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{{Female adult bio|
name = Bridget Powers
|photo= [[Image:Powers, Bridget - Lukeisback.jpg|200px]]
|birth= {{birth date and age|1980|10|11}}
|location= [[Boise]], [[Idaho]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|birthname= Cheryl Marie Murphy
|death=
|measurements= 28A-22-32
|height= {{height|ft=3|in=9}}<ref name=bizarre>{{cite web|url= http://www.bizarremag.com/sleaze/interviews/357/bridget_the_midget.html|title= Sleaze Interviews: Bridget the Midget|accessdate= 2008-01-16|year= 2004|month= August|publisher= [[Bizarre (magazine)|Bizarre]]}}</ref>
|weight=
|shoe size=
|eye color= Brown
|hair color= Black
|skin color= [[White people|White]]
|natural bust=
|blood=
|orientation= [[Bisexual]]<ref name=Xtreme>{{cite web|url= http://xtrememagazine.com/index.php/bridget-the-midget.html|title= Bridget The Midget|accessdate= 2008-07-13|author= Nichola Fergeson|year= 2008|month= July|publisher= Xtreme Magazine}}</ref>
|ethnicity=[[Hispanic]]
|alias= Bridget Powerz, Bridget "the Midget" Powers, Bridgette
|films= 46 (per IAFD)
|homepage= http://bridgetthemidget.com
|iafd= BridgetPowers
|imdb= 0108808
|afdb= 7518
}}
'''Bridget Powers''' (born [[October 11]], [[1980]] in [[Boise]], [[Idaho]]) is the pseudonym of an [[United States|American]] [[pornographic film|erotic film]] [[actor|actress]] with [[dwarfism]]. She is often credited as "Bridget the Midget" or with the alternate spelling "Bridget Powerz".
Her parents divorced when she was one year old. 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. As a result Powers has to wear a knee brace.<ref name=bizarre/>
Powers was discovered at a [[Goth subculture|Goth]] nightclub by a man who was working as a make-up artist for a gothic vampire [[pornographic film|adult movie]].<ref name=bizarre/> By her own count, she appeared in 65 to 70 original films, with compilations bringing that up to over 110.<ref name=Xtreme/> She left the business as she wished to do comdom-only scenes yet many of the male talent would remove the condoms.<ref name=Xtreme/>
She was a co-host on [[Ed Powers]]' radio show ''Bedtime Stories''. She is also in a band named Blakkout.
She once told [[Howard Stern]] on his radio show that she always wanted to be tall when she was young.
In addition to her erotic film roles, she has appeared in mainstream films such as ''[[8mm (film)|8mm]]'', ''[[S.W.A.T. (film)|S.W.A.T.]]'', ''[[Confessions of a Dangerous Mind]]'', and independent films such as ''[[Tiptoes]]''. She also appeared, as herself, in an episode of the talk show ''[[The Roseanne Show]]''.
She appeared as herself in the [[2002]] [[HBO]] [[documentary film|documentary]] series ''[[Cathouse (television series)|Cathouse]]'' which explored the lives of the owners, management, staff and customers of the [[Moonlite Bunny Ranch]] [[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 is mentioned in the Bloodhound Gang song "I'm the least you could do".
==External links==
*{{Myspace|bridgetthemidget08|Bridget the Midget}}<ref name=Xtreme/>
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