{{short description|British singer and TV personality (born 1975)}} {{pp-move-indef|small=yes}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Mel B | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100%|MBE}} | image = Mel. B - Flickr - Eva Rinaldi Celebrity and Live Music Photographer (2).jpg | caption = Mel B in 2012 | birth_name = Melanie Janine Brown | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Leeds]], [[West Yorkshire]], England | other_names = {{flatlist| * Scary Spice * <br>Melanie B * Mel G * Melanie G * Melanie Gulzar * Melanie McPhee}} | education = Intake High School, now [[Leeds West Academy]] | occupation = {{flatlist| * Singer * songwriter * dancer * television personality * actress }} | years_active = 1993–present | works = {{hlist|[[Mel B discography|Solo discography]]|[[Spice Girls discography]] and [[List of songs recorded by the Spice Girls|songs]]}} | television = | spouse = {{unbulleted list | {{marriage|Jimmy Gulzar|1998|2000|end=divorced}} | {{marriage|Stephen Belafonte|2007|2017|end=divorced}} | {{marriage|Rory McPhee|5 July 2025}} }} | children = 3 | partner = [[Max Beesley]] <br /> (2000–2002) <br /> Christine Crokos <br /> (2002–2006) <br /> [[Eddie Murphy]] <br /> (2006) | relatives = [[Christian Cooke]] (cousin) | awards = Hon D Univ, [[Leeds Beckett University]] | module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes | background = solo_singer | genre = {{Flatlist | * [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] * [[Pop music|pop]] * [[hip hop]] * [[Dance music|dance]] }} | instrument = Vocals | label = {{Flatlist | * [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] * Amber Café * [[EMI]] }} | past_member_of = [[Spice Girls]] | website = }} }} '''Melanie Janine Brown McPhee''' (born 29 May 1975),<ref name=MTV>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/mel-b|title=Mel B|publisher=[[MTV]]|access-date=7 February 2010 |archive-date=5 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405101153/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/mel-b}}</ref> commonly known as '''Mel B''' or '''Melanie B''', is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, television personality, and actress. She rose to prominence in the mid-1990s as a member of the [[Pop music|pop]] group the [[Spice Girls]], where she was nicknamed '''Scary Spice'''. With over 100 million records sold worldwide,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magic Radio sign Melanie C|url=https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/newsroom/press-releases/magic-radio-sign-melanie-c|access-date=18 August 2021|website=Bauer Media|language=en|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818140240/https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/newsroom/press-releases/magic-radio-sign-melanie-c|url-status=dead}}</ref> the Spice Girls are the [[List of best-selling girl groups|best-selling female group of all time]]. The group went on an indefinite hiatus in 2000, before reuniting for [[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|a greatest hits album]] in 2007 and two concert tours: [[the Return of the Spice Girls]] (2007–2008) and [[Spice World – 2019 Tour|Spice World]] (2019).
Mel B debuted as a solo artist in 1998 with the release of "[[I Want You Back (Mel B song)|I Want You Back]]" which peaked atop the [[UK Singles Chart]]. Her debut solo studio album, ''[[Hot (Mel B album)|Hot]]'' (2000), produced the successful singles "[[Tell Me (Mel B song)|Tell Me]]" and "[[Feels So Good (Mel B song)|Feels So Good]]". Her second studio album, ''[[L.A. State of Mind]]'' (2005), spawned the single "[[Today (Mel B song)|Today]]". Mel B released "[[For Once in My Life (Mel B song)|For Once in My Life]]" in 2013, her first single in eight years; it peaked at number 2 on the [[Dance Club Songs|''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-02-22/dance-club-play-songs |title = Dance Songs: Top Dance Music Chart|website=Billboard.com}}</ref>
Since 2007, Mel B has established herself as a television personality and talent show judge. She participated on the [[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 5|fifth season]] of the American dance competition series ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' (2007), finishing in second place with her professional partner, [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]]. Between 2011 and 2016, Mel B served as a guest and main judge on the [[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|Australian]] and [[The X Factor (British TV series)|British]] shows of ''[[The X Factor]]''. In 2012, she co-presented the [[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Australian version]] of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' for [[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 12|one season]]. Mel B has also judged on ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' (2013–2018, 2025–present), ''[[The Voice Kids (Australian TV series)|The Voice Kids Australia]]'' (2014), ''[[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|The Masked Singer Australia]]'' (2022–2023), ''[[Queen of the Universe season 2|Queen of the Universe]]'' (2023), and ''[[America's Got Talent: Fantasy League]]'' (2024). From 2016 to 2018, she co-presented ''[[Lip Sync Battle UK]]'' alongside rapper [[Professor Green]].
Mel B was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]] for services to charitable causes.
==Early life== Melanie Janine Brown was born in [[Harehills]], [[Leeds]],<ref name="Lambert">{{Cite news|first=Victoria|last=Lambert|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jun/18/mel-b-spice-girls-family-values|title=Mel B: My family values|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 June 2011}}</ref> and grew up in the [[Burley, Leeds|Burley]] area of the city, the daughter of Martin Brown and wife Andrea Dixon,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalogue.royalalberthall.com/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Persons&id=DS%2FUK%2F20531 | title=Search Results}}</ref> daughter of Stanley Dixon and wife Eileen Mary Dixon.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eaxbWJ7dpu8C&pg=PT41 |title=Spice Girls Revisited|access-date=20 January 2016|isbn=9780857121110|last1=Sinclair|first1=David|date=17 December 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press}}</ref> Her father was from [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] and her mother is [[English people|English]]. Through her mother, Mel B is a first cousin of actor and director [[Christian Cooke]]; Cooke's mother Di and Mel B's mother Andrea are sisters.<ref name="Lambert" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/melanie-brown-20866837|title=Melanie Brown|website=Biography|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> On her paternal side, [[Carlisle Powell]], a former Nevisian government minister, is one of her cousins; his son is cricketer [[Kieran Powell]].<ref name="brown75">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Melanie |last2=Gannon |first2=Louise |title=Brutally Honest |date=2018 |publisher=Quadrille |location=London, U.K. |isbn=978-1-78713-352-5 |page=75|quote=My family has risen to do Nevis proud -- my cousins include Carlisle Powell, a minister in the government, and his son Kieran, who is a massively successful cricketer on the West Indies team.}}</ref>
During her youth in Leeds, Mel B reportedly babysat [[Micah Richards]], who later became a professional footballer and England international. Richards recalled the experience during an episode of the football podcast 'The Rest Is Football', which he co-hosts alongside Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mel B used to babysit global sports star before Spice Girls fame |url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mel-b-used-babysit-global-110000423.html |work=Yahoo News UK |date=2026-01-14 |access-date=2026-01-14}}</ref>
Mel B attended Kirkstall Road Primary School in [[Kirkstall]],<ref name="brown89">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Melanie |last2=Gannon |first2=Louise |title=Brutally Honest |date=2018 |publisher=Quadrille |location=London, U.K. |isbn=978-1-78713-352-5 |page=89|quote=When I was at primary school (Kirstall Road Primary) and it was the week before sports day, my dad would take me down to the playing fields.}}</ref> Leeds, and she studied performing arts at [[Intake High School]] in Rodley, Leeds before entering the entertainment industry.<ref name="Melanie Brown"/>{{better source|date=January 2026}}
For a time, she worked as a dancer in [[Blackpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Mel|date=29 October 2019|title=Mel B reveals difficulty dating with mental illness|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/29/mel-b-reveals-difficulty-dating-mental-illness-opens-add-adhd-anxiety-11001354/|access-date=11 April 2021|website=Metro|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Mel B opens up about her ADHD, AD, D and dyspraxia - but what are they?|url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/adhd-add-dyspraxia-mel-b-110123731.html|access-date=11 April 2021|website=uk.style.yahoo.com|date=29 October 2019 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Career== ===1994–2000: Spice Girls=== In 1994, Mel B, along with [[Melanie C]], [[Geri Halliwell]] and [[Victoria Beckham|Victoria Adams]] responded to an advertisement in ''[[The Stage]]'' magazine.<ref name="autogenerated1">Spice Girls Official. [http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816033017/http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline |date=16 August 2012}}. Retrieved 16 March 2009.</ref> Around 400 women who answered the advertisement attended auditions at Danceworks Studios in Mayfair, London. Halliwell, Melanie C, Adams, Mel B, and [[Michelle Stephenson]] were originally chosen as the members of the group which was known as Touch. Stephenson later left and was replaced by [[Emma Bunton]].
