Excepting The Ramen Girl, Murphy’s career had a pretty promising upward arc. After Clueless, the star embarked on a vigilant workload that saw her balance banal rom-coms and nichey films alike. This combined versatility, along with continued small-screen gigs, quickly helped Murphy ascend to the comfortable ranks of the A-list–if even for just a moment.
However in 2006, she hit a career high. Murphy starred in Karen Moncrieff’s little-seen, critically-acclaimed (and now, unfortunately-titled) The Dead Girl. Girl was a dark, gritty thriller. It was a rarity in that it brought out the best in Murphy. Perhaps too easily, as it combined the ill-fated plights of a single mother, a teenage runaway, an abused prostitute into a single character. But still. In portraying Krista, Murphy didn’t miss a beat, delivering a nuanced performance that had us wondering what she was doing years past with sludge like Uptown Girls and Just Married.

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