Gambling fever -- along with a brutal bookie -- leads three crooked cops into a double-dealing scheme that lands them in hot water way over their head...

Bongwater

Bongwater

1998

as Mary

4.8
Acting

David is an artist and a pothead. He's fallen in love with the beautiful and sexy Serena, and things are going simply splendidly until poor David's ho...

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy II

1998

as Izzy

6.0
Acting

In this direct-to-video sequel, Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposit...

Drive

Drive

1997

as Deliverance

6.1
Acting

A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers na...

Freeway

Freeway

1996

as Rhonda

6.4
Acting

Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride b...

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

1996

as Julia Neuland

5.7
Acting

A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.

Clueless

Clueless

1995

as Tai

7.3
Acting

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first ...

Family Prayers

Family Prayers

1993

as Elise

4.5
Acting

This coming of age story set in the 1960s takes a look at the effects of a couple's break-up on a sensitive, thirteen year old Jewish boy in the 1960s...