Information about Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy
Murphy at the December 2006 Australian premiere of Happy Feet
Birth name	Brittany Anne Bertolotti
Born	November 10 1977 (1977--) (age 30) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.

Brittany Murphy (born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American actress and recording artist. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the Hollywood films such as Clueless, Girl, Interrupted, 8 Mile, Sin City, The Dead Girl, and Happy Feet, which have all been box office and critical successes.

Biography

Early life

Murphy was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Angelo Bertolotti, an Italian American, and Sharon (Murphy), who is of Irish and Eastern European descent.^[1][2][3][4] Murphy's parents divorced shortly after her birth, and she was raised in Edison, New Jersey (she graduated from Edison High School) and Burbank, California by her single, working-class mother; she has had little contact with her father, who later served time for racketeering, since the divorce. Murphy was raised a Baptist and attended a Lutheran school, but is now a non-denominational practicing Christian.^[5][6]

When she was nine years old, Murphy landed a singing role in a musical version of Les Misérables, and had signed on with a manager by the time she turned thirteen.

Acting

Murphy landed her first job in Hollywood when she was fourteen, starring as Brenda Drexell in the television series Drexell's Class. She then went on to play Molly Morgan in the short lived The Torkelsons spinoff Almost Home. She was also the lead singer of the band Blessed With Soul in the early 1990s, and was at one time signed on to play late singer Janis Joplin in a biography, but the film was not made because of legal disputes over music rights.

Murphy has since starred in many successful films, including Clueless (1995), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Don't Say a Word (2001), 8 Mile (2002) and Uptown Girls (2003) as well as many lesser known films, such as Spun (2003). She has also appeared on several television series, including Sister, Sister, Boy Meets World and as the voice of Luanne Platter on the long-running animated series King of the Hill.

She most recently appeared in the films Little Black Book (2004), which was considered a critical and commercial failure, and the critically acclaimed Sin City (2005). Also in 2005, she appeared in the promo video for Tears for Fears' comeback single Closest Thing To Heaven, and in August, Brittany co-presented UK music show alongside Holly Willoughby.

Murphy is also filming five other films. She will star in The Ramen Girl. The Other Side, and The White Hotel; she has a voice role for the animated character Tinkerbell in an upcoming Disney movie, and she is reprising her role as Shellie in Sin City 2.

Music

In the Spring of 2006, Paul Oakenfold along with Brittany Murphy released the single "Faster Kill Pussycat", with the album A Lively Mind which was released on June 6 in the United States. The song has become a club hit, and hit number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also hit number seven in the UK singles chart in June 2006. She dabbled in music again with the release of her movie Happy Feet, in which she covered Queen's classic "Somebody to Love" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland".

Brittany is currently working on her debut album, which is inspired by techno-pop sound. The album will be released in 2007. She is working with various producers and DJs including with Paul Oakenfold, Chris Cox, Max Martin and Timbaland.

Personal life

Actor Jonathan Brandis was Murphy's high school prom date. Once engaged to talent manager Jeff Kwatinetz[1], in December 2005, Murphy became engaged to Joe Macaluso, a production assistant she met while working on her film, Little Black Book. In August 2006, they ended their engagement. In May 2007, Murphy married screenwriter Simon Monjack in a private Jewish ceremony officiated by a rabbi.^[7]

Murphy's weight loss and transformation over the years caused speculation of an eating disorder or plastic surgery, both of which she has denied. During 2005, Murphy was the spokesmodel for Jordache jeans.

In 2006, Brittany Murphy was voted 36th in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women List, 29th in Celebrity Sleuths 25 Sexiest List and in May of the same year, Maxim magazine named Murphy #49 on its annual Hot 100 List.

Her mother, Sharon was diagnosed as having breast cancer, when Brittany was 15. She survived by having a double mastectomy.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1995	Clueless	Tai Fraiser
	Victim of the Night	Julia Newland
1996	Freeway	Rhonda
1997	Drive	Deliverance Bodine
Bongwater
1998	David and Lisa	Lisa
	The Prophecy II	Izzy
	Falling Sky	Emily Nicholson
1999	Girl, Interrupted	Daisy Randone
	Drop Dead Gorgeous	Lisa Swensen
	The Devil's Arithmetic	Rivka
2000	Cherry Falls	Jody Marken
	Common Ground	Dorothy Nelson
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Ashley
	Don't Say a Word	Elisabeth Burrows
	Riding in Cars with Boys	Fay Forrester
	Summer Catch	Dede Mulligan
2002	8 Mile	Alex
2003	Uptown Girls	Molly Gunn
	Spun	Nikki
	Just Married	Sarah McNerney
2004	Little Black Book	Stacy
2005	Sin City	Shellie
2006	Love and Other Disasters	Jacks
	Happy Feet	Gloria (voice)
	The Groomsmen	Sue
	The Dead Girl	Krista
2007	The Ramen Girl	Abby
2008	Tinker Bell	Tinker Bell (voice)
2009	The White Hotel	Tinkerbell (voice)
	Sin City 2	Shellie

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.K	U.S. Dance	NZ	AUS
2006	"Faster Kill Pussycat" (Oakenfold featuring Brittany Murphy)	7	1	19	44

See also

• List of number-one dance hits (United States)
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

External links

• Brittany Murphy at the Internet Movie Database
• Brittany Murphy at Yahoo! Movies
• Brittany Murphy at TV.com