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About
Mel B
Overview
Melanie Janine Brown MBE (born 29 May 1975), commonly known as Melanie B or Mel B, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. She rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide, the group became the best-selling female group of all time.
Since 2007, she has established herself as a television personality and talent show judge. She participated in the fifth season of the American dance competition series Dancing with the Stars (2007). Between 2011 and 2016, she served as a guest and main judge on the Australian and British versions of The X Factor. She also co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season (2012). She judged on the NBC reality show America's Got Talent (2013–2018), served as a coach and mentor on The Voice Kids Australia (2014) and judged on The Masked Singer Australia (2022). From 2016 to 2018, she co-presented Lip Sync Battle UK alongside rapper Professor Green.
Known for
Acting |
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2025 | Happy Town | Actor | Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
2024 | America's Got Talent: Fantasy League | Actor | Self - Judge | 69 Fair |
2022 | A New Diva's Christmas Carol | Actor | Host | 58 Average |
2022 | Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
2022 | Spice Girls: The Power of 5! Greatest Hits | Actor | Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2022 | Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment? | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
2021 | Queen of the Universe | Actor | Self - Judge | 65 Fair |
2021 | An Audience with Adele | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
2021 | Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 69 Fair |
2021 | Spice Girls at the BBC | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 58 Average |
2020 | The BRITs at 40 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2019 | The Masked Singer Australia | Actor | Self - Panelist | 71 Good |
2017 | Killing Hasselhoff | Actor | Self | 56 Average |
2016 | Spice Girls: 20 Years of Spice | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
2016 | Chocolate City: Vegas Strip | Actor | Brandy | 59 Average |
2016 | Lip Sync Battle UK | Actor | Self - Host | 66 Fair |
2015 | The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World | Actor | Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2013 | The Twelve Trees of Christmas | Actor | Cordelia | 59 Average |
2012 | The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2012 | London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2008 | The Singing Office | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
2007 | Spice Girls: Giving You Everything | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2007 | Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2007 | Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2007 | Spice Girls: Greatest Hits | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2006 | Telling Lies | Actor | Maggie Thomas | 58 Average |
2005 | Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2005 | Spice Girls: Unauthorized | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
2004 | The Seat Filler | Actor | Sandie | 58 Average |
2003 | LD 50 Lethal Dose | Actor | Louise | 57 Average |
2001 | Raw Spice | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1999 | Spice Girls: The Live One | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 58 Average |
1998 | Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 58 Average |
1998 | Spice Girls: Back In Britain! | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1998 | Prince: Beautiful Strange | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1998 | Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 58 Average |
1998 | Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1998 | Spice Girls: Girls Talk! | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1998 | Spice Exposed | Actor | Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1998 | Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild! | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | Spice World | Actor | Melanie B - Scary Spice | 53 Average |
1997 | An Audience with the Spice Girls | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1997 | Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power! | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1997 | Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul | Actor | Self - Scary Spice | 59 Average |
1997 | An Audience with Elton John | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
1997 | Spice Power | Actor | Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
The Windrush Generation | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |