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Born | Geraldine Estelle Halliwell 6 August 1972 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
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Years active | 1994–present |
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Partner | Sacha Gervasi (2005–2005) |
Children | 2 |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals |
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Member of | Spice Girls |
Website | gerihalliwell |
Geraldine Estelle Halliwell-Horner[1][2] (née Halliwell; born 6 August 1972) is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, author, and actress. She was a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Ginger Spice. With over 100 million records sold worldwide,[3] the Spice Girls are the best-selling female group of all time. Their slogan "girl power" was most closely associated with Halliwell[4] and her Union Jack dress from the 1997 Brit Awards also became an enduring symbol.[5][6] Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited in 2007.[7]
In 1999, Halliwell released her debut solo album, Schizophonic, which produced the UK number-one singles "Mi Chico Latino", "Lift Me Up" and "Bag It Up"; the lead single, "Look at Me", reached number two. In 2001, she released her second album, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster; the lead single, "It's Raining Men", reached number one in the UK. "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" and "Calling" were also top-ten singles. Halliwell's third album, Passion, was released in 2005 and produced the top five single "Ride It".
In 2002, Halliwell was a judge on the television talent show Popstars: The Rivals. In 2010 and 2012, she was a guest judge on the seventh and ninth series of the television singing competition The X Factor UK, and in 2013, she was a judge on the seventh series of the television talent show Australia's Got Talent.[8] In September 2013, it was announced that Halliwell would return to the music industry in Australia with the release of her first solo single in eight years, "Half of Me".[9] She has also appeared in films, including Spice World (1997), Crank: High Voltage (2009), and Gran Turismo (2023).
Halliwell is also an author and has released two autobiographies, If Only (1999) and Just for the Record (2002), as well as a series of children's novels titled Ugenia Lavender (2008). Her latest children’s book, Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen, was published in 2023.
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