Mel B | Exploring Diverse Identities | Talks at Google
111One of the world’s most iconic entertainers, Mel B, discusses her career journey, her memoir Brutally Honest and her experiences as someone of mixed heritage.
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Melanie Brown MBE is one-fifth of the most successful girl band, the Spice Girls. She went on to carve out a global career as a television entertainer, theater performer, a movie actress and author of a best-selling autobiography.
Her career began as a teenager in the Nineties with the pop phenomenon, Spice Girls. As the so-called ‘Scary Spice’ she became one of the most recognisable women in the world. Together they created and spearheaded the Girl Power movement.
Since the band split in 2000, Melanie went on to carve a new career as a host of television shows. Consistently voted ‘most popular’ judge on shows from America’s Got Talent to The X Factor UK, she embraced a whole new generation to become one of the most recognised faces on television. She has also starred in a string of movies including The Seat Filler. She has appeared in London’s West End and on Broadway in Rent and most recently as Roxie Hart in Chicago, winning massive acclaim from audiences.
She was made Patron of Women’s Aid in 2018 and in 2019 was invited by the British Prime Minister, Theresa May to help her work on a parliamentary bill designed to aid other victims. The same year, she was reunited with Geri Halliwell, Mel C and Emma Bunton to tour the UK with the Spice Girls, a triumphant return to the stage which became the biggest UK tour of 2019. This year they marked their 30th anniversary as the Spice Girls, and Melanie is back on American television with AGT All Stars and is a judge on Australia’s Masked Singer. Mel B was awarded an MBE by the Queen for her services to survivors of domestic abuse.
Moderated by Carl Tanner.