Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer who moved to Los Angeles as a teenager and pursued a career in acting. Her breakthrough role was as Tai Frasier in Clueless (1995), followed by supporting roles in independent films such as Freeway (1996) and Bongwater (1998). She made her stage debut in a Broadway production of Arthur Miller`s A View from the Bridge in 1997 before appearing as Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999) and as Lisa Swenson in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). In the 2000s, Murphy appeared in Don`t Say a Word (2001) alongside Michael Douglas. She also featured in 8 Mile (2002) alongside Eminem for which she gained critical recognition. Her later roles included Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Spun (2002), Just Married (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Sin City (2005), and Happy Feet (2006). Murphy also voiced Luanne Platter on the animated television series King of the Hill (1997 to 2010). Her final film, Something Wicked, was released in April 2014. In May 2007, Murphy married British screenwriter Simon Monjack in a private Jewish ceremony in Los Angeles. A couple of years later, Murphy died of pneumonia at the age of 32 in 2009.