Brittany Murphy

Actor

Actress Brittany Murphy has made a Hollywood specialty of playing rough-around-the-edges chums and lovers. After guest starring roles in TV series like Blossom and Party of Five, she made her feature film debut in Clueless (1995) as Tai, the low-rent ugly duckling befriended by Alicia Silverstone's sleek Cher. Murphy won good reviews as Daisy, Winona Ryder's suicidal fellow mental patient in Girl, Interrupted (1999). She followed that with supporting roles in a string of "chick flicks" including Sidewalks of New York (2001) and Riding In Cars With Boys (2002, with Drew Barrymore). Murphy gradually remade herself from dowdy brunette to sultry blonde: she played Eminem's fame-hungry girlfriend in 8 Mile, the 2002 film inspired by the rapper's life, and the waitress Shellie in the violent comic book drama Sin City (2005, with Bruce Willis). Murphy also provides the voice of Luanne in the long-running animated series King of the Hill.

Extra credit: Murphy became engaged to film crew electrician Joe Macaluso in December of 2005; they split in August of 2006. She had previously been engaged to Jeff Kwatinetz, CEO of the talent management company The Firm... Murphy will reportedly be the voice of the fairy Tinkerbell in the 2007 Disney film Tinkerbell and the Ring of Belief... She provided vocals on Paul Oakenfold's single Faster Kill Pussycat, a dance club hit in 2006.