Mel B
Biography
Mel B is an English singer, actress and television host who became known in the mid-1990s as Scary Spice, her nickname in the Spice Girls. Raised in Leeds, she answered a Stage advertisement in 1994 and joined the group, whose records sold more than 100 million copies and made them the best-selling female group of all time. Her first solo single, I Want You Back, topped the UK chart in 1998, and two albums followed, Hot (2000) and L.A. State of Mind (2005). On screen she appeared in Spice World (1997), The Seat Filler (2004) and The Twelve Trees of Christmas (2013), and she played Mimi in Rent in the Netherlands and Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway. She has judged talent shows including The X Factor and America's Got Talent, took second place on Dancing with the Stars, and was appointed an MBE in 2022.
51years old
Turns 52 on May 29in 229 days
- Born Harehills
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Melanie Janine Brown (birth name)Also credited as Melanie Gulzar
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 16 years1997 to 2013
Every film, newest first
- 2013The Twelve Trees of ChristmasIMDb rating 5.9
- 2004The Seat FillerIMDb rating 5.4
- 1997Spice WorldIMDb rating 3.8
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Big break
An advertisement in The Stage magazine drew responses from Mel B, Melanie C, Geri Halliwell and Victoria Adams in 1994. Roughly 400 women who replied turned up for auditions at Danceworks Studios in Mayfair, London.
First role
Mel B's first movie role came in 2003, in a British drama called Burn It. She was also part of the cast for a long run of shows of The Vagina Monologues.
A first
Mel B and the Spice Girls got back together for a single performance in July 2012, at the Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony in London, where they sang "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life". Over 116,000 tweets per minute made it the most tweeted moment of the Olympics.
Mel B movies on Netflix
Worked with
Mel B made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Richard E. Grant's page
Alan Cumming's page
Jason Flemyng's page
Casper Van Dien's page
Stephen Fry's page
Curtis Armstrong's page
Bob SpiersDirector, 1 film, 1997
All films by Bob Spiers
Michael DeCarloDirector, 1 film, 2013
All films by Michael DeCarlo
All films by Nick Castle
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| 2022 | Member of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.