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Derrick Prentice Barry (born July 18, 1983) is an American drag performer,
Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the " Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productio ...
impersonator and reality television personality. He is best known for competing on the third season of ''
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'' (2008), and later the eighth season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
'' (2016) and fifth season of ''
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'' (2020).


Early life

Barry, born July 18, 1983 to Candy Hawthorne Barry and Scott Barry, was raised in
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. He first saw
Britney Spears Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the " Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productio ...
when he was 15 in her " ...Baby One More Time" music video on
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, and first went to see her in concert in 2002. His first time in drag was when he dressed as Spears for Halloween in 2003. His second time dressing as Spears was two weeks later on November 17, 2003, at the audience of ''
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'' where Spears was a guest star. Derrick was the 2010 representative for a National anti-bullying organization Don't H8 as Miss Don't H8 DIVA where she was also awarded Hall of Fame, LEGEND Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Presidential Hall of Champions.


Career

Barry first gained attention when he competed on the third season of ''
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'' in 2008, with his talent being a Britney impersonator. He made it past the auditions, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. After the show, he appeared in the music videos for
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's "
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" and
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's "
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" in 2009. He was brought on stage by
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during one of her performances on her
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in 2015. It was announced that Barry would be competing with 11 other drag queens for the eighth season of ''
RuPaul's Drag Race ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' is an American reality competition television series, the first in the ''Drag Race'' franchise, produced by World of Wonder for Logo TV (season 1–8), WOW Presents Plus, VH1 (season 9–14) and, beginning with the f ...
'' on February 1, 2016. He was the one-hundredth queen to be seen competing on the show in the first episode. He was eliminated in the eighth episode after losing a
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to
Bob the Drag Queen Christopher D. Caldwell, better known as Bob the Drag Queen and Caldwell Tidicue, is an American drag queen, comedian, actor, activist, musician, and reality television personality. He is best known for winning the eighth season of ''RuPaul's D ...
, and placing fifth. In acting, he first appeared as the character Julie in an episode of ''
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'' in 2015. He appeared in '' Sharknado: The 4th Awakens'' in 2016. He played the character Kimberly in ''
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'' in 2016. She appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race. She appeared with
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and
Silky Nutmeg Ganache Reginald Homer Steele (born December 31, 1990), better known by the stage name Silky Nutmeg Ganache, is an American drag performer from Chicago, Illinois, who came to international attention in 2019 when she competed on the eleventh season of ...
for an episode of the fourteenth season of
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in 2019. In September 2019, at RuPaul’s DragCon NYC, Barry was named as one of a rotating cast of a dozen ''Drag Race'' queens in ''
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'', a Las Vegas show residency from January to August 2020 at the
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. The show will feature RuPaul's music and seven of the 12 queens: Barry, Aquaria (winner of season ten),
Asia O'Hara Antwan Mason Lee (born July 7, 1982), better known by the stage name Asia O'Hara, is an American drag queen, reality television personality, and costume designer. She is most well known for competing on the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', ...
(season ten),
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(season five, ''All Stars'' season two),
Yvie Oddly Jovan Jordan Bridges (born August 22, 1993), known by the stage name Yvie Oddly, is an American drag queen, performer, fashion designer, rapper, and recording artist from Denver, Colorado who came to international attention in 2019 when she won t ...
(winner of season eleven),
Eureka O'Hara Eureka, also known as Eureka O'Hara and Eureka!, is the stage name of Eureka D. Huggard (born August 26, 1990), an American drag queen and reality television personality. Eureka rose to prominence competing on the ninth and tenth seasons of '' ...
(seasons nine and ten, ''All Stars'' season six),
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(season three, ''All Stars'' season five),
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(season eleven),
Kameron Michaels Dane Young (born July 23, 1986), known professionally as Kameron Michaels, is an American drag performer who came to international attention after competing on the tenth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. Originally from Columbia, Tennessee, sh ...
(season ten), Kim Chi (season eight), Naomi Smalls (season eight, ''All Stars'' season four), and
Shannel Bryan Watkins, known by his stage name Shannel (born July 3, 1979), is an American drag queen and television personality, best known for competing on the first season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and later the first season of '' RuPaul's Drag Race ...
(season one, ''All Stars'' one). Barry had prior experience working in Vegas drag shows, being a part
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's ''Divas Las Vegas'' and starring in ''Drag Queen Cuisine'' at
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. In March 2022, Barry, alongside the rest of the ''RuPaul's Drag Race Live!'' cast, performed with
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during her
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concert residency at
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. Barry joined Eve in her performance of ''Supermodel'' by RuPaul during her appearance on '' The Talk''. In 2020, Barry returned for the fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars'', where she was the first queen eliminated from the competition, placing 10th overall. In June 2021, she was a featured performer at Nashville's OUTLOUD Music Festival.


Music

Barry released his first single, "BOOMBOOM" with Chris Cox on May 6, 2016.


Personal life

As of January 2017, Barry is in a polyamorous relationship with Nick San Pedro and Mackenzie Claude, a fellow drag queen who goes by the name Nebraska Thunderfuck, a drag daughter of
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. In 2017, Barry generated controversy when he mistakenly stated in a ''
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'' round table discussion that people were killed during the
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; Willam Belli, also present at the discussion, corrected him. Willam later based her song "Derrick" on the incident. Barry appeared in the music video for "Derrick".


Filmography


Movies


Television


Web series


Music videos


Discography


Singles


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Derrick 1983 births Living people American drag queens America's Got Talent contestants American gay actors Gay entertainers American LGBT musicians LGBT people from California LGBT people from Nevada American LGBT rights activists People from Modesto, California Polyamorous people
Derrick Barry Derrick Prentice Barry (born July 18, 1983) is an American drag performer, Britney Spears impersonator and reality television personality. He is best known for competing on the third season of ''America's Got Talent'' (2008), and later the eig ...
Derrick Barry Derrick Prentice Barry (born July 18, 1983) is an American drag performer, Britney Spears impersonator and reality television personality. He is best known for competing on the third season of ''America's Got Talent'' (2008), and later the eig ...