Brittany was born on November 10, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia. Her mother was Sharon Murphy and father Angelo Bertolotti.
Her father was involved in organized crime within the Italian mafia and spent his life in and out prison, leading their parents to divorce when she was 2.
She moved to Edison, NJ with her mother, where she started being interested in acting and performing.
At 8 years old, she wanted to be a star and convinced her mother to get headshots and drive her to auditions in Manhattan.
She began immediately landing jobs for commercials and appearances in sitcoms like Boy Meets World.
In 1991, age 14, she moved to Los Angeles to push her career further. She then had a first big break on the sitcom Drexell’s Class.
In 1995, she starred in the movie Clueless.
The movie was a hit and made her famous in the US.
Then she played in various movies with famous actors such as Angelina Jolie and Wynona Ryder.
In 2009, after she has been allegedly fired from a movie project due to poor attitude, she was found dead on December 20th, that same year.
Her mysterious death was reported being caused by pneumonia and anemia and heavy doses of cold medications. She was only 32 years old.
However, her father released in November 2013 results of tests performed on Murphy’s hair that stated presence of rat poison.
There are other theories around her death that for most of people remain unexplained.