Michelle Murphy • The Actor's Journey from Michigan to Tokyo

Actress Michelle Murphy talks about her recurring Disney role
that fulfilled her dream to work abroad – all the way to Tokyo!


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Michelle Murphy grew up in Dearborn & Detroit, MI, and
graduated with her BFA in Liberal Arts from The University of
Detroit Mercy. She was part of a thriving Metro-Detroit theatre
scene, where she earned both her AEA and SAG cards with Jeff
Daniels’ The Purple Rose Theatre Company. She was named Artistic
Director of the Planet Ant Theatre in 2000, a small black box
theatre in Metro-Detroit, which she helped found in 1997, along
with fellow Detroiter, Keegan Michael Key. Michelle is most proud
of her past work involving theatre for young audiences. She
co-wrote and performed in Grandma Says for the critically
acclaimed Mosaic Youth Theatre of Detroit and produced and
performed in Little Bear, which toured Detroit public schools for
over 10 years, providing outreach, awareness and assistance for
minors involving sexual misconduct. Before she relocated to
Chicago in 2002, she earned both Best Season Over All for her
efforts at the Ant, as well as nabbing a Best Supporting Actress
Award for her role in Stop, Kiss at The Performance Network in
Ann Arbor, MI.


Regional credits include producing, co-writing and co-starring in
Side of Ranch at Chicago’s Donny’s Skybox Theatre and a year
performing and touring with Stage One; Louisville, KY’s premiere
theatre for young audiences. Michelle has performed at numerous
Equity houses in the Midwest market before relocating permanently
to Los Angeles in 2006 and pursuing a career in film and
television.


She returned from Tokyo in the spring of 2022, where she filmed
her recurring series role in Lost Man Found, a limited series
coming to Disney+ on Jan. 25th, 2023. She’s had recurring roles
on Sincerely, Camille, OWN networks first animated series,
co-starring roles on Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, and is part of
Beachbody’s cast for their VOD workout program, #MBF and #MBFA.
Michelle is a member of Loft Ensemble theatre company. She wrote
and performed her first solo show, Keeper, in the fall of 2022.


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