The group were unsatisfied with their original management, Heart Management, and broke with them. In 1995, they toured record labels in London and Los Angeles. After teaming up with music manager [[Simon Fuller]], they signed a deal with [[Virgin Records]] and the group name was changed to Spice Girls.<ref name="autogenerated1"/> Their debut album, ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'', was a worldwide commercial success. The album peaked at number one in more than 17 countries and was certified [[multi-platinum]] in 27 countries.<ref name="It's a Spice World">{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7QkEAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7QkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n7 8]|quote=billboard spice world.|title=It's a Spice World|date=8 November 1997|journal=[[Billboard magazine]]|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|access-date=28 November 2011}}</ref> The group's massive and sudden popularity was compared to [[Beatlemania]].<ref name="Spice-Beatles comparison">Dawson, Ryan. [https://web.archive.org/web/20051004034358/http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/rd286/rock/beatlemaniagirlpower.html ''"Beatlemania and Girl Power: An Anatomy of Fame"'']. ''Bigger Than Jesus: Essays On Popular Music''. University of Cambridge. Archived from on 4 October 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2007.</ref> In total the album sold 30 million copies worldwide<ref name="30m">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA206 |title=Fuller, Simon (1960–): 100 Entertainers Who Changed America, An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture|publisher=Robert C. Sickels|date=8 August 2013|access-date=24 May 2014|isbn=9781598848311}}</ref><ref name=bbcnews>{{Cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2771605.stm|title=Spice Girls reunion: Is a comeback possible?|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=18 February 2003|access-date=19 February 2012}}</ref> and became the biggest-selling album in music history by a [[girl group]] and one of the [[List of best-selling albums|most successful albums of all time]].<ref>{{cite web|title = Spice Girl's biography|url = https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/biography|work = Rollings Stone|access-date = 7 September 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081216124444/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/biography|archive-date = 16 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>"''Behind the Music: Spice Girls''". [[VH1]]. Recorded in 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2007.</ref> The album's first single, "[[Wannabe]]", reached number one in 37 countries and all of the subsequent singles from the album – "[[Say You'll Be There]]", "[[2 Become 1]]", "[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]" and "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" – also peaked at number one in United Kingdom.<ref name="ofi">{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/biography|publisher=Spice Girls official website|access-date=30 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821225745/http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/biography|archive-date=21 August 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434516/19971001/spice_girls.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229224949/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434516/spice-girls-pms-on-money.jhtml |title=Spice Girls, PMS On The Money |date=1 October 1997 |archive-date=29 December 2011 |work=[[MTV]] |access-date=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1997, they released their second album, ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]''. The album's first two singles "[[Spice Up Your Life]]" and "[[Too Much (Spice Girls song)|Too Much]]" reached number one in the UK, marking seven consecutive number one singles, an all-time record for a musical group.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/19796.stm Now Mandela swaps political power for girl power]. BBC News. 1 November 1997</ref> The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide.<ref>[[The Times]]. Sinclair, David. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110617004232/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1994828.ece?pgnum=7 The Prefab Five are back. Are you ready?]. Quote: "Their first two albums, Spice and Spiceworld, each sold more than 20 million copies." 28 June 2007.</ref> The group also starred in their own film, ''[[Spiceworld: The Movie]]'', which grossed $100 million worldwide. The third single from ''Spiceworld'', "[[Stop (Spice Girls song)|Stop]]", peaked at two, breaking the group's sequence of number ones. "[[Viva Forever]]" was released as the album's final single in July 1998. The single was another number one and was the group's first single released following Halliwell's departure from the group in May 1998.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ginger-spices-departure-marks-end-of-the-beginning-19980602 |title=Ginger Spice's Departure Marks "End of the Beginning"|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 May 2012 |format=DOC|date=2 June 1998}}</ref>
Mel B debuted as a solo artist in September 1998 with the release of "[[I Want You Back (Mel B song)|I Want You Back]]". The single charted at number 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and also had success around the globe. The song was recorded for the soundtrack of the film ''[[Why Do Fools Fall in Love (film)|Why Do Fools Fall in Love]]''. The single sold 218,000 copies and became the 82nd Bestselling British Single of the year.<ref>[http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-iwyb.htm "Melanie B – I Want You Back"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013454/http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-iwyb.htm |date=27 September 2007}} UK Top 200 Chart Run, Foreverspice.com</ref> In late 1998, the Spice Girls released "[[Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye]]" as a four-piece. It topped the UK Singles Chart and became their third consecutive [[Christmas number-one]] – equalling the record previously set by The Beatles.<ref name=OCGoodbye>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/features/official-charts-flashback-1998-spice-girls-goodbye-2688/|title=Official Charts Flashback 1998: Spice Girls – Goodbye|first=Justin |last=Myers|date=20 December 2013|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=22 December 2013}}</ref>
===1999–2004: ''Hot'' and acting=== In 1999, Mel B began recording her debut album, working with producers [[Sisqó]], [[Teddy Riley]], and [[Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis]], the latter of whom she was also working with on the Spice Girls' third album, ''[[Forever (Spice Girls album)|Forever]]''.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> At the suggestion of her then-husband Jimmy Gulzar, Mel B covered [[Cameo (band)|Cameo's]] 1986 hit "[[Word Up! (song)|Word Up]]" as her next solo release.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.melaniebrown.com.br/en/melanie-b/biography/extended/|title=Always Melanie B » Extended Biography|work=Always Melanie B|access-date=20 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105123616/http://www.melaniebrown.com.br/en/melanie-b/biography/extended/|archive-date=5 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The track was included on the soundtrack to ''[[Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me]]''. The song charted poorly, peaking at fourteen on the UK Singles Chart, making it the lowest-charting Spice Girls-related single of the '90s.<ref>[http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-wordup.htm "Melanie B – Word Up"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927013422/http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-wordup.htm |date=27 September 2007}} UK Top 75 Chart Run, Foreverspice.com</ref> Turning to television work, she hosted ''Pure Naughty'', a weekly [[BBC2]] magazine show focusing on black music.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> She hosted the [[MOBO Awards]] on two occasions, in 1998 with [[Bill Bellamy]] and in 1999 with [[Wyclef Jean]], and took part in the BBC-funded short film ''Fish''.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> She hosted a number of TV shows such as ''This Is My Moment'' (a talent show) for [[ITV1]] and shot a documentary called ''Voodoo Princess'' for [[Channel 4]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Mel B Voodoo Princess|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/mel-b-voodoo-princess|work=Programmes|publisher=Channel 4}}</ref> She took part in smaller projects as a presenter such as ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', [[Party in the Park]] for [[The Prince's Trust]] and ''The All Star Animal Awards''. She appeared as herself in an advert for the [[Yorkshire]] tourist board in a series which included contributions from other Yorkshire-born celebrities, and in the film ''Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde''.
Mel B's debut album ''[[Hot (Mel B album)|Hot]]'' was released in October 2000, a month before the final Spice Girls album ''Forever'' was released. Following the release of ''Forever'', which was far less successful than their previous two albums, the Spice Girls stopped recording and the members began investing more time into their solo careers. ''Hot'' was not a success and garnered mediocre reviews,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/959900.stm|title=CD Review: Melanie B|date=8 October 2000|first=Nigel |last=Packer|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> selling a disappointing 7,419 copies in its first week and charting at No.28. ''Hot'' was preceded by the lead single "[[Tell Me (Mel B song)|Tell Me]]" in September 2000. "Tell Me" debuted at No. 4 in the UK charts with about 40,000 copies sold in its first week of release.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> It sold approximately 100,000 copies, making it the 158th "best seller" of 2000.<ref>[http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-tellme.htm "Melanie B – Tell Me"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095134/http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/melanieb-tellme.htm |date=4 March 2016 }} UK Top 200 Chart Run, Foreverspice.com</ref> In February 2001, "[[Feels So Good (Mel B song)|Feels So Good]]" was released as the second single from the album and peaked at No.5. It followed by "[[Lullaby (Mel B song)|Lullaby]]" in June, a pop number dedicated to her daughter.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> It was accompanied by a video shot in Morocco and featured Mel B with Phoenix Chi. The media criticised Mel B for using her child in the music video and single artwork, labelling her "Desperate Spice" and insinuating that she was exploiting her child as a marketing tool.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/> The single entered and peaked at No. 13. Mel B left Virgin records in July 2001.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1454874.stm|title=Mel B leaves Virgin Records|date=24 July 2001|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
In 2002, Mel B released her autobiography, ''Catch a Fire'', which reached No.7 in the official books chart,<ref name="Melanie Brown"/> and saw her touring the UK to promote it with a run of book signings. In 2003 Mel B's first movie role came in the form of a British drama, ''[[Burn It (TV series)|Burn It]].''<ref name="Melanie Brown"/> She acted in a long run of shows as part of the cast for ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''. She was in the movie ''[[The Seat Filler]]'', co-produced by [[Will Smith]] and starring [[Destiny's Child]] star [[Kelly Rowland]]. In April 2004, Mel B took part in the musical ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' as Mimi Marquez in [[Netherlands]].
