How to Make a Comeback Like Brittany Murphy

Brittany Murphy has a natural look and an on-screen charm that have given her a high-profile acting career, complete with its ups and downs. The one thing that Murphy has managed to do through it all is make repeated comebacks, each one bigger than the one before.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Lay your foundation early on as a multi-faceted and adaptable talent by following Brittany Murphy's lead as a young TV and film actress and a professional musician. Murphy jumped between roles in TV's "Drexell's Class" and appearances on "Boy Meets World" while ramping up her involvement in the band Blessed Soul.
2. Take lighthearted but memorable roles in movies like Brittany Murphy's "Clueless," in which she played a hapless newcomer to the Beverly Hills high school that the plot centered around. The role showed her in a geek-to-chic transformation that gave the young acting expert a comeback from her early TV and music days.
3. Keep yourself in the business as Murphy did after her hit role in "Clueless" by taking solid parts in screen and TV movies as Brittany Murphy did throughout the late 1990s. Her participation in TV films like Oprah Winfrey's "David and Lisa" kept her on the Hollywood radar, setting her up for future acting comebacks.
4. Accept challenging roles with rising stars such as Winona Ryder and the relatively unknown (at the time) Angeline Jolie, for roles such as Murphy's "Girl, Interrupted." The film gave Murphy her first critical comeback since the movie was a hit with critics and film buffs, earning Murphy enough street cred to go on to bigger and better projects.
5. Continue to take parts in multiple roles each year, whether they're TV or film so you can rise to the comeback heights of Brittany Murphy. As was the case with Murphy, a few of the many roles you take, such as her role in Eminem's "8 Mile" and her lead role with Ashton Kutcher in "Just Married," will pay off big time for major comebacks.