Trivia / facts
Basics
Name: Brittany Murphy
Nickname: Britt
Birth name: Brittany Anne Murphy
Birth place: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Birthday: 10 November 1977
Weight: 105 lbs
Height: 1.60 cm
Natural hair color: brown
Eyes color: brown
Education: Verne Fowler School of Dance (Colonia, New Jersey), Herbert Hoover School (Edison, New Jersey), Valley Professional School (Los Angeles, California), John Burroughs High School (Los Angeles, California)
Residence: Los Angeles
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: white
Facts
- She did a commercial for Skittles when she was little
- She is of Irish and Italian descent
- In school she used to giggle in Maths class, what earned her the nickname of Crack Baby
- Her favorite music is Jazz
- Some of her favorite musicians/bands include Cole Porter, TLC, Björk, Beck and The Rolling Stones
- She was the lead singer of her own band stablished on early 90's, "Blessed Soul".
- Her mom, Sharon, is a survivor of breast cancer
- Brittany Murphy was caught kissing Winona Ryder. It was broadcast on Celebrities Uncensored
- She admitted on Late Night with Conan O'Brien she prefers dating tall men
- She was set to star in a biopic of Janis Joplin, but the film was grounded over battles for the rights to Joplin's songs. She had won the role over Courtney Love and Emily Watson.
- She sang in the opening act at the 2002 MTV Movie awards.
- Her date to the high school prom was Jonathan Brandis of "SeaQuest DSV" (1993) fame.
- She began acting in regional theater at age 9