Girl interrupted

She wowed us with her roles in Clueless, Just Married, Girl Interrupted, Spun, 8 Mile, Uptown Girls, Sin City, Happy Feet, and Riding in Cars with Boys. Brittany Murphy left many fans heartbroken with her untimely death two years ago. CS remembers the talented actor on her second death anniversary:u00a0



>>u00a0Brittany first honed her acting skills in regional theater at the age of 9. By 13, she had signed on with a manager and began appearing in TV ads.

>>u00a0She played the trumpet and piano. She took dance classes six days a week, as a kid. She was also a great singer. She was the lead voice of her band Blessed Soul.

>>u00a0Due to her invariably silly laughs in Math's class, her nickname in school was Crack Baby Brittany.

>>u00a0She was half Italian, a quarter Irish and a quarter Eastern European.

>>u00a0She was the former girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher.

>>u00a0She had a breast cancer scare and got lumps removed from her right breast.

>>u00a0She kept a notebook by her bed and would write poems in the middle of the night.

>>u00a0She sparked rumours of a cosmetic surgery after she was photographed in New York with what an augmented upper lip.

>>u00a0She reportedly left her entire estate to her mom, and nothing to her husband, screenwriter Simon Monjack.

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