Geri Halliwell

**Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell** (born 6 August 1972) is an English pop music singer. She is a former member of pop group the Spice Girls.  She made $30 million during her last two years in the group.

She left the Spice Girls in May 1998 and continued singing as a solo artist. In 2007, she reunited with the Spice Girls to do a world tour.

Nude photos of Halliwell were in a number of magazines in 1992 and 1995 including _Playboy_ and _Penthouse_.

In 2012, Halliwell was a guest judge at _The X Factor_ auditions in Liverpool. On 26 June she reunited with Spice Girls to promote the brand new musical _Viva Forever_ based on their songs and career. 12 August 2012, she performed with the girls from the group in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London.

## Personal and media life

Halliwell's father was half-Swedish, half-English; her mother is Spanish. On 14 May 2006, Halliwell gave birth to her daughter, Bluebell Madonna Halliwell. Sacha Gervasi is said to be the child's father, but this has not been said by Halliwell. Victoria Beckham and Emma Bunton are Bluebell's godmothers. There had been rumours that Halliwell was dating Russell Brand. In May 2015 she married racing driver Christian Horner.

## Discography

- 1999: _Schizophonic_
- 2001: _Scream If You Wanna Go Faster_
- 2005: _Passion_
- 2012: _Putting On the Bling_

## Bibliography

- 1999 – _If Only_
- 2002 – _Just for the Record_
- 2008 – _Ugenia Lavender_

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1990|_Dance Energy_|Herself|Uncredited; Only as Dancer/Stagehand||
|1991|_Let's Make A Deal_|Herself|Uncredited; Only as Dancer/Stagehand||
|1999|_100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll_|Presenter|TV show||
|1999|_Al Salir de Clase_|Herself|"Duelo en las calles" (Episode 63; Season 3) "Rebelión en las aulas" (Episode 65; Season 3)||
|2002|_Bo' Selecta!_|Various role|"Geri Halliwell" (Episode 4; Season 1)||
|2002|_Popstars: The Rivals_|Mentor/Herself/Judge|Season 1||
|2003|_All American Girl_|Mentor/Herself/Judge|Season 1||
|2003|_Sex And The City_|Phoebe Herrison|"Boy, Interrupted" (Episode 10; Season 6)||
|2004|_Top Gear_|Geraldine|"5.2" (Episode 2; Season 5)||
|2008|_Friday Night Project_|Presenter/Sely/Lissandra|Episode 5; Season 6||
|2008|American Idol|Mentor/Herself/Judge|Episode 30; Season 7||
|2009|_Head Case_|Susan Galler|"Back in the Game" (Episode 5; Season 3)||
|2010|_Come Fly With Me_|Herself|"Pilot" (Episode 1; Season 1)||
|2010—2012|_The X Factor_|Mentor/Herself/Judge Judge on Liverpool auditions|Episode 1; Season 7 Season 9||

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1995|_Foggy Notion_|Sami|Main role||
|1997|_Spiceworld_|Ginger Spice|Razzie Award for Worst Actress Nominated — Razzie Award for Worst New Star Nominated — Orange Blimp Award for Favourite Film Actress Nominated — Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actress – Comedy||
|1999|_Geri – A Film by Molly Dineen_|Herself|TV movie; Documentary||
|2000|_Geri's World Walkabouts_|Herself|TV movie; Documentary||
|2000|_Therapy_|Amy Sulivan|Unreleased||
|2004|_Fat Slags: The Film_|Paige Stonach|Voice; Animation film||
|2005|_There's Something About Geri_|Herself|TV movie; Documentary||
|2007|_Giving You Everything_|Herself|TV movie; Documentary||
|2009|_Crank 2: High Voltage_|Karen Chelios|||
|2009|_Ant & Dec's Christmas Show_|Geri Doll|TV movie||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|For|Result|Notes||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1999|Blockbuster Entertainment Award|Favourite Actress – Comedy||_Spiceworld_|||Shared with the Spice Girls|
|MTV Europe Music Awards|Best Female||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2000|rowspan="2"|Brit Awards|Best British Female Solo Artist|||||
|Best Pop Act|||||||||
|Capital FM Awards|Best British Female Singer||||||||
|2001|Comet Awards|Best International Female Singer|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2002|rowspan="2"|Brit Awards|Best British Female Solo Artist|||||
|Best British Single|"It's Raining Men"||||||||
|rowspan="2"|NRJ Music Awards|International Song of the Year|"It's Raining Men"||||||
|International Female Artist of the Year|||||||||

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **origin**: London, England
- **instrument**: Vocals
- **associated acts**: Spice Girls


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Geri Halliwell
- **image**: SpiceGirlWembley150619-22 (49000567242) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Halliwell in 2019
- **birth name**: Geraldine Estelle Halliwell
- **alias**: Ginger Spice
- **birth place**: Watford, Hertfordshire, England
- **years active**: 1994–present
- **children**: 1