===2005–2008: ''L.A. State of Mind'' and Spice Girls reunion=== [[File:Scaryspice.jpg|thumb|upright|right|220px|Mel B performing in 2007 with the [[Spice Girls]]]] After ''Rent'', Mel B began recording new songs and decided to release them through an independent label, Amber Café.<ref name="AlwaysMelanieB-Extended Biography"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Sullivan|first=Caroline|title=Melanie Brown, LA State of Mind (Amber Cafe)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/24/popandrock.shopping4|work=The Guardian|date=23 June 2005|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Mel B said that she was working on [[acoustic music]] in contrast with her previous releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pop-music.com/new-melanie-bs-album-in-the-works|title=New Melanie B's Album In The Works|publisher=Pop Music|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> The resulting album, ''[[L.A. State of Mind]]'', was released on 27 June 2005.<ref name=OCC/> It was released with a bonus DVD featuring an in-depth documentary filmed and directed by Mark McConnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=325735|title=Melanie B L.A State of Mind UK CD/DVD SET (325735)|publisher=Eil.com|date=18 May 2005|access-date=31 December 2011}}</ref> In a scathing review, [[AllMusic]] stated that this album was one of the worst pop albums of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/la-state-of-mind-mw0000360899|title=L.A. State of Mind – Melanie Brown | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> The only single from the album, "[[Today (Mel B song)|Today]]", saw a UK release in June 2005. "Today" entered the singles chart at No. 41, selling around 1,000 copies in its first week.<ref name=OCC>{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/artist/_/melanie%20b/|title=UK Singles Chart: Melanie B|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref> The same year, Mel B appeared in the films ''Telling Lies'' and ''LD 50 Lethal Dose''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/LD50-Lethal-Dose-Katharine-Towne/dp/B00064X5UW|title=LD50: Lethal Dose|date=28 February 2005|website=Amazon.co.uk}}</ref> In 2006, Mel B appeared in the short film ''Love Thy Neighbor''.
In September 2007, Mel B joined the [[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 5|fifth season]] of the US television dance competition, ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' with her partner [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]]. On 27 November 2007, they took second place in the show,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ecelebritymirror.com/celebrity-babies/angel-iris-murphy-brown-eddie-murphy-mel-b-daughter/|title=Angel Iris' mother Mel B lost Dancing With The Stars|work=eCelebrityMirror.com|date=23 August 2018}}</ref> losing to [[Hélio Castroneves]] and his partner, [[Julianne Hough]]. That year, the Spice Girls re-grouped and announced plans for a [[The Return of the Spice Girls|reunion tour]], from which they were said to have earned £10 million each (approximately $20 million).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217112326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2007|title=A decade on, Spice Girls rock in London gig|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=20 December 2007|first=Roya|last=Nikkhah|date=16 December 2007}}</ref> The group released ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]'' in early November 2007 and the tour began on 2 December 2007. The Spice Girls appeared in [[Tesco]] advertisements, for which they were paid £1 million each.<ref name="tesco">Levy, Megan. {{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113101048/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 November 2007|title=Spice Girls front Tesco advertising campaign|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=20 December 2007|location=London|first=Megan|last=Levy|date=12 November 2007}}</ref>
===2009–2018: Television and other projects=== [[File:Melanie B 2011.jpg|thumb|upright|left|190px|Mel B at The New Face of Jenny Craig, in 2011]] In April 2009, Mel B joined actress and former ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]'' champion [[Kelly Monaco]] as original stars of a Las Vegas revue called ''[[Peepshow (burlesque)|Peepshow]]'' at the Las Vegas [[Planet Hollywood]] Hotel and Casino.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,,00.html|title=Mel B & Kelly Monaco to star in topless vegas show|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Mark|last=Gray|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326213228/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,,00.html|archive-date=26 March 2011}}</ref> In September 2009, Mel B appeared for a week of shows as a visiting panellist on [[ITV1]]'s daily lunchtime show ''[[Loose Women]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shaw|first=Vicky|title=Mel B joins ITV's Loose Women|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mel-b-joins-itvs-loose-women-1773263.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mel-b-joins-itvs-loose-women-1773263.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=[[The Independent]]|date=17 August 2009|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> From June through August 2010, Mel B hosted the [[Oxygen (TV channel)|Oxygen]] weight loss show ''[[Dance Your Ass Off]]''.<ref name="Melanie Brown">{{Cite web |url=http://www.melaniebrown.com/ |title=Biography |website=Melanie Brown |access-date=15 July 2021 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427104435/http://www.melaniebrown.com/biography/ |archive-date=27 April 2012}}</ref> In September 2010, her own reality show aired on the [[Style Network]] called ''[[Mel B: It's an Scary World]].''<ref name="Melanie Brown"/> In November 2010, the console game ''[[Get Fit with Mel B]]'' was released in North America and Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://southernfriedgamer.com/ps3/get-fit-mel-b-exclusively-for-ps-move/|title=Get Fit with Mel B|date=22 July 2015 |publisher=Southern Fried Gamer}}</ref> Mel B served as a celebrity mentor on the [[The X Factor (Australia season 2)|second season]] of the Australia show of ''[[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|The X Factor]]'' during the quarter-final of the live shows in 2010.<ref>[http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/judges/article/-/10084078/mel-b-judge/ Mel B – Judge] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924051528/http://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/judges/article/-/10084078/mel-b-judge/ |date=24 September 2011}}, ''X Factor Australia''</ref> During the results show, she performed a duet with the remaining five acts singing "[[Stop (Spice Girls song)|Stop]]" originally by the Spice Girls.
