She launched a Kickstarter for a clothing brand
If you were wondering what Murphy did with all the fiber from her alpacas (no? Just me?), she used that for good as well. In 2012, she launched a Kickstarter for Erin Murphy Knits, a company to provide knitwear using the fiber from her alpacas. Murphy wrote on Kickstarter, “I was looking for a business that was kid-friendly & eco-friendly, utilized 100% renewable resources and would help support the local economy. This led me to alpacas.”
The campaign, which was meant to help her launch a winter collection, was fully funded and the most recent update in November 2012 suggests that some items were shipped while she was working on the rest of the deliverables. While it appears that Erin Murphy Knits may now be defunct (or at minimum hasn’t had any updates in a while), I can’t help but admire her willingness to give back in any way she can.
You may be seeing more of her on screen soon
Now that some of Murphy’s sons are fully grown and the others are no longer small children, it may just be time for her to get back to her passion of acting. She was recently part of a 2017 short called I Might Be Famous, where she played the character Erin alongside the main character Tabitha Briarwood who, according to IMDb, “discovers that she’s no longer famous, which begins her outrageous journey to become a celebrity again.”
Also in 2017, she starred in the television movie Life Interrupted where she played Nina Woodworth, the woman for whom Mason’s wife Ally leaves him. While the TV movie didn’t garner much buzz, along with Murphy’s 2017 short it might signal her return to acting that we’ve all been waiting for.
Regardless of whether she goes full-fledged sitcom star again, we’re certain to see her doing something in the near future. “I don’t ever want to be complacent,” she told ABC News. We can’t wait to see what she has up her sleeve next!
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