Brittany Murphy
1977–2009 · American actress and singer
Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer, noted for her work in comedy and drama. Murphy moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and began her acting career at the age of thirteen. Her breakthrough role was Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her theatrical debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge in 1997, before starring as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999).
Brittany Murphy, in order
- 1994 Party of Five (TV series): acted
- 1995 Clueless: acted · directed by Amy Heckerling · critics 82%, audiences 76% · streaming on Apple TV, Paramount+, Kanopy
- 1996 Freeway: acted · directed by Matthew Bright
- 1997 Bongwater: acted · directed by Richard Sears
- 1997 Drive: acted · directed by Steve Wang
- 1998 David and Lisa (TV movie): acted · directed by Lloyd Kramer
- 1998 Falling Sky: acted · directed by Brian J. De Palma and Russ Brandt
- 1998 Phoenix: acted · directed by Danny Cannon
- 1998 The Prophecy II: acted · directed by Greg Spence
- 1999 Cherry Falls: acted · directed by Geoffrey Wright
- 1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous: acted · directed by Michael Patrick Jann
- 1999 Girl, Interrupted: acted · directed by James Mangold · critics 53%, audiences 84% · streaming on Tubi
- 1999 The Devil's Arithmetic (TV movie): acted · directed by Donna Deitch
- 2000 Common Ground: acted · directed by Donna Deitch
- 2000 The Audition (short film): acted · directed by Chad Lowe
- 2000 Trixie: acted · directed by Alan Rudolph · critics 27%, audiences 23%
- 2001 Don't Say a Word: acted · directed by Gary Fleder · critics 24%, audiences 49% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex
- 2001 Riding in Cars with Boys: acted · directed by Penny Marshall
- 2001 Sidewalks of New York: acted · directed by Edward Burns
- 2001 Summer Catch: acted · directed by Michael Tollin · critics 8%, audiences 41%
- 2002 8 Mile: acted · directed by Curtis Hanson · critics 75%, audiences 54% · streaming on Netflix, Starz
- 2002 Spun: acted · directed by Jonas Åkerlund
- 2003 Girl interrupted: acted · directed by Shawn Levy
- 2003 Good Boy!: acted · directed by John Robert Hoffman
- 2003 Uptown Girls: acted · directed by Boaz Yakin · critics 15%, audiences 61% · streaming on MGM+, Philo, Roku Channel
- 2004 Little Black Book: acted · directed by Nick Hurran
- 2005 Neverwas: acted · directed by Joshua Michael Stern
- 2005 Sin City: acted · directed by Frank Miller and Quentin Tarantino · critics 76%, audiences 78% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2006 Love and Other Disasters: acted · directed by Alek Keshishian
- 2006 The Dead Girl: acted · directed by Karen Moncrieff
- 2006 The Groomsmen: acted · directed by Edward Burns
- 2008 The Ramen Girl: produced, acted · directed by Robert Allan Ackerman
- 2009 Across the Hall: acted · directed by Alex Merkin
- 2009 Deadline: acted · directed by Sean McConville
- 2009 Megafault (TV movie): acted · directed by David Michael Latt
- 2009 Tribute (TV movie): acted · directed by Martha Coolidge
- 2010 Abandoned: acted · directed by Michael Feifer · audiences 22% · streaming on Philo, YouTube (free), Plex
- 2014 Something Wicked: acted · directed by Darin Scott