Mel B was featured as a judge for the [[The X Factor (Australia series 3)|third series]] of the Australia show of ''[[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|The X Factor]]'', which premiered in August 2011 as [[Kyle Sandilands]]' replacement. She appeared alongside [[Ronan Keating]], [[Guy Sebastian]], and [[Natalie Bassingthwaighte]]. For her first series on the show, she was given the Girls category. In April 2012, Mel B appeared as co-host on twelfth season of the Australian version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref name="Herald">{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/mel-b-set-to-spice-up-dancing-with-the-stars/story-e6frf7jo-1226262757871|title=Mel B set to spice up Dancing with the Stars|work=[[Herald Sun]]|date=4 February 2012|access-date=18 February 2012|last=Duck|first= Siobhan}}</ref> On 31 March, it was announced that Mel B signed a global partnership with [[EMI|EMI Music Australia]] for the release of her third studio album, but she later broke from the contract.<ref>{{cite web|last=Jolly|first=Nathan|title=Mel B signs to EMI: "Love me or hate me, Scary Spice is back"|url=http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/artists/2012/04/04/mel-b-signs-to-emi-love-me-or-hate-me-scary-spice-is-back/|website=Themusicnetwork.com|date=4 April 2012|access-date=17 May 2012}}</ref>
Mel B returned for the [[The X Factor (Australia series 4)|fourth series]] of ''The X Factor Australia'' and mentored the Boys category. Her contestant Jason Owen reached the final, but runner-up to [[Samantha Jade]], mentored by [[Guy Sebastian]]. In June 2012, Mel B appeared as a guest judge for the [[Manchester]] auditions of ''[[The X Factor UK]]''.<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s103/the-x-factor/news/a385136/mel-b-to-be-guest-judge-for-x-factor-auditions-in-manchester.html "Mel B to be guest judge for 'X Factor' auditions in Manchester"] 3 June 2012, Digital Spy</ref>
In July 2012, Mel B reunited with the Spice Girls for a one-off performance at the [[2012 Summer Olympics Closing Ceremony]] in London, performing their hits "Wannabe" and "Spice Up Your Life". The performance was the most tweeted moment of the entire Olympics with over 116,000 tweets on [[Twitter]] per minute.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://oursocialtimes.com/spice-girls-break-tweets-per-minute-record-at-london2012/ |title=Spice Girls break Tweets-per-minute record at #London2012 |website=oursocialtimes.com |date=22 January 2013 |access-date=28 June 2013 |archive-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601004047/http://oursocialtimes.com/spice-girls-break-tweets-per-minute-record-at-london2012/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Later in the year, the Spice Girls reunited again to launch and attend the premiere of the musical ''[[Viva Forever! (musical)|Viva Forever!]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9738785/Spice-Girls-reunite-at-musical-Viva-Forever-premiere.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215021927/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9738785/Spice-Girls-reunite-at-musical-Viva-Forever-premiere.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2012 |title=Spice Girls reunite at musical Viva Forever premiere – Telegraph|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date= 22 December 2012|date= 12 December 2012}}</ref> The group appeared in the documentary ''Spice Girls' Story: Viva Forever!'', which aired on 24 December 2012 on [[ITV1]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Victoria Beckham: "No One Wanted To Date Me" |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/spice-girls-documentary-christmas-eve-victoria-beckham-viva-forever |access-date=25 June 2019 |work=[[British Vogue|Vogue]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023013003/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/spice-girls-documentary-christmas-eve-victoria-beckham-viva-forever |archive-date=23 October 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In March 2013 it was confirmed that Mel B would judge ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]'' to replace [[Dannii Minogue]] and that she would not return as a judge for the [[The X Factor (Australia season 5)|fifth season]] of ''The X Factor Australia'' and was replaced by Minogue, due to her commitments with ''Australia's Got Talent''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/03/18/20/10/french-joins-mel-b-on-agt|title=French joins Mel B on AGT|publisher=News.ninemsn.com.au|date=18 March 2013|access-date=2 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215713/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/2013/03/18/20/10/french-joins-mel-b-on-agt|archive-date=4 October 2013}}</ref> However, [[Seven Network|Seven]], the Australian TV network that airs ''The X Factor Australia'', filed suit to prevent Mel B from appearing on ''Australia's Got Talent'' and any rival networks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Spice-Girl-Banned-1064281.aspx|title=Melanie Brown Banned From Australia's Got Talent|work=TV Guide|date=19 April 2013|access-date=20 April 2013}}</ref> The judge ruled that Mel B was still under contract with Seven until January 2014, which prevented her from appearing on a programme aired by another network until after that date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/mel-b-blocked-from-australias-got-talent-role-20130418-2i1jv.html|title=Mel B blocked from Australia's Got Talent role|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=29 April 2013|date=18 April 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Melanie B 5, 2012.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mel B at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in October 2012.]] Mel B had a small part in the final episode of the [[ITV2]] drama series ''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]''. In 2013, she appeared in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] movie ''Twelve Trees of Christmas''. From August to September 2013, she was a judge on the televised dancing show, ''[[Stepping Out (UK TV series)|Stepping Out]]'', alongside choreographers [[Wayne Sleep]] and [[Jason Gardiner]]. That month, Mel B released her first single in eight years, "[[For Once in My Life (Mel B song)|For Once in My Life]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/460463/mel-b-releases-new-single-for-once-in-my-life-after-eight-years-check-it-out|title=Mel B Releases New Single For Once in My Life After Eight Years|date=19 September 2013|access-date=23 September 2013}}</ref> The single peaked at No.2 on the [[Hot Dance Club Songs|Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs charts]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2014-02-22/dance-club-play-songs|title=Dance Songs: Top Dance Music Chart – Billboard|website=Billboard.com|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>
On 20 February 2013, NBC announced that Mel B would be a judge on ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' for its [[America's Got Talent (season 8)|eighth season]], alongside [[Howie Mandel]], [[Howard Stern]], [[Heidi Klum]], and later [[Simon Cowell]] in 2016. Mel B judged seasons 8 through 13, and the first season of ''[[America's Got Talent: The Champions]]'' before her departure was announced in February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tvline.com/2019/02/11/agt-season-14-judges-leaving-gabrielle-union-julianne-hough/|title=America's Got Talent Shake-Up: Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough Join Season 14 as Judges — Who's Out?|website=TVLine|first=Andy|last=Swift|date=11 February 2019}}</ref>
In early 2014, Mel B become a coach on the [[The Voice Kids (Australian TV series)|Australia show]] of ''[[The Voice Kids]]'', alongside singers [[Joel Madden]] and [[Delta Goodrem]]. Later that year, Mel B was a permanent judge for the [[The X Factor (UK series 11)|eleventh series]] of [[The X Factor (UK TV series)|''The X Factor UK'']] when she replaced [[Nicole Scherzinger]].<ref>[http://www.itv.com/xfactor/news/feisty-mel-b-joins-the-x-factor-panel "'Feisty' Mel B joins the X Factor panel"], ITV.</ref> In December 2014, Mel B missed ''The X Factor UK'' Saturday final due to illness and did not return for the [[The X Factor (UK series 12)|twelfth series]], and was replaced by [[Rita Ora]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-30455922|title=Mel B will miss X Factor final on doctor's orders|work=BBC News|access-date=20 January 2016|date=13 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Entertainment & Arts |title=''X Factor'': Nick Grimshaw and Rita Ora sign up as judges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33132895 |access-date=16 June 2015 |work=[[BBC News]] |agency=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=16 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617091216/http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33132895 |archive-date=17 June 2015 |location=United Kingdom |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the same year, Mel B became a guest co-host on the Breakfast programme of Sydney radio station [[2Day FM]], alongside [[Jules Lund]], [[Merrick Watts]] and [[Sophie Monk]]. In late 2014, she appeared on ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]''<ref name="Radio Times 27 Dec 14">{{cite news |last1=Dowell |first1=Ben |title=Mel B's appearance on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year: the Twitter reaction |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/mel-bs-appearance-on-the-big-fat-quiz-of-the-year-the-twitter-reaction/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=[[Radio Times]] |publisher=Immediate Media Company |date=27 December 2014 |language=en-GB}}</ref> and a sketch with the cast of [[Coronation Street]] for charity telethon [[Text Santa]].<ref name="Metro 19 Dec 14">{{cite news |last1=Deen |first1=Sarah |title=X Factor judge Mel B bossed it as Santa's little helper on Coronation Street |url=https://metro.co.uk/2014/12/19/x-factor-judge-mel-b-bossed-it-as-santas-little-helper-on-coronation-street-4994160/ |access-date=2 June 2024 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |publisher=DMG Media |date=18 May 2015 |orig-date=First published 19 December 2014}}</ref>
In January 2016, Mel B began presenting ''[[Lip Sync Battle UK]]'' alongside [[Professor Green]]. Later that year, Mel B guest judged the [[The X Factor (UK series 13)|thirteenth series]] of The X Factor UK at the [[London]] auditions for Scherzinger. In 2016 she announced that the [[Spice Girls]] – except for [[Victoria Beckham]] and [[Melanie C]] – were working on new material and a 20th anniversary tour for 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/mel-b-spice-girls-back-7949922|title=Mel B confirms the Spice Girls ARE back and writing new music|first=Clemmie|last=Moodie|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=11 May 2016|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> Plans for a reunion were dropped when Halliwell announced she was expecting her second child. Mel B also confirmed her return to ''The X Factor Australia'' after a three-year absence to replace Minogue. In 2017 she returned to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] to star in the musical ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' as Roxie Hart.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/scary-spice-mel-b-returns-to-broadway-december-28|title="Scary Spice" Mel B Returns to Broadway December 28|publisher=Play Bill|access-date=7 January 2017|date=28 December 2016}}</ref> The same year, she returned to acting in the movie ''[[Chocolate City: Vegas Strip]]'' and made a cameo in the movie ''[[Killing Hasselhoff]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Script Magazine|title=Cannes 2019: Screenwriter Peter Hoare Describes the 10-Year Journey to "Overnight" Success|url=https://www.scriptmag.com/features/interviews-features/cannes-2019-screenwriter-peter-hoare-describes-the-10-year-journey-to-overnight-success|access-date=22 May 2019|work=Script Magazine|date=16 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chocolatecity2vegasbattle.com/|title=Chocolate City 2: Vegas Battle|website=chocolatecity2vegasbattle.com|access-date=8 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814182834/http://chocolatecity2vegasbattle.com/|archive-date=14 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> In late 2017, Mel B had a cameo appearance in the music video for "[[Spice Girl (Aminé song)|Spice Girl]]" by [[Aminé]].
