Brown, Melanie 1975- (Mel B, Melanie B, Mel Brown, Mel G, Melanie G, Mel Gulzar, Melanie Gulzar, Scary Spice)

PERSONAL

Full name, Melanie Janine Brown; born May 29, 1975, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England; married Jimmy Gulzar (an actor), September 13, 1998 (divorced, 2001); children: Phoenix Chi; (with Eddie Murphy) Angel Iris.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Publicist—The Outside Organization, Butler House, 177-178 Tottenham Court Rd., London W1T 7BY United Kingdom.

Career:

Actress and singer. Member of the Spice Girls, 1994—; appeared in television commercial for Pepsi, 1997, and Commission for Racial Equality.

Awards, Honors:

MTV Video Music Award (with the Spice Girls), best dance video, 1997, for "Wannabe"; MTV Europe Music Award (with the Spice Girls), best group, 1997; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination (with others), favorite actress—comedy, Blimp Award nomination (with others), Kids' Choice Awards, favorite movie actress, 1999, for Spice World; also won three American Music Awards with the Spice Girls.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Melanie B, Spice World, Columbia, 1997.

Herself, Spice Power, 1997.

Herself, The Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story, 1999.

Louise, LD 50 Lethal Dose (also known as LD50 and Lethal Dose), First Look International, 2003.

Sandie, The Seat Filler, The Momentum Experience, 2004.

Maggie Thomas, Telling Lies, 2006.

Lonnie, Love Thy Neighbor, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Melanie Gulzar) Herself, Pure Naughty, 1999.

Presenter, This Is My Moment, 2001.

Claire, Burn It, BBC, 2003.

Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(With the Spice Girls) Performer, Smash Hits Poll Winners Party 1997, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) Performer, MTV Video Music Awards 1997, MTV, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) 44 edicion de los premios Ondas, 1997.

Spice Up Your Life, 1997.

Comic Relief, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) MTV Europe Music Awards 1997, MTV, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) Premios Amigo 97, 1997.

An Audience with the Spice Girls, TIV, 1997.

Spice Girls: Too Much Is Never Enough, UPN, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) Performer, The 1997 Billboard Music Awards, Fox, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) An Audience with Elton John, ITV, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) Krede moder Spice Girls, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) The BRIT Awards '97, ABC, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) The 1997 World Music Awards, ABC, 1997.

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '98, ABC, 1997.

The Brit Awards '98, ABC, 1998.

The 25th Annual American Music Awards, ABC, 1998.

(With the Spice Girls) Spice Girls in Concert: Wild! (documentary), pay per view, 1998.

Voice, Creche Landing, 1998.

Pavarotti and Friends, PBS, 1998.

(As Melanie G) Host, The 1999 Malibu MOBO Awards, 1999.

The 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 2000.

The 100 Greatest Pop Songs, MTV, 2000.

Spice Girls in Concert!, 2000.

Prince of Wales: Kings in Waiting, 2000.

Performer, Brit Awards 2000, 2000.

Solo Spice, 2001.

Geri Halliwell: Behind the Music (also known as VH1's "Behind the Music"), VH1, 2001.

(With the Spice Girls) The New Royals, 2001.

Wax Museum: History of Madame Tussaud's, 2001.

Performer, Mgp 2001—de unges melodi grand prix (also known as M: G: P 2001—de unges melodi grand prix and Mgp 2001), 2001.

Presenter, The 2001 Top of the Pops Awards, BBC, 2001.

The British Comedy Awards, ITV, 2001.

Melanie B: Voodoo Princess, 2002.

Seven Days That Shook the Spice World, 2002.

Presenter, Party in the Park 2002, Channel 5, 2002.

Bubblegum Babylon, VH1, 2002.

25 Years of Smash Hits, Channel 4, 2003.

Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde, BBC, 2004.

Avid Merrion's XXXmas Special, 2005.

