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.
Series | Happy Town | Narrator (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | The Windrush Generation | Self | 2025 |
Movie | In Eros We Trust | Joseph | 2024-03-31 |
Series | America's Got Talent: Fantasy League | Self - Judge | 2024-01-01 |
Series | Late Night Lycett | Themselves - Guest | 2023-03-31 |
Movie | Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment? | Self (archive footage) | 2022-03-05 |
Series | Piers Morgan Uncensored | Self | 2022-04-25 |
Series | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Unknown | 2022-09-12 |
Movie | A New Diva's Christmas Carol | Host | 2022-12-14 |
Series | Trailblazers: A Rocky Mountain Road Trip | Self | 2022-11-28 |
Series | Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022-09-12 |
Series | Name That Tune | Self - Contestant | 2021-01-06 |
Movie | Spice Girls at the BBC | Scary Spice | 2021-10-02 |
Movie | An Audience with Adele | Self | 2021-11-21 |
Series | Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain | Self - Scary Spice | 2021-10-28 |
Series | Queen of the Universe | Self - Judge | 2021-12-02 |
Series | The Circle | Self - Contestant | 2020-01-01 |
Series | Michael McIntyre's The Wheel | Self - Expert | 2020-11-28 |
Series | Shopping with Keith Lemon | Unknown | 2019-06-06 |
Series | The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan | Herself | 2019-07-19 |
Series | The Masked Singer Australia | Self - Panelist | 2019-09-23 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Self - Judge | 2019-10-03 |
Series | The Big Narstie Show | Self | 2018-06-29 |
Movie | Killing Hasselhoff | Self | 2017-08-29 |
Series | Drop the Mic | Self | 2017-10-24 |
Movie | Chocolate City: Vegas Strip | Brandy | 2016-07-04 |
Series | Lip Sync Battle UK | Self - Host | 2016-01-08 |
Movie | The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World | Self (archive footage) | 2015-06-13 |
Movie | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Fury (UK) (voice) (as Melanie Brown) | 2014-12-12 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Celebrity Name Game | Self | 2014-09-22 |
Series | Running Wild with Bear Grylls | Self | 2014-07-28 |
Series | The Last Leg | Self | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Deal With It | Self | 2013-07-17 |
Movie | The Twelve Trees of Christmas | Cordelia | 2013-11-16 |
Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
Series | Hollywood Game Night | Self | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music | Self | 2012-08-12 |
Movie | The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever! | Self | 2012-12-24 |
Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Self | 2011-09-03 |
Series | Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell | Self | 2011-06-11 |
Movie | Iron Man 2 | Ironette Dancer | 2010-04-28 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge | 2009-02-02 |
Movie | Scarce | Emily | 2008-01-01 |
Series | The Singing Office | Host | 2008-06-29 |
Series | Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour | Self | 2008-03-11 |
Series | Celebrity Juice | Self - Team Captain | 2008-09-24 |
Series | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Sylvia Burke | 2007-09-27 |
Series | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Self | 2007-10-14 |
Movie | Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour | Scary Spice | 2007-12-02 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Greatest Hits | Self - Scary Spice | 2007-11-07 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews | Self - Scary Spice | 2007-11-27 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Giving You Everything | Self - Scary Spice | 2007-12-31 |
Movie | Telling Lies | Maggie Thomas | 2006-01-01 |
Series | America's Got Talent | Self - Judge | 2006-06-21 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | 2005-01-03 |
Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Guest Judge | 2005-06-01 |
Movie | The Dinner Party | Hostess | 2005-12-05 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Unauthorized | Self - Scary Spice | 2005-02-15 |
Series | The X Factor | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | The Seat Filler | Sandie | 2004-08-05 |
Series | The X Factor | Judge | 2004-09-04 |
Series | Project Runway | Self - Guest Judge | 2004-12-01 |
Series | Big Fat Quiz | Self - Contestant | 2004-12-27 |
Series | Dancing with the Stars | Self - Host | 2004-10-05 |
Series | Miley's New Year's Eve Party | Self - Host | 2004-12-31 |
Series | Burn It | Claire | 2003-02-08 |
Movie | LD 50 Lethal Dose | Louise | 2003-02-23 |
Movie | Gotta Kick It Up! | Peninsula Dance Team | 2002-07-26 |
Series | Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | Self | 2002-06-08 |
Movie | Raw Spice | Self - Scary Spice | 2001-03-23 |
Series | TV total | Self | 1999-03-08 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Live at Earls Court - Christmas in Spiceworld | Self - Scary Spice | 1999-12-15 |
Movie | Spice Exposed | Self (archive footage) | 1998-01-26 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild! | Self | 1998-01-17 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Girls Talk! | Scary Spice | 1998-01-27 |
Movie | Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story | Scary Spice | 1998-08-10 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid | Scary Spice | 1998-03-16 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Back In Britain! | Scary Spice | 1998-11-24 |
Movie | Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium | Self - Scary Spice | 1998-11-24 |
Movie | Prince: Beautiful Strange | Self | 1998-08-28 |
Movie | Spice Power | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1997-01-01 |
Movie | An Audience with Elton John | Self | 1997-09-27 |
Movie | Girl Power! Live in Istanbul | Self - Scary Spice | 1997-10-13 |
Movie | Spice World | Melanie B / Scary Spice | 1997-12-18 |
Movie | Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power! | Self - Scary Spice | 1997-10-27 |
Movie | An Audience with the Spice Girls | Self | 1997-11-29 |
Series | Ruby Wax Meets | Unknown | 1996-01-28 |
Series | Never Mind the Buzzcocks | Unknown | 1996-11-12 |
Series | Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | Self | 1995-02-10 |
Movie | South of Wawa | Mara | 1992-04-24 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988-09-05 |
Series | French & Saunders | Self [Spice Girls] | 1987-03-09 |
Series | MTV Video Music Awards | Self | 1984-09-14 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981-02-14 |
Series | An Audience with... | Self | 1978-01-08 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self [Spice Girls] | 1975-10-11 |
Series | Great Performances | Self | 1971-01-28 |
Series | Miss Universe | Host | 1955-07-22 |
Series | Bambi Awards | Self | 1948-01-01 |