===2018–2025: Second Spice Girls reunion and further television work=== On 5 November 2018, Mel B announced the Spice Girls reunion tour on her Instagram profile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpzZUu8loVM/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/officialmelb/1905978443268785484 |archive-date=23 December 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=Scary Spice Mel b on Instagram: "Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 1030am is screaming my head off wow wow we wa @spicegirls"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was confirmed that Mel B and ex-bandmates Melanie C, Bunton and Halliwell (but not Beckham) would return for a 13-date UK and Ireland stadium tour [[Spice World - 2019 Tour]], their first in a decade.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46095818|title=Spice Girls confirm 2019 UK stadium tour|last=Todd|first=Lucy|date=5 November 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=7 November 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpn2KmiHWSB/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bpn2KmiHWSB |archive-date=23 December 2021 |url-access=subscription|title=Scary Spice Mel b on Instagram: "Yipppppeeee NY Halloween party is ON"|website=Instagram|access-date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2021, Mel B appeared on the [[The Masked Singer (British series 2)|second series]] of ''[[The Masked Singer (British TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Seahorse" and finished in 11th place.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Seddon|first=Dan|date=2 January 2021|title=The Masked Singer boots out another celebrity from the competition|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a35110914/the-masked-singer-uk-elimination-mel-b/|access-date=2 January 2021|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2021, Mel B collaborated with [[Fabio D'Andrea]] in his short music film, "Love Should Not Hurt", in support of [[Women's Aid]].<ref name="thinkshorts.com">{{cite web |url=https://thinkshorts.com/32697/love-should-not-hurt |title=Love Should Not Hurt |website=Think Shorts |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref> In 2021, she also appeared on the Spanish version of ''[[Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta (season 2)|The Masked Singer]]'' as "Medusa" and finished in ninth place.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Katie |title=Mel B Revealed As Medusa On The Masked Singer Spain |url=https://latenightrecap.com/2021/06/mel-b-revealed-as-medusa-on-the-masked-singer-spain/ |website=Late Night Recap |access-date=19 March 2022 |date=24 June 2021}}</ref> Mel B later appeared on the panel of the [[The Masked Singer (Australian season 4)|fourth season]] of the [[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|Australian version of ''The Masked Singer'']] as Minogue's replacement,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Vivienne |date=10 June 2022 |title=Abbie Chatfield, Chrissie Swan and Mel B join 'The Masked Singer' |url=https://au.variety.com/2022/tv/news/abbie-chatfield-chrissie-swan-mel-b-masked-singer-3393/ |access-date=6 September 2022 |website=Variety Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B returns as Masked Singer panelist {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/06/mel-b-returns-as-masked-singer-panelist.html |access-date=6 September 2022 |website=tvtonight.com.au |date=11 June 2022 |language=en-AU}}</ref> and remained on the panel for the [[The Masked Singer (Australian season 5)|fifth season]] in the second half of 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Masked Singer Australia is officially back for 2023! |url=https://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/other/the-masked-singer-australia-is-officially-back-for-2023/ar-AA1aFm5g |access-date=14 June 2023 |website=MSN |language=en-AU}}</ref> Also in the same year, she appeared as a guest star in the French version of ''The Masked Singer'' and covered [[Katy Perry]]'s "[[Roar (song)|Roar]]".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2023 |title=Mel B performs as a "special guest" on France's Masked Singer |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/mel-b-performs-on-french-mask-singer-4126765 |website=YEP}}</ref>
Mel B was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]] for services to charitable causes and vulnerable women.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N17|date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mel-b-to-receive-mbe-for-her-services-to-domestic-violence-victims-3122945|title=Mel B to receive MBE for her services to domestic violence victims|last=Qureshi|first=Arusha|work=NME|date=20 December 2021|access-date=20 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59809682|title=New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames|work=BBC News |date=31 December 2021}}</ref> Mel B was also appointed as a tourism ambassador from the United Kingdom to [[Nevis]] in 2022. In November 2022, Mel B presented the BBC documentary ''Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip'' alongside [[Ruby Wax]] and [[Emily Atack]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/11/23/mel-b-shocked-by-racism-in-america-while-filming-bbc-documentary-17810309/|title=Mel B 'shocked' by racism in America while filming BBC documentary: 'It changed my outlook'|website=Metro|last=Barr|first=Sabrina|date=23 November 2022|access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref> In December 2022, she starred in the Christmas TV ''A New Diva’s Christmas Carol'', alongside [[Ashanti (singer)|Ashanti]] and [[Vivica A. Fox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23101288/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_2_act|title=A New Diva's Christmas Carol|website=IMDb.com}}</ref>
[[File:Segment of Ribbons, feat. Maria Fearne, Alice Bacon, Kay Mellor.jpg|thumb|Segment of [[Ribbons (sculpture)|''Ribbons'' sculpture]], unveiled in 2024, featuring names of Mel B, geologist Maria Fearne, [[Alice Bacon, Baroness Bacon|Alice Bacon]], and [[Kay Mellor]]<ref name="list">{{cite web |title=383 Inspirational Women of Leeds |url=https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |website=Ribbons Sculpture Leeds |access-date=13 October 2024 |archive-date=23 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823171410/https://www.ribbons-sculpture-leeds.co.uk/women |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14821gz1e6o|title=Leeds: Ribbons sculpture celebrates city's inspiring women|date=October 12, 2024|website=www.bbc.com}}</ref>]] In June 2023, Mel B announced that she would appear as a judge on the second season of the [[Paramount+]] reality series ''[[Queen of the Universe (TV series)|Queen of the Universe]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Swift |first1=Andy |title=Queen of the Universe Adds Mel B as Season 2 Judge — Who's Leaving? |url=https://tvline.com/2022/06/20/queen-of-the-universe-season-2-mel-b-replacing-leona-lewis-leaving/ |website=TVLine |access-date=20 June 2022 |date=20 June 2022}}</ref> In 2024, Mel B returned to ''America's Got Talent'' to judge on the spinoff, ''[[America's Got Talent: Fantasy League]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohn |first=Paulette |date=11 December 2023 |title='AGT: Fantasy League' Reveals the 40 Acts Competing in New Format |url=https://parade.com/tv/agt-fantasy-league-season-1 |access-date=29 December 2023 |website=Parade |language=en}}</ref> In 2025, Mel B was a contestant on [[Netflix]]'s reality competition television series, ''[[Celebrity Bear Hunt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bear-hunt-netflix-line-up-holly-willoughby-bear-grylls-110912766.html|title=Full Celebrity Bear Hunt line-up with Holly Willoughby confirmed|website=uk.news.yahoo.com|access-date=15 January 2025}}</ref> On 3 February 2025, it was announced Mel B would return as a judge for the 20th season of the main ''America's Got Talent'' show after her last appearance in 2019 replacing Heidi Klum.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Segarra |first1=Edward |title=Mel B to rejoin 'AGT' for Season 20 as Heidi Klum departs series |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/02/03/mel-b-agt-heidi-klum-season-20-nbc/78194581007/ |website=USA Today}}</ref>
===2026: ''Hot'' vinyl release=== On 18 April 2026, ''Hot'' was released on vinyl for the first time, as part of that year's [[Record Store Day]];<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/record-store-day-2026-full-list-of-releases/|title=Record Store Day 2026: Full list of releases including Olivia Dean, Elton John, PinkPantheress and more |publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=4 May 2026}}</ref> one week later, the album reached a new peak of number three on the UK R&B Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/albums/melanie-b-hot/|title=Melanie B - Hot|publisher=Official Charts Company|date=30 April 2026|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>
