Mel B
Known for Acting · 127 credits
- Born
- 1975-05-29 (age 51)
- Place of birth
- Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Scary Spice · Melanie Brown · Spice Girls · Melanie B · Melanie Janine Brown
Biography
Melanie Janine Brown McPhee, MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is a British singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, before reuniting for a greatest hits album (2007) and two concert tours: the Return of the Spice Girls (2007–2008) and Spice World (2019).
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self - Scary Spice / Self - Host / Performer
TV Shows (83)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Musical Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
Top of the Pops
1964
as Self - Scary Spice / Self - Host / Performer
Sherri
2022
as Self - Guest
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Contestant / Self - Guest Judge
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Project Runway
2004
as Self - Guest Judge
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
as Self - Guest Judge
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Scary Spice
America's Got Talent
2006
as Self - Judge
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
as Self
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self - Scary Spice
Bambi
1948
as Self - Scary Spice
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self - Scary Spice
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
as Self
Celebrity Juice
2008
as Self / Self - Team Captain
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
An Audience with...
1978
as Self - Scary Spice
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self - Scary Spice
Germany's Next Topmodel
2006
as Self - Guest Judge
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
as Self
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
2013
as Self
Steve
2017
as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
as Self - Guest Judge
Hollywood Game Night
2013
as Self
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
1995
as Self - Scary Spice
Miss Universe
1955
as Self - Host
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
as Self
Celebrity Name Game
2014
as Self
Mask Singer
2019
as Self
The BRIT Awards
1977
as Self
Drop the Mic
2017
as Self
The Weakest Link
2021
as Self - Contestant
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
2007
as Sylvia Burke
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Big Fat Quiz
2004
as Self - Contestant
The Circle
2020
as Self - Contestant
Name That Tune
2021
as Self - Contestant
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
Dancing with the Stars
2004
as Self - Host
The X Factor
2005
as Self - Judge
Through the Keyhole
2013
as Self
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
2009
as Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
as Self - Guest Team Captain
Miley's New Year's Eve Party
2004
as Self - Host
Blankety Blank
2021
as Self - Panellist
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test
2023
as Self
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains
2021
as Self
Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model
2005
as Self - Guest Judge
Deal With It
2013
as Self
The Masked Singer Australia
2019
as Self - Panelist
Smash Hits Poll Winners Party
1988
Ruby Wax Meets
1996
as Self - Scary Spice
Shopping with Keith Lemon
2019
as Self
Movies (44)
Spice World
1997
as Mel B
Killing Hasselhoff
2017
as Mel B
An Audience with Adele
2021
as Self
The Seat Filler
2004
as Sandie
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
2015
as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spice Exposed
1998
as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage)
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip
2016
as Brandy
The BRITs at 40
2020
as Self
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
2012
as Self - Scary Spice
An Audience with Elton John
1997
as Self
LD 50 Lethal Dose
2003
as Louise
Pavarotti & Friends - For the Children of Liberia
1998
as Self
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
The Twelve Trees of Christmas
2013
as Cordelia
A New Diva's Christmas Carol
2022
as Host
Spice Girls at the BBC
2021
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment?
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild!
1998
as Self
Raw Spice
2001
as Self - Scary Spice
Sex, Lies & Michael Aspel
2003
as Herself
Spice Power
1997
as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage)
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
2012
as Self - Scary Spice
The Windrush Generation
as Self
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas
2018
as Self
Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
1997
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything
2007
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: The Live One
1999
as Self - Scary Spice
Prince: Beautiful Strange
1998
as Self
Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
2007
as Self - Scary Spice
An Audience with the Spice Girls
1997
as Self
Spice Girls: Girls Talk!
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power!
1997
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Unauthorized
2005
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Paris
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Miami Spice
1998
as Self
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Arnhem
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews
2007
as Self - Scary Spice
Telling Lies
2006
as Maggie Thomas
Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits
2007
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Lyon
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls: Back In Britain!
1998
as Self - Scary Spice
Spice Girls - Girl Power : ces filles qui ont changé le monde
as Mel B
About Mel B
Melanie Janine Brown McPhee, MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Mel B or Melanie B, is a British singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, before reuniting for a greatest hits album (2007) and two concert tours: the Return of the Spice Girls… With 127 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Mel B has appeared in 44 films and 83 TV shows.
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Most Popular Mel B Movies
- Spice World (1997) — as Mel B
- Killing Hasselhoff (2017) — as Mel B
- An Audience with Adele (2021) — as Self
- The Seat Filler (2004) — as Sandie
- The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World (2015) — as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) (uncredited)
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