Bridget Powers (born Cheryl Murphy; October 11, 1980) is an American pornographic actress with dwarfism. She is often credited as "Bridget the Midget" Her family moved to Burbank, California, when she was one year old, after which her parents divorced. She had a number of operations between the ages of three and fourteen to correct bowed legs; the results left her with one straight leg and one that points to the left. Powers has to wear a knee brace.
Career
Powers was discovered at a goth nightclub by a man who was working as a make-up artist for a gothic vampire adult movie. By her own count, she appeared in 65 to 70 original films, with compilations bringing that up to over 110. She left the business, as she wished to do condom-only scenes yet many of the male performers would remove the condoms.
She was a co-host on Ed Powers' radio show Bedtime Stories.
She was co-host of the Johnny Nerotic Live Show from 2002-2024 Appearing first in the pilot for the show in Nov,10th 2001.She is also in a band named Blakkout. In addition to her erotic film roles, she has appeared in several mainstream films, such as 8mm, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, S.W.A.T., Wristcutters: A Love Story, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell and independent films such as Almost Amateur, Tiptoes, and Lynsey does Jody 2 – Extreme Edition.
She appeared as herself in the 2002 HBO documentary series Cathouse: The Series, which explored the lives of the owners, management, staff and customers of the Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel in Mound House, Nevada. As "Bridget the Midget", she was featured in an episode of the History Channel series Wild West Tech. In 2006, she appeared on an episode of VH1's celebrity reality show, The Surreal Life. She has also appeared on The Howard Stern Show on E! She also played the role of Tink, Sheriff Sugar Wolf's love interest in the 2010 film Big Money Rustlas.
In 2022, Powers formed the punk band Bridget and the Nameless.
Since 2024, Powers has been touring the country with the "Micro Maidens", the world's smallest burlesque show, and "MicroMania" midget wrestling.
Personal life
She has one son, who was born when Powers was 28. Powers has stated she remains on friendly terms with the father of her son, who has since remarried. On September 18, 2019, she was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center after stabbing her boyfriend Jesse James in the leg at her home in Las Vegas, after discovering him in bed with another woman.
Filmography
Film
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|2002
|Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
|Little Person
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|2003
|Temptation
|Rita's Porn Partner
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|2003
|S.W.A.T.
|Self
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|2003
|Tiptoes
|Sally
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|2006
|Wristcutters: A Love Story
|Stripper
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|2006
|Cain and Abel
|Little Vito
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|2009
|I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
|Rainbow Sprite
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|2010
|Big Money Rustlas
|Tink
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|2020
|Tidy Tim's
|Tiny Tammy
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Television
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!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
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|2001 2004
|The Johnny Nerotic show
|Co host
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|2001
|The Andy Dick Show
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|Episode: "Blind Date"
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|2005
|Cathouse: The Series
|Self
|3 episodes
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|2006
|The Surreal Life
|Self
|Episode: "Tawny Takes on Flo Part: 2"
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|2013–2014
|The League
|Candy
|2 episodes
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