==Personal life== From 1996 to 1997, Mel B dated Icelandic businessman Fjölnir Thorgeirsson.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icelandreview.com/news/2009/02/09/mel-bs-icelandic-ex-she-must-have-alzheimers |title=Mel B's Icelandic Ex: She Must Have Alzheimer's |work=Iceland Review |access-date=20 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415032145/http://icelandreview.com/news/2009/02/09/mel-bs-icelandic-ex-she-must-have-alzheimers |archive-date=15 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In March 1998, Mel B began a relationship with Dutch dancer Jimmy Gulzar while on the [[Spiceworld Tour]]. They became engaged on 13 May 1998; she became pregnant that June, and the couple were married in [[Little Marlow]], [[Buckinghamshire]], on 13 September 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/07/99/the_posh_wedding/383058.stm |title=For richer not poorer |work=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=23 March 2017 }}</ref> Mel B changed her stage name to Melanie G while they were married.<ref name="people">{{cite news|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20133083,00.html |title=Bitter Season|first=Steve |last=Dougherty |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=27 November 2000 |access-date=9 July 2012 |archive-date=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404165002/http://people.com/archive/bitter-season-vol-54-no-22/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their daughter, Phoenix Chi Gulzar, was born on 19 February 1999.<ref name="people" /> Mel B filed for divorce in 2000, and the divorce was finalised later that year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1027260.stm |title=Mel B settles with ex-husband |date=16 November 2000 |work=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> Mel B won custody, and paid a settlement of £1.25m to Gulzar.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spicenews.com/iviews/iview52.html |title=Jimmy Gulzar ''Sun'' Exclusive |work=Spice News |date=9 February 2000 |access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/981109.stm |title=Mel B settles access case |date=20 October 2000 |work=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref> Gulzar was prosecuted for threatening Mel B and attacking her sister, Danielle.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1319394/Ex-husband-of-Spice-Girl-attacked-her-sister.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1319394/Ex-husband-of-Spice-Girl-attacked-her-sister.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Ex-husband of Spice Girl 'attacked her sister' |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=20 January 2016 |date=25 January 2001 |last1=Tweedie |first1=Neil}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In April 2001, Gulzar was found guilty of the assault, but later cleared by the court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.sky.com/story/29742/mel-bs-ex-cleared-of-assault |title=Mel B's Ex Cleared of Assault |publisher=Sky News |access-date=25 April 2026 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424125720/http://news.sky.com/story/29742/mel-bs-ex-cleared-of-assault |archive-date=24 April 2016}}</ref>
From 2000 to 2002, Mel B was in a relationship with actor [[Max Beesley]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11965062.for-too-long-he-has-been-known-as-mr-spice-now-max-beesley-wants-to-shake-off-that-role-for-good/ |title = For too long he has been known as Mr Spice. Now Max Beesley wants to shake off that role for good|website=Heraldscotland.com| date=4 May 2002}}</ref>
From 2002 to 2006, she was in a relationship with the film producer Christine Crokos.<ref name="autostraddle">{{cite news |url=http://www.autostraddle.com/spice-girls-occasionally-lady-loving-mel-b-actually-has-gotten-with-her-friends-196783/ |title=Spice Girls' Occasionally Lady-Loving Mel B Actually Has Gotten With Her Friends |work=[[Autostraddle]] |access-date=20 January 2016 |date=19 September 2013 }}</ref> Mel B and Crokos lived together in Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/01/mel-b-spice-girls-lesbian-relationship-_n_6249342.html |title=Former Spice Girl Mel B Opens Up About The 4-Year Relationship She Had With Another Woman |work=[[Huffington Post]] |access-date=20 January 2016 |date=December 2014}}</ref> Speaking to ''[[Gay Star News]]'' about the relationship, she said: "It wasn't experimentation. I fell in love with a woman for five years. An experiment doesn't last five years."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/interview-mel-b/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514112225/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/interview-mel-b/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 May 2016 |title=Mel B – 'It wasn't experimentation, I fell in love with a woman for five years' |author=Jamie Tabberer |work=[[Gay Star News]] |date=13 May 2016}}</ref> Asked about the relationship, Mel B said: "People call me [[lesbian]], [[bisexual]] or [[heterosexual]], but I know who's in my bed and that's it. I have a huge libido and a great sex life."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etonline.com/news/154504_7_revealing_quotes_from_mel_b_recent_interview_from_her_sex_life_to_the_spice_girls/ |title=7 Revealing Quotes From Mel B: From Her Sex Life To the Spice Girls |work=[[Entertainment Tonight]] |date=30 November 2014 |access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> Mel B and Crokos's relationship ended in 2006.<ref name="autostraddle" /> Mel B said that she had had a four-year relationship with a woman when she was in her teens.<ref name="standard">{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/revealed-spice-girl-mel-bs-two-year-affair-with-two-lesbian-lovers-7268819.html |title=Revealed: Spice girl Mel B's two-year affair with TWO lesbian lovers |website=[[Evening Standard]] |date=25 August 2007}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with [[Piers Morgan]], Mel B was asked if she had slept with Halliwell in an intimate manner and she nodded yes.<ref name="Sporn 2019">{{cite web | last=Sporn | first=Natasha | title=Piers Morgan reveals aftermath of Mel B's shock Geri Horner sex claim | website=Evening Standard | date=25 March 2019 | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/piers-morgan-reveals-aftermath-of-mel-b-s-claim-she-slept-with-geri-horner-as-good-morning-britain-airs-clip-a4099676.html | access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> Halliwell released a statement saying that the press reports following the interview had been "hurtful to her family".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Naomi |date=1 April 2019 |title=Geri Halliwell responds to Mel B's 'hurtful' claims that they slept together |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a27001229/geri-halliwell-repsonds-mel-b-slept-together/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Mel B later said: "I just said it was like a little thing and we giggled about it the next day and that’s that. It's the press [who] have taken it onto a whole new level."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B Rolls Back Claim She Had Sex with Geri Halliwell: 'I Just Admitted We Had a Little' Thing |url=https://people.com/music/mel-b-rolls-back-claim-had-sex-geri-halliwell/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>
Mel B became the subject of tabloid stories during her relationship with actor [[Eddie Murphy]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=8220 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212225951/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=8220 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2007 |title=Murphy and Scary Spice Set to Marry? |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=23 August 2006 |access-date=24 April 2011 }}</ref> who is the biological father of Mel B's second child, Angel Iris Murphy Brown,<ref name=essencep2>{{cite news|url=http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0,16109,1645942-2,00.html |title=Part 2 – Moving On: Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown |work=[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]] |first=Kenya N. |last=Byrd |archive-date=6 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506055740/http://www.essence.com/essence/themix/entertainment/0%2C16109%2C1645942-2%2C00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> born 3 April 2007.<ref name=peoplebaby2007>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-dna-proves-eddie-murphy-fathered-her-baby/ |title=Update: Mel B: DNA Proves Eddie Murphy Fathered Her Baby |first=Stephen M. |last=Silverman |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=22 June 2007 |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date= 8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308075721/http://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-dna-proves-eddie-murphy-fathered-her-baby/ |url-status=live}}</ref> By early December 2006, Mel B and Murphy had separated. Murphy told a journalist that the parentage of Mel B's then-unborn baby could not be proven until a paternity test was performed.<ref>{{cite news |last=Lehner |first=Marla |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1566035,00.html |title=Eddie Murphy Questions Paternity of Mel B's Baby |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=5 December 2006 |access-date=24 April 2011 |archive-date=30 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1566035,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 22 June 2007, a court-ordered DNA test confirmed that Murphy was the child's father. Murphy admitted paternity and indicated that he and Mel B had reached a paternity settlement of $7 million.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/news/ah6332.shtml |title=Eddie Murphy Admits to Fathering Mel B.'s Baby |work=[[Access Hollywood]] |date=4 August 2007 |access-date=4 August 2007}}</ref>
