Bridget Powers

Bridget Powers (born October 11, 1980) is an American pornographic actress with dwarfism. She is often credited as "Bridget the Midget"<ref name=Giles/> or with the alternate spelling "Bridget Powerz".<ref name=Giles/> Besides her adult work, she has also appeared in many films in either comedic or dramatic roles, such as Big Money Rustlas, Tiptoes, and S.W.A.T.. She also is the singer in the punk band Bridget and the Nameless.

Early life

Powers was born in Boise, Idaho. Her parents divorced when she was one year old, and 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.<ref name=bizarre/>

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.<ref name="bizarre" /> She made her first porn film in 1999.<ref name=IAFD>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By her own count, she appeared in 65 to 70 original films, with compilations bringing that up to over 110.<ref name="Xtreme">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She left the business, as she wished to do condom-only scenes yet many of the male performers would remove the condoms.<ref name="Xtreme" /> Disillusioned with the exploitation of the porn film industry, she then set up her own video on demand website.<ref name="Giles">Template:Cite book</ref>

She was a co-host on Ed Powers' radio show Bedtime Stories. 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 HellTemplate:Citation needed 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!<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Self-published source</ref>

In 2025, Powers was touring the country with the "Micro Maidens", the world's smallest burlesque show, and "MicroMania" midget wrestling.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

She has one child.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On September 18, 2019, she was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center after stabbing her boyfriend Jesse James<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in the leg at her home in Las Vegas, after discovering him in bed with another woman.<ref name=Lacanlale>Template:Cite news</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind	Little Person
2003	Temptation	Rita's Porn Partner
2003	S.W.A.T.	Self
2003	Tiptoes	Sally
2006	Wristcutters: A Love Story	Stripper
2006	Cain and Abel	Little Vito
2009	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Rainbow Sprite
2010	Big Money Rustlas	Tink
2020	Tidy Tim's	Tiny Tammy

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Andy Dick Show		Episode: "Blind Date"
2005	Cathouse: The Series	Self	3 episodes
2006	The Surreal Life	Self	Episode: "Tawny Takes on Flo Part: 2"
2013–2014	The League	Candy	2 episodes

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