8 Mile is a 2002 American hip-hop drama biographical film, directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, and Mekhi Phifer. The film is a semi-autobiographical account of Eminem’s early years in relative poverty growing up in Detroit, and his early career in rap. As such, the film is set in the underground Detroit hip hop scene in 1995.

Murphy may be best known to genre fans for her work in “Sin City” as Shellie. She also lent her voice to “Happy Feet.” She was also the voice of Luann on “King of the Hill” and did a guest-role on the “Futurama” DVD release, “The Beast With a Billion Backs.”

Murphy also had a supporting role in the dark Holocaust fantasy “The Devil’s Arithmetic”, based on the novel. And she found herself among a veritable roster of genre veterans in director Joshua Michael Stern’s fantasy film “Neverwas”, alongside Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Jessica Lange, William Hurt and Alan Cumming.