In February 2007, Mel B began dating film producer Stephen Belafonte.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fametastic.co.uk/archive//6073/melanie-brown-linked-to-new-man-producer-stephen-belafonte/ |title=Melanie Brown linked to new man, producer Stephen Belafonte |work=Fametastic |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905165012/http://fametastic.co.uk/archive/6073/melanie-brown-linked-to-new-man-producer-stephen-belafonte/ |access-date=5 September 2009 |archive-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref> They secretly married on 6 June 2007 in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/55860/mel-b-s-wedding-secret|title=Mel B's Wedding Secret|date=8 August 2007|website=E! Online|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-secretly-weds-boyfriend-stephen-belafonte/ |title=Mel B. Secretly Weds Boyfriend Stephen Belafonte |first1=Marla |last1=Lehner |first2=Jennifer |last2=Garcia |first3=Amy Elisa |last3=Keith |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=8 August 2007 |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322235712/http://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-secretly-weds-boyfriend-stephen-belafonte/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They renewed their vows in front of their families on 8 November 2008 in [[Hurghada]], Egypt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://okmagazine.com/couples/ok-exclusive-mel-b-hubby-renew-vows/|title=OK! Exclusive: Mel B & Hubby Renew Vows|date=10 November 2008|website=OK! Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=15 November 2019}}</ref> On 1 September 2011, Mel B gave birth to her third daughter, Madison Brown Belafonte.<ref name=people2011baby>{{cite news |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/09/02/melanie-brown-welcomes-a-daughter/ |title=Melanie Brown Welcomes a Daughter |date=2 September 2011 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=4 April 2017 |archive-date=16 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316005037/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2011/09/02/melanie-brown-welcomes-a-daughter/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 11 December 2014, she attempted suicide by taking nearly 200 [[Aspirin]] pills.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mel B opens up about suicide attempt with 200 pills: 'My life is a mess and I want out' |website=[[USA Today]] |language=en-US|date=18 November 2018 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/18/mel-b-opens-up-suicide-attempt-200-pills/2049261002/}}</ref> Mel B and Belafonte separated in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-stephen-belafonte-divorce |title=Mel B and Stephen Belafonte's Divorce: What She Has Said About Her Marriage |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=20 March 2017 |access-date=20 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/celebrity/mel-b-restraining-order-stephen-belafonte-abuse/ |title=Mel B Files Restraining Order Against Ex Stephen Belafonte, Claiming He Beat and Threatened Her Throughout Marriage |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/05/mel-b-wins-restraining-order-estranged-husband-stephen-belafonte-abuse-claims |title=Mel B wins restraining order against estranged husband after abuse claims |date=5 April 2017 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref> Mel B filed for divorce from her second marriage in March 2017, and accused Belafonte of emotional and physical abuse.<ref name="voice">{{cite web |url=http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/mel-b-accused-blowing-fortune-during-divorce-case-hearing |title=Mel B Accused of Blowing Fortune During Divorce Case Hearing – Belafonte accused Mel B of being broke and blowing her £38 million fortune |website=voice-online.co.uk |date=4 July 2017 |access-date=9 July 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328081115/https://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/mel-b-accused-blowing-fortune-during-divorce-case-hearing |url-status=dead}}</ref> In court, Belafonte's representative said that due to the couple's "extravagant and affluent" lifestyle, Mel B had "wiped out all her Spice Girls money – approximately $50 million (£38.3 million), if not more".<ref name="voice"/> The divorce was finalised on 15 December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.com/music/mel-b-officially-divorced-from-stephen-belafonte/ |title=Mel B Officially Divorced from Stephen Belafonte After 10 Years of Marriage |last=Mizoguchi |first=Karen |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=15 December 2017 |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> Mel B cited her divorce from Belafonte and her father's death as her reasons for seeking treatment for [[PTSD]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45328180 |title=Spice Girl singer Mel B entering rehab for PTSD |work=[[BBC News Online]] |access-date=28 August 2018 |date=28 August 2018}}</ref> In November 2018, Mel B became a patron of the domestic violence survivors' charity [[Women's Aid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Patrons and Ambassadors |url=https://www.womensaid.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are/patrons-and-ambassadors/ |website=Women's Aid |access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>
In December 2018, Mel B collapsed, breaking several of her ribs and suffering a serious cut to her hand, for which she underwent emergency surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/spice-girls-visit-mel-b-in-the-hospital-after-she-breaks-ribs/ |title=Spice Girls Visit Mel B in the Hospital After She Breaks Ribs, Severs Hand |last=Hautman |first=Nicholas |date=10 December 2018 |website=[[Us Weekly]] |access-date=12 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/mel-b-reunites-mum-sister-13743593 |title=Mel B reunites with her mum and sister for Sunday lunch after horror accident |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=17 December 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Mel B revealed she has been diagnosed with [[Generalized anxiety disorder|anxiety]], [[dyspraxia]], [[dyslexia]], and [[ADHD]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 October 2019 |title=Mel B's dyspraxia and ADHD make it difficult to date |work=Eyewitness News |url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/10/29/mel-b-s-dyspraxia-and-adhd-make-it-difficult-to-date |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424191945/https://ewn.co.za/2019/10/29/mel-b-s-dyspraxia-and-adhd-make-it-difficult-to-date |archive-date=24 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ojomu |first=Nola |date=25 July 2019 |title=Mel B opens up about living with ADHD as she uses nature and exercise to heal anxiety |work=[[Metro UK]] |url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/25/mel-b-opens-up-about-living-with-adhd-as-she-uses-nature-and-exercise-to-heal-anxiety-10458873/ |access-date=9 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206111736/https://metro.co.uk/2019/07/25/mel-b-opens-up-about-living-with-adhd-as-she-uses-nature-and-exercise-to-heal-anxiety-10458873/ |archive-date=6 December 2022}}</ref> In October 2022, Mel B announced she was engaged to Rory McPhee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/spice-girls-mel-b-is-engaged-to-hairstylist-rory-mcphee-193571|title=Spice Girls' Mel B Is Engaged to Hairstylist Rory McPhee|website=ET Online|last=Khalifeh|first=Mona|date=29 October 2022|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brides.com/spice-girls-mel-b-engaged-rory-mcphee-6823548|title=Spice Girls' Mel B Is Engaged to Rory McPhee|website=Brides|last=Stork|first=Ellie Nan|date=31 October 2022|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref> It is thought the pair have been in a relationship since 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/23/mel-b-engaged-to-hairdresser-boyfriend-rory-mcphee-17619150/|title=Mel B 'engaged' to 'down-to-earth' hairdresser boyfriend of three years Rory McPhee|website=Metro|last=McShane|first=Jennifer|date=23 October 2022|access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref> In January 2024, she said that former [[Spice Girls]] group member, [[Victoria Beckham]], would be designing her wedding dress.<ref>{{cite magazine| last=Petak|first=Tessa| url=https://www.instyle.com/mel-b-victoria-beckham-wedding-dress-8424391 | title=Mel B Revealed the Sweet Way Victoria Beckham is Involved in Her Upcoming Wedding|date=9 January 2024|access-date=15 June 2025|magazine=InStyle}}</ref> On 5 July 2025, the couple married at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London where, for her third wedding, Mel B wore an ivory custom gown by Josephine Scott, styled by Caroline Black at Evelie Bridal London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B Marries Hairstylist Rory Mcphee at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. Mel B wore an ivory custom gown by Josephine Scott, styled by Caroline Black at Evelie Bridal London. |url=https://people.com/mel-b-is-married-inside-her-wedding-to-hairstylist-rory-mcphee-in-london-7509192 |access-date=5 July 2025 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B is a pearly queen on her wedding day |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/events/mel-pearly-queen-b-on-wedding-day/ |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=The Telegraph |date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B wedding photos: Former Spice Girl marries Rory McPhee |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/mel-b-wedding-photos-rory-mcphee-b2783216.html |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=The Independent |date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Spice Girls icon Mel B stuns in bespoke luxury gown as she marries Rory McPhee |url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/05/spice-girls-icon-mel-b-stuns-bespoke-luxury-gown-marries-rory-mcphee-23588163/ |access-date=6 July 2025 |website=Metro |date=5 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
