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Derrick Barry

Derrick Prentice Barry[2] (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 eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race (2016) and fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2020).[3]

Derrick Barry
Barry at RuPaul's DragCon LA in 2018
Born
Derrick Prentice Barry[1]

(1983-07-18) July 18, 1983 (age 40)[1]
Modesto, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Drag queen, Impersonator
Years active2003–present
Known forRuPaul's Drag Race, America's Got Talent
Websitehttp://derrickbarry.com/

Early life edit

Barry, born July 18, 1983, to Laura Lee Everitt and Scott Prentice Barry,[4][1] was raised in Modesto, California.[5] He first saw Britney Spears when he was 15 in her "...Baby One More Time" music video on MTV, 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.[6] His second time dressing as Spears was two weeks later on November 17, 2003, at the audience of The Tonight Show where Spears was a guest star.[7] Derrick was the 2010 representative for a National anti-bullying organization Don't H8 as Miss Don't H8 DIVA where he was also awarded Hall of Fame, LEGEND Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Presidential Hall of Champions.[8]

Career edit

 
Derrick Barry (left) and Bob the Drag Queen (right) in 2017

Barry first gained attention when he competed on the third season of America's Got Talent in 2008, with his talent being a Britney impersonator.[9] He made it past the auditions, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals.[10] After the show, he appeared in the music videos for Eminem's "We Made You"[11] and Katy Perry's "Waking Up in Vegas" in 2009. He was brought on stage by Madonna during one of her performances on her Rebel Heart Tour in 2015.[12]

It was announced that Barry would be competing with 11 other drag queens for the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race on February 1, 2016.[13] 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 lip sync to Bob the Drag Queen, and placing fifth.[14]

In acting, he first appeared as the character Julie in an episode of Dig in 2015.[15] He appeared in Sharknado: The 4th Awakens in 2016.[16] He played the character Kimberly in War on Everyone in 2016.[17]

He appeared as a guest for the first challenge in the premiere of season eleven of Drag Race.[18] He appeared with Vanessa Vanjie Mateo and Silky Nutmeg Ganache for an episode of the fourteenth season of Germany's Next Topmodel in 2019.[19]

In September 2019, at RuPaul's DragCon NYC, Barry was named as one of a rotating cast of a dozen Drag Race queens in RuPaul's Drag Race Live!, a Las Vegas show residency from January to August 2020 at the Flamingo Las Vegas.[20] The show will feature RuPaul's music and seven of the 12 queens: Barry, Aquaria (winner of season ten), Asia O'Hara (season ten), Coco Montrese (season five, All Stars season two), Yvie Oddly (winner of season eleven), Eureka O'Hara (seasons nine and ten, All Stars season six), India Ferrah (season three, All Stars season five), Kahanna Montrese (season eleven), Kameron Michaels (season ten), Kim Chi (season eight), Naomi Smalls (season eight, All Stars season four), and Shannel (season one, All Stars one).[20] Barry had prior experience working in Vegas drag shows, being a part Frank Marino's Divas Las Vegas and starring in Drag Queen Cuisine at House of Blues.[21] In March 2022, Barry, alongside the rest of the RuPaul's Drag Race Live! cast, performed with Katy Perry during her Play concert residency at Resorts World Las Vegas.[22]

Barry joined Eve in her performance of Supermodel by RuPaul during her appearance on The Talk.[23] In 2020, Barry returned for the fifth season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars, where he was the first queen eliminated from the competition, placing 10th overall. In June 2021, he was a featured performer at Nashville's OUTLOUD Music Festival.[24] He appears in RuPaul's Drag Race Live Untucked (2024).

Music edit

Barry released his first single, "BOOMBOOM" with Chris Cox on May 6, 2016.[25]

Personal life edit

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 Alaska Thunderfuck.[26][27] In 2017, Barry generated controversy when he mistakenly stated in a Billboard round table discussion that people were killed during the Stonewall Riots; Willam Belli, also present at the discussion, corrected him.[28] Willam later based her song "Derrick" on the incident.[29] Barry appeared in the music video for "Derrick".[30]

Filmography edit

Movies edit

Year Title Role
2016 Sharknado: The 4th Awakens
2016 War on Everyone Kimberly
2018 A Queen for the People Herself

Television edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2008 America's Got Talent Herself Quarterfinals [9]
2015 Dig Julie Guest [15]
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race Herself Contestant (5th Place) [13]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked RuPaul's Drag Race companion show [13]
Gay for Play Game Show Starring RuPaul Guest
Graves Drag Queen Margaret Episode: "That Dare Not Speak" [31]
2017 Hey Qween! Herself Guest [32]
2019 Germany's Next Topmodel Guest [19]
2019 The Talk Backup dancer [23]
2019 Will and Grace Drag Queen Guest appearance
2020 RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (season 5) Herself Contestant (10th Place) [3]
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: Untucked (season 2) [33]
RuPaul's Drag Race: Vegas Revue Main Cast [34]
2022 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 14) Special guest; Episode: "Reunited!" - S14 [35]
2023 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 15) Special guest; Episode: "Reunited!" - S15
2024 RuPaul's Drag Race (season 16) Special guest; Episodes: "Rate-A-Queen", "Queen Choice Awards" - S16

Web series edit

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2016 RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked Herself Season 8 [36]
2016 Bobbin' Around Guest [37]
2016-19 Wait, What? Guest [38]
2017 Spilling the Tea Guest [39]
2019-22 The Pit Stop Guest, 2 episodes [40][41]
2019 ASMR Queens Co-Host [42]
Iconic Guest [43]
Try Guys Episode: "The Try Guys Lip Sync Battle Drag Queens" [44]
2020 Couple$ for Ca$h Guest [45]
The X Change Rate Guest [46]
Whatcha Packin' Guest [47]
2021 Cosmo Queens Guest [48]
2022 Vanjie: 24 Hours of Love Guest [49]
Portrait of a Queen Episode: "Jaida Essence Hall" [50]

Music videos edit

Year Title Artist
2009 "We Made You"[11] Eminem
2009 "Waking Up in Vegas" (Director's Cut) Katy Perry
2015 Not a Pearl Willam Belli
2016 "Purse First"[51] Bob the Drag Queen
2019 "B.F.A. (Best Friend's Ass)"[52] Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Paris Hilton
2020 "Gigging" Yvie Oddly
2020 "Derrick" Willam Belli
2022 "The Motto" (Official Drag Video) Ava Max and Tiësto[53]

Discography edit

Singles edit

Year Title
2016 BOOMBOOM (featuring Chris Cox)

References edit

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External links edit

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