(As Mel B) Be My Baby: The Girl Group Story, 2006.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Bettabuys worker, Coronation Street, ITV and CBC, 1993.

(With the Spice Girls) Surprise! Surprise!, 1996.

Die Harald Schmidt Show (also known as Late Night Show mit Harald Schmidt), 1996.

Guest presenter, Top of the Pops (also known as All New Top of the Pops and TOTP), 1996.

(With the Spice Girls) Musical guest, Saturday Night Live (also known as SNL), NBC, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) The National Lottery (also known as The National Lottery Live), 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) "Wetten, dass …? aus Wien," Wetten, dass?, 1997.

(With the Spice Girls) "Wetten, dass …? aus Mannheim," Wetten, dass?, 1997.

"The Spice Girls," Ruby Wax Meets …, BBC, 1998.

(With the Spice Girls) "Titanic," French and Saunders, BBC, 1998.

(With the Spice Girls) TFI Friday (also known as Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4, 1998.

(As Melanie B) Top of the Pops (also known as All New Top of the Pops and TOTP), 1998, 2000, 2001.

(As Melanie G) Top of the Pops (also known as All New Top of the Pops and TOTP), 1999.

(As Mel G) Lamarr's Attacks, BBC, 2000.

(As Melanie B) Never Mind the Buzzcocks, BBC, 2000.

Guest host, TFI Friday (also known as Thank Four It's Friday), Channel 4, 2000.

Mundo VIP, 2000.

So Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2001.

(As Mel B) TV total, 2001.

(As Melanie B) Singer, Snurre Snups sondagsklub, 2001.

The Kumars at No. 42, BBC2 and BBC America, 2001.

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC, 2002.

V Graham Norton, Channel 4, 2002.

(As Mel B) Bo' Selecta!, Channel 4, 2004.

(As Melanie B) GMTV, ITV, 2005.

Total Request Live, MTV, 2005.

Richard & Judy, Channel 4, 2005.

CD:UK, 2005, 2006.

Inside Edition, syndicated, 2006.

Also appeared (with the Spice Girls) ABC in Concert, ABC.

Stage Appearances:

Mimi, Rent, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Made stage debut in The Vagina Monologues, London, England.

RECORDINGS

Albums (with the Spice Girls):

Spice, Virgin, 1996.

Spiceworld, Virgin, 1997.

Forever, Virgin, 2000.

Albums (solo):

Hot, 2000.

L.A. State of Mind, 2005.

Music Videos (with the Spice Girls):

"Wannabe," 1996.

"Say You'll Be There," 1996.

"2 Become 1," 1996.

"Who Do You Think You Are," 1997.

"Mama," 1997.

"Spice Up Your Life," 1997.

"Stop," 1998.

"Viva Forever," 1998.

"Goodbye," 1998.

"(How Does It Feel) To Be On Top Of the World," 1998.

"Holler," 2000.

Music Videos (solo):

(With Missy Elliot) "I Want You Back," 1998.

"Word Up," 1999.

"Tell Me," 2000.

"Feels So Good," 2001.

"Lullaby," 2001.

Videos:

Spice Exposed (documentary), MVP Home Entertainment, 1997.

Spice Girls: Live in Istanbul, Virgin, 1997.

(As Scary Spice) Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power (also known as Spice: The Official Video Volume One), Warner Home Video, 1997.

Girl Power, 1997.

Spice Girls Live at Wembley Stadium, Virgin, 1998.

Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story, Virgin, 1999.

(As Spice Girls) It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (documentary short), 2000.

South Africa Freedom Day: Concert on the Square, Image Entertainment, 2002.

Video Games:

Voice of Scary Spice, Spice World: The Game, 1998.

(With Spice Girls) Herself, SingStar Party, 2004.

WRITINGS

Autobiography:

Catch a Fire, Headline, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

People Weekly, September 28, 1998, p. 11; March 8, 1999, p. 130; August 13, 2007, p. 21.