Brittany Murphy Biography

Brittany Murphy

Brittany Anne Murphy (born: Brittany Bertolotti, born November 10, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, † December 20, 2009 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American actress. She was already at the age of thirteen years in advertising before the camera. The international breakthrough came in as a supporting actress in films such as Clueless - Was sonst! and Interrupted. In addition, she worked as a musician and voice actor of cartoon characters.

Life

Brittany Murphy was born Brittany Bertolotti in Atlanta and then in Edison, New Jersey and raised by her mother Sharon Murphy. Brittany Murphy by her father has Italian roots, the ancestors of her mother come from Ireland. At the age of nine she was on the stage of regional theater. Four years later, followed by appearances in television commercials.

2003 Brittany Murphy got married during the filming of Full colleagues Ashton Kutcher, with whom she was then allied. The couple separated after seven months.

On 5 Brittany Murphy got married in May 2007 the screenwriter Simon Monjack.

On 20 December 2009 to 8 clock time Brittany Murphy was found unconscious by her mother Sharon in the shower of her home. After futile attempts at resuscitation summoned rescue workers was found at 10:04 Clock death of the actress in the hospital. Cause of death as heart failure was specified. It was on 24 December 2009 buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park .

Acting Career

Beginnings

To promote her daughter's acting career in 1991 with her Sharon Murphy moved to Burbank, California. There she landed a role in the television series Drexell's Class at the side of Dabney Coleman, Cleavant Derricks and Jason Biggs. Was The series has already sold for a season, set for Brittany Murphy, however, a career springboard They were followed in many successful watch television shows like Murphy Brown, Blossom or Parker Lewis - Der Coole by the school as a guest performer on. In 1993 she received a supporting role in the feature film Family Affairs - my father and gave the players on the side of Joe Mantegna and Anne Archer her screen debut.

Breakthrough

Murphy, together with colleague Josh Wood at a party at Warner Brothers 2006

The international breakthrough came in 1995, also usually in a supporting role in the movie Clueless - What! alongside Alicia Silverstone. Due to the great success of the TV series Clueless - The Chaos clique has been developed. In this, however, Murphy appeared in only a guest role. The other rolls of film were taken for the series with new actors.

Brittany Murphy was still a minor and guest actress in TV series such as Life and I, seaQuest DSV, or Nash Bridges seen. In 1996, she was standing next to Kiefer Sutherland and Reese Witherspoon in the movie Freeway in front of the camera. Together with Sidney Poitier, she was seen in 1998 in the television film David and Lisa. That same year she was cast for Danny Cannon's Movie Phoenix - Bloody City and played alongside Christopher Walken and Russell Wong in The Prophecy II - The Prophecy.

1999 Brittany Murphy was on the side of her colleague Kirsten Dunst seen in a leading role. The TV film The Devil's account tells the story of a girl who is transported back into the past of the Second World War and then experienced life in the concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Also in 1999, the actress plays the inmate of a psychiatric clinic, Interrupted in the film. In addition to Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie embodies the Daisy Randone suffered from bulimia, which initially is discharged as cured from the clinic. After the visit of two former Mitinsassinen but she takes the life.

Achievements in 2001

In 2001, Brittany Murphy was among others in the teen comedy Summer Catch with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jessica Biel as well as in the tragicomedy of the road with Boys alongside Drew Barrymore and Steve Zahn on the air. The cast of the film by director Penny Marshall has been consistently praised. In Gary Fleder thriller Do not Say a Word, Murphy was seen in the role of a mentally unstable woman who was a young girl witnessed the murder of her father. The psychiatrist Nathan R. Conrad, played by Michael Douglas, who tries to get access to Elisabeth Burrows investigate a jewel theft. For her compelling presentation, the actress was nominated for a Satellite Award.

In 2002 she played the girlfriend of the rapper Eminem in the movie 8 Mile and was in the same year, also in the independent film spun on the side of Jason Schwartzman, Mickey Rourke, and Mena Suvari as Nikki. 2003 He starred in the comedy Married with Ashton Kutcher, as well as Full spoiled party girl in Uptown Girls - A bitch of Hazzard, with Dakota Fanning. Another embodiment of her role as a budding television presenter in the ex-girlfriends on the side of my friend Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates. Her performance brought Brittany Murphy a nomination for the Teen Choice Awards. 2005 she worked as a waitress Shellie in the comic book adaptation Sin City to see. A year later she starred in the British comedy Love and Other Disasters, and the murder victim Krista in independent film The Dead Girl.
2008 until her death

After a brief pause spectacle held them 2008 each in the comedy The Ramen Girl and a year later in the thriller Across the Hall, and starred in the horror film Deadline. After her death, were promotional poster and DVD cover of Deadline removed from many store chains, as they recently deceased Brittany Murphy were dead in a bathtub. Her last roles she played in the Abandoned thrillers, where the Page of Dean Cain and Mimi Rogers represents a woman whose husband has disappeared, and Something Wicked. Both films were originally meant to celebrate in the course of 2010 their premieres, but will take into account in both cases, the wishes of the family of Brittany Murphy.

Theater work

In addition to her work as an actress in the film and television Brittany Murphy was also on stage. She played from 1997 to 1998 on Broadway in the play A View from the Bridge (dt View from the Bridge) by Arthur Miller. At the side of Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney she embodied the role of Catherine .

