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She was raised in Edison, New Jersey|Edison, New
Jersey and from there she moved to Burbank,
California, with her mother, who had divorced her
father when Murphy was young. When she was nine
years old, she landed a singing role on Les
Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables,
and by the time she was 13, she already had a
manager. Murphy landed her first job in Hollywood
when she was 14 when she had a starring role as
Brenda Drexell in Drexell's Class. She was also
the lead singer of the band Blessed Soul in the
early 1990's.

She has since starred in many films such as 8
Mile, Clueless and Uptown Girls and appeared in
television from Sister, Sister to being the voice
of Luanne Platter of the long-running animated
series King of the Hill. Her weight loss and
transformation over the years, caused speculation
of an eating disorder or plastic surgery, both of
which she denied.

She is currently the new spokesmodel for Jordache
jeans.

==Filmography==
*Happy Feet (voice) (2006) - Gloria
*Love and Other Disasters (2006) -
*The Groomsmen (2006)
*Neverwas (2005)
*Sin City (movie)|Sin City (2005) - Shellie 
*Boyfriend in a Box (2005) 
*Little Black Book (2004) - Stacy 
*Uptown Girls (2003) - Molly Gunn 
*Just Married (2003) - Sarah McNerney
*Spun (2002) - Nikki 
*8 Mile (2002) - Alex
*Something in Between (2002) - Sky
*Don't Say a Word (2001) - Elisabeth Burrows 
*Riding in Cars With Boys (2001) - Fay Forrester

*Summercatch (2001) - Ded Mulligan 
*Sidewalks of New York (2001) - Ashley
*The Audition (2000) - Daniella
*Cherry Falls (2000) - Jody Marken
*Angels! (2000) - Nurse Bellows 
*Trixie (2000) - Ruby Pearli
*Girl, Interrupted (1999) - Daisy Randone 
*Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) - Lisa Swenson 
*Falling Sky (1998) - Emily Nicholson 
*Zack and Reba (1998) - Reba Simpson
*Phoenix (movie)| Phoenix (1998) - Veronica
*Bongwater (movie)|Bongwater (1998)  - Mary
*Prophecy 2 (1998)
*Drive (1996) - Deliverance Bodine 
*Freeway (movie)|Freeway (1996) -Rhonda
*Clueless (1995) - Tai Fraiser
*Family Prayers (1993) - Elise


== Television ==
*Common Ground (2000 - Dorothy Nelson 
*The Devil's Arithmetic (1999 - Rivkah 
*David and Lisa (1998)  - Lisa
*King of The Hill (1997 - Luanne Platter
*Double Jeopardy (1996) - Julia Marie Neuland 
*Clueless (1996) - Jasmine
*Nash Bridges (1996) - Carrie
*SeaQuestDSV (1995) - Christine VanCamp
*The Marshal (1995) - Lizzie Roth
*Murder One  (1995) - Diane 'Dee-Dee' Carson
*Boy Meets World (1995) - Trini
*Sister, Sister (1994-1995 - Sarah
*Party of Five (1994) - Abby
*Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992 - Angie
*Kids Incorporated (1992 - Celeste
*Drexell's Class (1991)- (1992) - Brenda Drexell
*Murphy Brown (1991) - Frank's sister
*Blossom (television)|Blossom (1990 - Wendy


==External links==
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:*imdb name|id=0005261|name=Brittany Murphy
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