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Brittany Murphy

American actress and singer known for versatile roles in comedy and drama.

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Brittany Murphy is best known for Acting in films like Clueless, 8 Mile, and Girl, Interrupted, and voice work in Happy Feet. On Dead or Alive, Brittany Murphy is listed in the Screen Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Brittany Murphy is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Acting in films like Clueless, 8 Mile, and Girl, Interrupted, and voice work in Happy Feet
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About Brittany Murphy

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). In the 2000s she played the patient Elisabeth Burrows in Don't Say a Word (2001), alongside Michael Douglas, and Alex Latourno in 8 Mile (2002), for which she garnered critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). On The Ramen Girl (2008), she served as a producer in addition to acting. Her final film project was Something Wicked, released in 2014. She also dabbled in music, being able to sing and play the piano and trumpet from childhood. In the early 1990s she was part of the band Blessed Soul, alongside actor Eric Balfour. The band did not release an album. She featured on British DJ Paul Oakenfold's single "Faster Kill Pussycat" in 2006, and in the same year covered two songs, Queen's "Somebody to Love" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Boogie Wonderland", for the soundtrack of the film Happy Feet.

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