Synchronous activity

Brittany Murphy was heard often as a voice actor too. So she borrowed since 1997, Luanne Platter, a main character in the animated series King of the Hill, her voice and this was awarded in 2004 with Annie Award. Other speaking roles have included the 2006 animated film Happy Feet and created the cartoon Futurama: The era of the tentacle from the year 2008. Also in the video game Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is the voice of the actress heard.

Music Career

Brittany Murphy with Paul Rodriguez in an appearance before U.S. troops in the Arabian Golf 2003

In the early 90s, Brittany Murphy was the front singer of the band Blessed With Soul in the spectacle of Mr Eric Balfour was a member. In the music videos "A Little Respect" Wheatus of the band and "Closest Thing to Heaven" by Tears for Fears, it is seen as an actress too. She has also appeared as a singer in Faster Kill Pussycat by DJ Paul Oakenfold. The song was a number-one dance-club hit in the U.S. and reached number 7 in the official UK charts. In the animated film Happy Feet had spoken of her main character a voice part.

Filmography
as an actress

In the German dubbed versions, the roles of Brittany Murphy, Hugo Uschi often been spoken. In Sin City gave her the German actress Tanya Geke her voice.

* 1991: Murphy Brown (TV series)
* 1991-92: The class of Drexell (Drexell's Class), TV
* 1992: Kids Incorporated (TV series)
* 1992: Parker Lewis - Der Coole from school (Parker Lewis Can not Lose), TV
* 1993: Family Affairs - Father of the players (Family Prayers)
* 1993: All My Children (Almost Home), TV
* 1993: Blossom (TV series)
* 1994: Frasier (TV series)
* 1994-95: Sister, Sister (TV series)
* 1994: Party of Five (TV series)
* 1995: Clueless - Was sonst!
* 1995: The life and I (Boy Meets World), TV
* 1995: The Marshal (The Marshal), TV
* 1995: seaQuest DSV (TV series)
* 1995: Murder One - Der Fall Jessica (TV series)
* 1996: Freeway
* 1996: Double Risk (Double Jeopardy), TV-Film
* 1996: Nash Bridges (TV series)
* 1996: Clueless - The Chaos-Clique (TV series)
* 1997: Bongwater
* 1997: Drive - No one is proposing tougher
* 1998: Falling Sky
* 1998: God's Army II - The Prophecy (The Prophecy II)
* 1998: Phoenix - Bloody City
* 1998: Zack & Reba
* 1998: David and Lisa (TV movie)
* 1999: The Devil's bill (The Devil's Arithmetic), TV-Film
* 1999: Drop Dead Gorgeous (Drop Dead Gorgeous)
* 1999: Interrupted (Girl, Interrupted)
* 2000: Common Ground (TV movie)
* 2000: Trixie
* 2000: Angels!
* 2000: Sex or die! (Cherry Falls)
* 2000: The Audition (short film)
* 2001: Sidewalks of New York (Sidewalks of New York)
* 2001: Summer Catch - In love with a blow
* 2001: Wheatus - A Little Respect (music video)
* 2001: Say a word (Do not Say a Word)
* 2001: On the road with Boys (Riding in Cars With Boys)
* 2002: Spun - Leben im Rausch
* 2002: Something in Between (Short)
* 2002: 8 Mile
* 2003: Full (Just Married) Married
* 2003: Uptown Girls - A bitch of Hazzard
* 2004: The Ex-Little Black Book (Little Black Book)
* 2004: Tears for Fears - Closest Thing To Heaven (music video)
* 2005: Sin City
* 2005: Neverwas
* 2006: The Boys Are Back in Town - The Friends of the Bridegroom (The Groomsmen)
* 2006: Love and Other Disasters
* 2006: The Dead Girl
* 2008: The Ramen Girl
* 2009: Deadline
* 2009: Tribute (TV movie)
* 2009: Across The Hall
* 2009: Megafault (TV movie)

As a voice actor

* 1997-2009: King of the Hill (animated series)
* 1999-2000: Pepper Ann (animated series)
* 2003: Good Boy (Good Boy!)
* 2006: Happy Feet
* 2008: Futurama - The Beast with a Billion Backs (Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs), cartoon

Awards
Teen Choice Awards

* 2003: Nomination as Best Actress - Drama / Action Adventure for 8 Mile
* 2005: Nomination as Best Actress for The Ex-Little Black Book

Young Artist Award

* 1996: Nomination as Best Young Actress in a Feature Film for Clueless - Was sonst!
* 1999: Nomination as Best Young Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Special for David and Lisa
* 2000: Nomination as Best Young Actress in a Feature Film for Interrupted

Annie Award

* 1997: Nomination as best dubbing voice in an animated television series King of the Hill
* 2000: Nomination as best dubbing voice in an animated television series King of the Hill (Episode 76)
* 2004: Awarded as the best dubbing voice in an animated television series King of the Hill (Episode 164)

More

* 2001: Nomination for the Satellite Award for best supporting actress for Do not Say a Word
* 2002: Awarded the Young Hollywood Award for Outstanding Performance of a young actress
* 2004: Nomination for the Golden Raspberry as Worst Screen Couple, together with Ashton Kutcher married for Full

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