Perhaps it was being born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Edison, New Jersey that bestowed Brittany Murphy with the adaptability that has allowed her to conquer a fairly prodigious amount of projects for her 25 years. Brittany first honed her acting skills in regional theater at the age of 9. By age 13, she had signed on with a manager and began appearing in television commercials. In 1991, at the age of 13, Brittany and her mother moved to Burbank, California, where she landed her first television role on the show Blossom. This lead to a starring role on Drexell's Class, a series that proved to be short lived. Brittany's major breakthrough film appearance was in Clueless, the Emma meets Beverly Hills, 90210 comedy, in which she starred opposite of Alicia Silverstone. She has gone on to demonstrate her versatility and talent for not only comedy but drama; Brittany was nominated for best leading female performance in the Young Artist Awards for her role in the television film David and Lisa. Aside from the 25 screen appearances since her Clueless breakthrough, Brittany has lean her vocal talents, established in the early 1990s as a lead singer of her band "Blessed Soul", to the cartoon King of the Hill as the voice of Luanne. She now resides in Los Angeles, where she lives with her mother.



Little Black Book (2004): $4,000,000
Uptown Girls (2003): $1,000,000

In February 2000, she appeared [with Girl, Interrupted (1999) costar Winona Ryder] in "The Vagina Monologues," reading a chilling story of a Bosnian woman's rape camp experiences. Her favorite music was Jazz, especially Cole Porter. She also liked TLC, Björk, Beck and The Rolling Stones. Ranked 32nd on the Maxim Hot 100 in 2003. Her mom, Sharon, is a survivor of breast cancer. Engaged to talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz. (August 2004) broke engagement but the two remain friends [January 9, 2004] Eric Balfour was a member of her band, "Blessed Soul", in the '90s. One of her first jobs was for a commercial for Skittles. Wore her own dress and red lipstick to the premiere of Clueless (1995) because she didn't know about stylists. Former girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher Named #8 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list. Sings on Paul Oakenfold's hit single "Faster Kill Pussycat" [Highest UK chart position no. 7, June 2006]. Brittany and Joe Macaluso broke off their engagement [August 22, 2006]. Despite appearing in all three of the major stories in Sin City (2005), all of her scenes were filmed in one day. An only child. Was estranged from her father. They hadn't seen each other since 2006 when she died in December 2009. Stated in her will that all of her assets should be left to her mother.