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Mel B

Mel B

Birthday: 1975-05-29 | Place of Birth: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Happy Town

as    Narrator (voice)

2024
America's Got Talent: Fantasy League

as    Self - Judge

2022
2022
Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment?

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
A revoluçao das Spice Girls

as    Self (archive footage)

2021
Queen of the Universe

as    Self - Judge

2021
Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain

as    Self - Scary Spice

2021
Spice Girls at the BBC

as    Self - Scary Spice

2019
The Masked Singer Australia

as    Self - Panelist

2016
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip

as    Brandy

2016
2016
Lip Sync Battle UK

as    Self - Host

2013
The Twelve Trees of Christmas

as    Cordelia

2012
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!

as    Self - Scary Spice

2008
The Singing Office

as    Self - Host

2007
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything

as    Self - Scary Spice

2007
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits

as    Self - Scary Spice

2007
Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews

as    Self - Scary Spice

2007
2006
Telling Lies

as    Maggie Thomas

2006
America's Got Talent

as    Self - Judge

2005
Spice Girls: Unauthorized

as    Self - Scary Spice

2004
The Seat Filler

as    Sandie

2003
LD 50 Lethal Dose

as    Louise