In July 2024, Mel B was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by [[Leeds Beckett University]] for her career and work for the charity [[Women's Aid]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2024 |title=Spice Girl and Anti-Domestic Abuse Campaigner Melanie Brown MBE to Receive Honorary Doctorate From Leeds Beckett University |url=https://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/2024/07/spice-girl-and-anti-domestic-abuse-campaigner-melanie-brown-mbe-to-receive-honorary-doctorate/ |access-date=22 July 2024 |website=Leeds Beckett University Website}}</ref>
==Discography== {{Main|Mel B discography}} {{See also|Spice Girls discography}} * ''[[Hot (Mel B album)|Hot]]'' (2000) * ''[[L.A. State of Mind]]'' (2005)
==Filmography== ===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1993 | ''[[Coronation Street]]'' | Amy Nelson (uncredited) | 1 episode |- | 1993–1994 | ''[[Emmerdale]]'' | Extra | 2 episodes |- | rowspan="1"| 1998 | ''[[MOBO Awards]]'' | Co-presenter |With [[Bill Bellamy]] |- | rowspan="2"| 1999 | ''Pure Naughty'' | Presenter | |- | ''[[MOBO Awards]]'' | Co-presenter | With [[Wyclef Jean]] |- | 2001 | ''This Is My Moment'' | rowspan="2"| Presenter | Television singing competition |- | 2002 | ''Voodoo Princess'' | Television documentary |- | 2003 | ''[[Burn It (TV series)|Burn It]]'' | Claire McAdams | Main role |- | 2004 | ''[[The Seat Filler]]'' | Sandy | Supporting Role |- | 2005 | ''[[Bo' Selecta!]]'' | Herself | Episode: "Avid Merrion's Christmas Special" |- | 2007 | ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)|Dancing with the Stars]]'' | Contestant | [[Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 5|Season 5]] |- | rowspan="3"| 2008 | ''[[Miss Universe 2008]]'' | rowspan="2"| Presenter | |- | ''[[The Singing Office]]'' | |- | ''[[Step It Up and Dance]]'' | Guest Judge | Episode: "An Scary Surprise" |- | rowspan="2"| 2009 | ''[[Loose Women]]'' | Panellist | Series 14 |- | ''Living on the Breadline'' | Mother | Television documentary |- | rowspan="3"| 2010 | ''[[Dance Your Ass Off]]'' | Presenter | [[Dance Your Ass Off (season 2)|Season 2]] |- | ''[[Mel B: It's an Scary World]]'' | Herself | Reality series |- | ''[[The Spin Crowd]]'' | Herself | Episode: "The SPINdustry" |- | 2010–2012, 2016 |''[[The X Factor (Australian TV series)|The X Factor]]'' | Judge / Mentor | [[The X Factor (Australian TV series) season 2|Season 2]] (guest)<br />[[The X Factor (Australian TV series) season 3|Season 3]]–[[The X Factor (Australian TV series) season 4|4]], [[The X Factor (Australian TV series) season 8|8]] (main) |- | 2011 | ''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]'' | Sylvia Burke | Episode: "4.8" |- | rowspan="3"| 2012 | ''The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!'' | Herself | Television documentary |- | ''[[Dancing with the Stars Australia]]'' | Presenter | [[Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series) season 12|Season 12]] |- | ''[[Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model (cycle 8)|Britain's Next Top Model]]'' | Guest Judge | 1 episode |- | 2012–2016 | ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]'' | Judge / Mentor | [[The X Factor (British TV series) series 9|Series 9]] and [[The X Factor (British TV series) series 13|13]] (guest)<br />[[The X Factor (British TV series) series 11|Series 11]] (main) |- | rowspan="4" | 2013 | ''Twelve Trees of Christmas'' | Cordelia | Television film |- | ''[[The Eric Andre Show]]'' |Herself | |- | ''[[Miss Universe 2013]]'' |Presenter | |- | ''[[Stepping Out (British TV series)|Stepping Out]]'' | rowspan="2" | Judge | |- | 2013–2018, 2025–present | ''[[America's Got Talent]]'' | Season 8–13, 20–present |- | rowspan="7"| 2014 | ''[[List of Whose Line Is It Anyway? (American TV series) episodes#Season 10 (2014)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]'' | Herself | Episode: "Mel B" |- | ''[[The Voice Kids (Australian TV series)|The Voice Kids: Australia]]'' | Judge / Mentor | |- | ''The Pro'' | Herself | Television film |- | ''[[Black Dynamite (TV series)|Black Dynamite]]'' | Connie Lingus (voice) | Episode: "How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back" |- | ''[[MOBO Awards]]'' | Co-presenter | With [[Sarah-Jane Crawford]] |- | ''[[Text Santa#2014 appeal|Text Santa]]'' | Santa's Body Guard | Television special |- | ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of the Year]]'' | Panelist | |- | rowspan="2"| 2015 | ''[[Project Runway]]'' | rowspan="2"| Guest Judge | [[Project Runway (season 14)|Season 14]]<br>Episode: "The Runway's in 3D!" |- | ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race]]'' | [[RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7)|Season 7]]<br>Episodes: "ShakesQueer" and "Countdown to the Crown" |- | rowspan="2"| 2016 | ''[[Running Wild with Bear Grylls]]'' | rowspan="2"| Herself | rowspan="2"| 1 episode |- | ''[[Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]'' |- | 2016–2018 | ''[[Lip Sync Battle UK]]'' | Presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a661455/a-uk-version-of-lip-sync-battle-is-coming-to-channel-5.html|date=3 August 2015|title=A UK version of Lip Sync Battle is coming to Channel 5|first=Ben|last=Lee|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=3 August 2015}}</ref> | |- | 2018 | ''[[Loose Women]]'' | Panelist | |- | rowspan="2"| 2019 | ''[[America's Got Talent: The Champions]]'' | Judge | |- | ''[[Drop the Mic]]'' | Herself | Series 3, Episode 6 |- | 2019–2020 | ''[[Celebrity Juice]]'' | Panelist | Team Captain on 2 series |- | 2020 | ''[[Michael McIntyre's The Wheel]]'' | Herself | Celebrity Expert on The Spice Girls |- | rowspan="3"| 2021 | ''[[The Masked Singer (British series 2)|The Masked Singer UK]]'' | Herself / The Seahorse | |- | ''[[Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta (season 2)|Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta]]'' | Herself / The Jellyfish ''(Medusa)'' | |- | ''[[Name That Tune]]'' || Herself || Guest; 1 episode |- | rowspan="5"| 2022 | ''[[The Circle (American TV series)|The Circle]]'' | Contestant | [[The Circle (American season 4)|Season 4]]; played with [[Emma Bunton]], as catfish "Jared" |- | ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]'' | Guest Judge | [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK (series 4)|Series 4]] |- | ''Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip'' | Presenter | |- | ''A New Diva's Christmas Carol'' | Herself | Television Christmas movie |- | ''[[Special Forces: World's Toughest Test]]'' | Contestant | Voluntarily Withdrawn in Episode 3 |- |2022–2024 |[[List of Gogglebox episodes|Celebrity Gogglebox]] |Herself |Series "Celebrity 4" and "Celebrity 6" (appears alongside daughter Phoenix Chi in the latter) |- | 2022–2023 | ''[[The Masked Singer (Australian TV series)|The Masked Singer Australia]]'' | rowspan="2" | Judge | Seasons 4–5 |- | rowspan="2" | 2023 | ''[[Queen of the Universe (TV series)|Queen of the Universe]]'' | |- | ''[[Mask Singer (French TV series)|The Masked Singer France]]'' | Herself / The Sun | Season 5 Special Guest, 1 episode |- | 2024 |''[[America's Got Talent: Fantasy League]]'' | Judge/Mentor | |- | 2025 | ''[[KPopped]]'' | Herself / Western Collaborator | Episode: "Itzy" |- | 2025 | ''Happy Town'' | Herself / Narrator | Seasons 1 & 2 |}
===Films=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable"| Notes |- | 1997 | ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'' | Scary Spice | [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress]]<br />Nominated – [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star]] |- | 1998 | ''Creche Landing'' | Lola (voice) | |- | 2000 | ''Fish'' | Angela | |- | 2003 | ''[[LD 50 Lethal Dose]]'' | Louise | |- | 2004 | ''Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde'' | Herself | Documentary |- | rowspan="2"| 2005 | ''[[The Seat Filler]]'' | Sandie | |- | ''Telling Lies'' | Maggie Thomas | |- | 2006 | ''Love Thy Neighbor'' | Lonnie | |- | 2007 | ''[[Giving You Everything]]'' | Herself | Documentary |- | 2014 | ''[[Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast]]'' | Fury (voice) | UK version |- | rowspan="2"| 2017 | ''[[Chocolate City: Vegas Strip]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dishnation.com/a-spice-girl-is-joining-the-chocolate-city-sequel-cast/|title=A Spice Girl Is Joining The Chocolate City Sequel Cast|publisher=[[Dish Nation]]|date=10 November 2015|access-date=6 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223154155/http://dishnation.com/a-spice-girl-is-joining-the-chocolate-city-sequel-cast/|archive-date=23 February 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> | Brandy | |- | ''[[Killing Hasselhoff]]'' | Herself | |- | 2021 | ''Love Should Not Hurt''<ref name="thinkshorts.com"/> | Victim | Short Film in support of Women's Aid |- |}
==Theatre credits== {| class="wikitable" ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 2004 | ''[[Rent (musical)|Rent]]'' | Mimi Marquez |- | 2009 | ''[[Peepshow (burlesque)|Peepshow]]'' | Peep Diva |- | 2016–2017 | ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' | Roxanne "Roxie" Hart |- | 2019 | ''Brutally Honest'' | Herself |- |}
==Bibliography== * Brown, Melanie. (2002). ''Catch a Fire: The Autobiography.'' Headline Book Publishing. {{ISBN|978-0755310630}} *Brown, Melanie. (2018). ''Brutally Honest.'' Quadrille Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN|9781787133525}} *Brown, Melanie. (2024). ''Brutally Honest: The Sunday Times Bestseller.'' Quadrille Publishing Ltd. {{ISBN|9781837831562}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{instagram|officialmelb}} * {{IMDb name|0114256}} * [https://evelie.co.uk/ Evelie Bridal London – Official website of Mel B’s wedding dress stylist]
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