Cathy Barry

Cathy Barry

At the 2003 Adult Entertainment Expo
Born Catherine Capes
(1967-09-28) 28 September 1967[1]
Bristol, England
Other names Cathy Berry, Cindy Q
Height 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[1]
Spouse(s) Philip Joseph Barry
Website http://www.cathybarry.com/
No. of adult films 72 (per BGAFD)[2]

Cathy Barry (born 28 September 1967)[3][4] is an English pornographic actress and model. Along with her filmaker husband Phil Barry, she also runs the award winning[5] adult film production and distribution company Pumpkin Media TV.[6][7] Barry starrs in her own DVD series "Cathy's Diaries".[8][9]

Career

Born Catherine Capes in Bristol,[4][10][11] Barry left school at the age of 16 and took a temporary packing job at a bra factory.[12] She was then asked to model the bras for the company, appearing on the packaging.[13] This led to other modeling jobs which included one for a local body piercing shop and a radio station, Galaxy 101 at age 18. One of the radio station photos was used for a billboard advertisement which led to her getting into glamour modeling. Later she started lap dancing and table dancing in men's clubs.[11]

Around age 22, Barry starting doing solo and then girl-girl videos before progressing into boy-girl videos for larger production companies such as Playboy TV[11] in a film called Countess Cathula.[14] She began appearing in major adult industry productions in 2000 when she was 27.[1] In addition to performing, Barry also has producer and director credits to her name.[15]

In 2006, she starred in the porn film The Affair with Omar Williams. Although some critics attacked the film for bad filming that made it look amateurish,[16] other critics have praised the movie.[17]

In 2008 and 2011 Barry appeared on UK porn channel Television X. From 2010 to 2013, She appeared in nine episodes of the adult television series Red Light Central TV 1 in the UK.[15]

Appearances

In 2004, Barry underwent a breast implant operation that was broadcast live on the Five show Cosmetic Surgery Live. It was reported as being the biggest breast enlargement operation to be performed in the UK. The surgeon performing the operation was later called before his hospital's ethics committee.[18]

Barry played herself in episode 6 of Unseen Skins on the Skins website. She sleeps with the character Chris Miles, and upon hearing about his love for his teacher she promises him a cheque for £700 so that he can pursue her on a school trip to Russia.[19]

Awards and nominations

In 2007, Barry won the award for Best British Performer at the ETO Awards show.[20] Later that year, Barry was nominated for Best Female Actress in the UK Adult Film Awards for her role in Cathy's Diaries 9.[21] Barry also won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2007 UK Adult Film Awards[22] and Best Online Female Actress in 2008.[23]

Personal life

Barry was born Catherine Capes in Bristol, England. Growing up she had nicknames such as "Jeff" and "Centerfold" because had the same last name as Olympic shot put thrower Jeff Capes.[11] She states that prior to her adult film and modeling career, she was a body builder and was interested in going to college to become a chef. Barry states that she is bisexual.[11]

During the 2011 political scandal around Scottish businessman Adam Werritty's access to the Ministry of Defence images were published in the national press of an earlier meeting between Barry and Liam Fox, the minister at the centre of the scandal.[24][25]

In 2016, it was widely reported in the UK media that residents of St George, Bristol opposed planned changes to a building that Barry's husband Phil ran as an adult film studio (Bristol Film Studios) since 1995[26] and that Cathy Barry worked from into a multiple occupancy house. Residents were concerned that short term rental contracts would attract people who would not integrate with the community.[27][28] The changes went ahead.[29] Phil Barry had produced and directed multiple videos featuring his wife.[30][31]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cathy Barry at the Internet Adult Film Database
  2. ↑ Cathy Barry at the British Girls Adult Film Database
  3. ↑ "MS CATHERINE BARRY director information. Free director information. Director id 906192209". Company Check. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  4. 1 2 "My Biography". Cathybarry.com. Retrieved 2010-12-16.
  5. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090815061429/http://www.ukafta.com/
  6. ↑ https://www.pumpkinmedia.tv/about
  7. ↑ https://www.hotmovies.com/studio/843/Pumpkin-Films/
  8. ↑ https://www.pumpkinmedia.tv/alltitles
  9. ↑ http://www.adultfilmdatabase.com/videoseries/5171/cathys-diaries/
  10. ↑ "Search general register office (GRO)birth records 1761–2006 | Fully indexed birth records". Findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 Rosen, Dave (November 2003). "The SCORE Interview: Cathy Barry". SCORE. 12 (11): 34. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  12. ↑ "The official website of British porn star Cathy Barry". Cathybarry.com. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  13. ↑ http://hush-hush.co.uk/porn-star-interviews/cathy-barry/
  14. ↑ Cathula on IMDb
  15. 1 2 Cathy Barry on IMDb
  16. ↑ The Affair at the British Girls Adult Film Database
  17. ↑ "Review of The Affair". Strictly News. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  18. ↑ "Surgeon who hit big time on TV probed". The Times. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  19. ↑ "Unseen Skins". Channel 4. Retrieved 2007-06-21.
  20. ↑ "ETO Show 2007". Strictly News. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  21. ↑ "UK Adult Film Awards – Nominations". Strictly News. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  22. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100219125700/http://strictlynews.com/sbn/live/industry/news/adult-films-awards-2007-winners.html
  23. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090815061429/http://www.ukafta.com/
  24. ↑ Yes, Minister: Liam Fox photographed with porn star Cathy Barry
  25. ↑ Liam Fox and Adam Werritty: as it happened 12 October
  26. ↑ "Biographies". Theabstract.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  27. ↑ "Residents oppose plans to turn porn studio into houses". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  28. ↑ "A porn studio is going to be turned into flats, and locals are furious". Independent.co.uk. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  29. ↑ Pennock, Lewis (17 May 2017). "Old porn studio WILL become flats despite MP's plea". Bristolpost.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  30. ↑ "CATHY BARRY EXTREME INTERRACIAL – British Board of Film Classification". Bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  31. ↑ "CATHY AND CHARMAINE: THE BLUE MOVIE – British Board of Film Classification". Bbfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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