Mel B

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

117

Gender

Female

Birthday

1975-05-29 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Scary Spice
  • Melanie Brown
  • Spice Girls
  • Melanie B
  • Melanie Janine Brown

Mel B

Biography

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

Spice World
4.9%

Spice World

Dec 18, 1997

Saturday Night Live
6.9%

Saturday Night Live

Oct 11, 1975

America's Got Talent
5.7%

America's Got Talent

Jun 21, 2006

RuPaul's Drag Race
7.5%

RuPaul's Drag Race

Feb 2, 2009

Killing Hasselhoff
4.5%

Killing Hasselhoff

Aug 29, 2017

Dancing with the Stars
5.9%

Dancing with the Stars

Jun 1, 2005

Dancing with the Stars
5.9%

Dancing with the Stars

Jun 1, 2005

Project Runway
6.2%

Project Runway

Dec 1, 2004

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Acting

The Windrush Generation as Self
2025
Happy Town as Narrator (voice)
2025
Celebrity Bear Hunt as Self - Contestant
2024
Romesh Ranganathan's Parents' Evening as Self
2024
M&S: Dress The Nation as Self - Guest Judge
2024
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League as Self - Judge
2023
Late Night Lycett as Self - Guest
2023
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test as Self
2022
A New Diva's Christmas Carol as Host
2022
Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip as Self
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2022
Piers Morgan Uncensored as Self
2022
Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment? as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Weakest Link as Self - Contestant
2021
Queen of the Universe as Self - Judge
2021
An Audience with Adele as Self
2021
Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain as Self - Scary Spice
2021
Spice Girls at the BBC as Self - Scary Spice
2021
Blankety Blank as Self - Panellist
2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Guest Team Captain
2021
When Ruby Wax Met... as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage)
2021
Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains as Self
2021
Name That Tune as Self - Contestant
2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
2020
The BRITs at 40 as Self
2020
The Circle as Self - Contestant
2020
The Circle as Self
2019
Mask Singer as Soleil
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK as Self - Guest Judge
2019
The Masked Singer Australia as Self - Panelist
2019
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan as Self
2019
Shopping with Keith Lemon as Self
2018
The Big Narstie Show as Self
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
2017
Drop the Mic as Self
2017
Killing Hasselhoff as Self
2016
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip as Brandy
2016
Lip Sync Battle UK as Self - Host
2015
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Celebrity Name Game as Self
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
The Twelve Trees of Christmas as Cordelia
2013
Through the Keyhole as Self
2013
Deal With It as Self
2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway? as Self
2013
Hollywood Game Night as Self
2013
The Last Leg as Self
2012
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! as Self - Scary Spice
2012
London 2012 Olympic Games as Self
2012
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music as Self - Scary Spice
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night as Self
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge
2008
Celebrity Juice as Self
2008
Celebrity Juice as Self - Team Captain
2008
The Singing Office as Self - Host
2008
Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour as Self
2007
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything as Self - Scary Spice
2007
Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour as Self - Scary Spice
2007
Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews as Self - Scary Spice
2007
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits as Self - Scary Spice
2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
2007
Secret Diary of a Call Girl as Sylvia Burke
2006
America's Got Talent as Self - Judge
2006
Telling Lies as Maggie Thomas
2005
Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop as Self
2005
Dancing with the Stars as Self - Contestant
2005
Dancing with the Stars as Self - Guest Judge
2005
Spice Girls: Unauthorized as Self - Scary Spice
2005
The X Factor as Self - Judge
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
2004
Miley's New Year's Eve Party as Self - Host
2004
Big Fat Quiz as Self - Contestant
2004
Project Runway as Self - Guest Judge
2004
Dancing with the Stars as Self - Host
2004
The Seat Filler as Sandie
2003
LD 50 Lethal Dose as Louise
2003
Burn It as Claire
2002
Bo' Selecta! as Self
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
2001
Raw Spice as Self - Scary Spice
1999
Spice Girls: The Live One as Self - Scary Spice
1999
TV total as Self
1998
Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium as Self - Scary Spice
1998
Spice Girls: Back In Britain! as Self - Scary Spice
1998
Prince: Beautiful Strange as Self
1998
Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story as Self - Scary Spice
1998
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid as Self - Scary Spice
1998
Spice Girls: Girls Talk! as Self - Scary Spice
1998
Spice Exposed as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage)
1998
Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild! as Self
1997
Spice World as Melanie B - Scary Spice
1997
An Audience with the Spice Girls as Self
1997
Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power! as Self - Scary Spice
1997
Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul as Self - Scary Spice
1997
An Audience with Elton John as Self
1997
Spice Power as Self - Scary Spice (archive footage)
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self
1996
Ruby Wax Meets as Self - Scary Spice
1995
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as Self - Scary Spice
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987
Le monde est à vous as Self - Scary Spice
1987
French & Saunders as Self - Scary Spice
1984
MTV Video Music Awards as Self - Scary Spice
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self - Scary Spice
1978
An Audience with... as Self - Scary Spice
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Scary Spice - Musical Guest
1971
Great Performances as Self - Scary Spice
1964
Top of the Pops as Self - Scary Spice
1964
Top of the Pops as Self - Host / Performer
1964
Top of the Pops as Self - Host
1955
Miss Universe as Host
1948
BAMBI Awards as Self - Scary Spice
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