Chantelle Barry (born 18 March 1980) is an Australian musician and actress from
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, best known for being in the original line-up of
girl group
A girl group is a music act featuring several female singers who generally harmonize together. The term "girl group" is also used in a narrower sense in the United States to denote the wave of American female pop music singing groups, many of who ...
Bardot before leaving the group suddenly under controversial circumstances.
Career
Music
In 1999, Barry auditioned for the first series of the Australian version of the talent show ''
Popstars
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'', competing against over 2,500 hopefuls who turned up to auditions around the country which required both singing and dancing experience. After a series of elimination rounds Barry, along with
Belinda Chapple,
Sophie Monk
Sophie Charlene Akland Monk (born 14 December 1979) is an Australian singer, actress, model, and television personality. She was a member of the pop girl group Bardot, winners of the first season of '' Popstars Australia'' in 2000, and later r ...
, Sally Polihronas and
Katie Underwood
Katie Underwood (born 23 December 1975) is an Australian singer-songwriter and meditation teacher. She is best known for being a member of Bardot, winners of the first Australian series of ''Popstars'' in 2000.
Since departing the group in ...
were chosen to form a group and moved in together in Sydney to work on their debut single
"Poison".
However after only a few weeks Barry was asked to resign from the nascent, still-unnamed girl group after stealing money from Sophie Monk, but the reason for her departure was not revealed at the time. She first confirmed the circumstances around her departure in a 2006 appearance on the TV show ''
Where Are They Now?'', and further elaborated on the incident in later interviews.
[ Barry states that she had taken Monk's weekly $100 money allowance from an envelope left in Barry's room with the intention of giving it back to her, but forgot to do so and was therefore removed from the group. Subsequently she was paid $1000 and offered a solo record deal to leave the group and to stay silent on the matter at the time, leading to the widespread speculation over her firing.][ She was replaced by ]Tiffani Wood
Tiffany may refer to:
People
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Known mononymously as "Tiffany":
* Tiffany Darwish, (born 1971), an American singer, songwriter, actress know ...
in the final line-up of what would become Bardot. Polihronas would later state that Barry was "exploited" by the show and made out to be "the villain".[
After leaving Australia, Barry placed third in the Song of the Year songwriting contest,][
In August 2009, she officially launched her debut solo album ''Simple Things'' in the U.S., followed by albums ''Songbird'' in 2012, and more recently, ''Lovers Gonna Love'' in 2018.
In 2020, Barry recorded her own version of "Poison".][
]
Acting
Barry has appeared in several independent films and in small roles on the television series '' Water Rats'', ''General Hospital
''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in pro ...
'', ''Entourage
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Arts and entertainment
* L'entourage, French hip hop / rap collecti ...
'', ''How I Met Your Mother
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'', ''The Paul Reiser Show
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'' and '' NCIS''. In 2008 Barry played the recurring role of Nina, a friend of main character Naomi Clark on the television series '' 90210''.Valiant Comics
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character Roku
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The first Roku model, developed in collaboration with Netflix, was introduce ...
, the main antagonist of the ''Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe
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'' live-action miniseries.
Barry also works as a voice actor. In 2016, she played Ava Thorne in the Oculus Rift
Oculus Rift is a discontinued line of virtual reality headsets developed and manufactured by Oculus VR, a division of Meta Platforms, released on March 28, 2016.
In 2012 Oculus initiated a Kickstarter campaign to fund the Rift's development, af ...
video game ''Edge of Nowhere
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'', and is credited as the voice of the "Narrator" in an episode of the 2018 Netflix
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series ''Disjointed
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''. Barry also did additional voice work for the video games ''Mad Max
''Mad Max'' is an Australian post-apocalyptic Action film, action film series and media franchise created by George Miller (filmmaker), George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with ''Mad Max (film), Mad Max'', and was followed by thre ...
'', ''Agents of Mayhem
''Agents of Mayhem'' is an open world action-adventure video game developed by Volition and published by Deep Silver. The game was released in August 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game's themes are based on Satur ...
'', '' Marvel's Spider-Man'', ''Days Gone
''Days Gone'' is a 2019 action-adventure video game developed by Bend Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. A Windows port was released in May 2021.
The game is set in post-apocalyptic Oregon two years ...
'' and voiced the character Chloe in ''Metal Gear Survive
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''.
In 2019, Barry voiced Baphomet on the DC Universe
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web television series ''Doom Patrol
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'', and provided the voice of Sheila in ''Spyro Reignited Trilogy
''Spyro Reignited Trilogy'' is a platform video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. It is a collection of video game remaster, remasters of the first three games in the ''Spyro'' series: ''Spyro the Dragon'' (1998), ''Sp ...
''. She voiced Ghost
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in 2020's ''Iron Man VR
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'', and Shael in 2021's '' Horizon Forbidden West ''.
Other
Barry has appeared in two pictorials for ''FHM
''FHM'' (For Him Magazine) is a British multinational men's lifestyle magazine that was published in several countries. Its master edition contained features such as the ''FHM'' 100 Sexiest Women in the World, which has featured models, actres ...
'', one in the months after leaving Bardot and another in 2007.[
]
Personal life
Barry married American actor Scott Whyte
Scott William Whyte (born January 8, 1978) is an American actor best known for his role as Chris Anderson on ''City Guys''. He has also appeared in television series such as ''That '70s Show'' and ''Just Shoot Me!'' and the films '' D2: The Migh ...
in 2018.Los Angeles
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since 2002.[
]
References
External links
*
Barry's Music Nation profileChantellebarry.com
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1980 births
Australian women pop singers
Australian women singer-songwriters
Australian singer-songwriters
Australian television actresses
Australian film actresses
Actresses from Perth, Western Australia
Living people
Bardot (Australian band) members
21st-century Australian singers
21st-century Australian women singers
Australian voice actresses
Australian video game actresses