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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Complete Filmography
Gone Before Her Time: Brittany Murphy
2023
as Self (archive footage)
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
2020
as Self (archive footage)
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
2014
as Susan Webb
A young couple embark upon their honeymoon against the chilling landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. But when tragedy strikes, gruesome secrets from t...
Abandoned
2010
as Mary
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
2010
In Memory Of
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
2009
as Dr. Amy Lane
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
2009
as Alice Evans
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
2009
as June
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
2009
as Cilla McGowan
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
2008
as Colleen O'Hallahan (voice)
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
2008
as Abby
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
2008
Producer
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
2006
as Gloria (voice)
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
2006
as Krista
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
Love and Other Disasters
2006
as Emily Jackson
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
2006
as Sue
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
2005
as Narrator
A featurette about The Wizard of Oz (1939).
Neverwas
2005
as Maggie Blake
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
2005
as Anonymous girl / Elsa Binder (voice)
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
2005
as Shellie
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
2004
as Stacy
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!
2003
as Nelly (voice)
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
2003
as Molly Gunn
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)
Spun
2003
as Nikki
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
2003
as Sarah McNerney
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
2002
as Alex
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
2001
as Ashley
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
2001
as Fay Forrester
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
2001
as Elisabeth Burrows
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
2001
as Dede Mulligan
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
2000
as Daniella
A woman’s unhealthy addiction towards Daniella, a young celebrity that she watched at an audition.
Cherry Falls
2000
as Jody Marken
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!
2000
as Nurse Bellows
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
2000
as Ruby Pearli
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
2000
as Dorothy Nelson
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
1999
as Daisy
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
1999
as Emily Nicholson
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
1999
as Lisa Swenson
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
1999
as Rivkah
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
1998
as Lisa
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
1998
as Reba Simpson
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
1998
as Veronica
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
1998
as Mary
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
1998
as Izzy
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
1997
as Deliverance
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
1996
as Rhonda
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
1996
as Julia Neuland
A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.
Clueless
1995
as Tai
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
1993
as Elise
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...