Brittany Murphy
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 Brittany Murphy facts

• A native of 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 Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
• The 2000s saw Murphy with roles in Don't Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas, and alongside Eminem in 8 Mile (2002), for which she gained critical recognition
• Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006)
• Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill
• Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014
• In December 2009, Murphy died of pneumonia and anemia at the age of 32
• The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office at first ruled her death an accidental drug overdose
• However, when her widower Simon Monjack died from the same illnesses six months later, the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services considered toxic mold in their home as a possible cause for their deaths, but this has been dismissed by the Coroner's Office