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Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist| name = Geri Halliwell| image = GeriHalliwellASDA3.JPG| caption = Halliwell in 2008 in Europe promoting her then-new book| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Geraldine Estelle Halliwell| alias = Ginger Spice, Ginger| Born = Birth date and age|1972|8|6|df=yes Watford , Hertfordshire , England| origin = London, England, UK| genre = Pop music|Pop , dance pop , pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter, author, actress| years_active = 1994–present| label = Virgin Records|Virgin (1996–98) Spice Girls EMI Records|EMI (1999–2003) Innocent Records (2004–05) 19 Entertainment|19 (2010–present)| associated_acts = Spice Girls | website = URL|gerihalliwellofficial.com Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972) is a British pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice , a member of the girl group the Spice Girls , Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her debut album|album Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)|Schizophonic . Since then, she has released two more studio albums – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster and Passion (Geri Halliwell album)|Passion – and four number one singles at the UK Singles Chart , " Mi Chico Latino ", " Lift Me Up (Geri Halliwell song)|Lift Me Up ", " Bag It Up " and " It's Raining Men (Geri Halliwell)|It's Raining Men ". In 2008, Halliwell published a book series named Ugenia Lavender .cite web|url= http://www.ugenialavender.com/dynamicContent/downloads/PR1.doc |title=The first of six children’s books by Geri Halliwell |work=Pan Macmillan press release |accessdate=29 April 2008 |format=DOC As a solo artist, Halliwell has sold 12& nbsp;million records worldwide and been nominated for two Brit Awards in 2000 and 2002. In 1999, she wrote an autobiography If Only (autobiography)|If Only , in which she described her life as a Spice Girl.
Early life
Halliwell was born at Watford General Hospital to Laurence Francis Halliwell (1922–1993),cite web|url= http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp |title=Deaths England and Wales 1984-2006 |publisher=Findmypast.co.uk|date= |accessdate=8 August 2009 who was of English and Swedish descent, and his wife Ana María (née Hidalgo), who is a Spaniard from Huesca . Halliwell grew up on a council estate in North Watford .Geri Halliwell, If Only (autobiography)|If Only Halliwell took her GCE Advanced Level|A-Level s at Camden School for Girls , obtaining an A-level in English studies|English at A grade standard, having taken her GCSEs at Watford Girls Grammar School . She then attended college studying English Literature and Finance. Before starting her music career, Halliwell had worked as a nightclub dancer in Majorca , a presenter on the Turkey|Turkish version of '' Let's Make a Deal and as a Glamour photography|glamour model . Following her rise to fame with the Spice Girls, nude photos of Halliwell were re-published in a number of magazines in 1992 and 1995 including Playboy and Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse .Cite journal|year=1998 |journal= Playboy |issue=May 1998 Cite journal|year=1998 |journal= Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse |issue=June 1998
Career
1994–98: Spice Girls
Main|Spice GirlsHalliwell first found fame as one of the five members of the girl group the Spice Girls, and was dubbed "Ginger Spice" by Top of the Pops (magazine)|Top of the Pops magazine in 1996.citation needed|date=December 2010 Geri became renowned for wearing outrageous stage costumes and often garnered extensive publicity.citation needed|date=December 2010 The group sold over 65& nbsp;million records and are the best selling girl group of all time.citation needed|date=December 2010 Their debut single " Wannabe (song)|Wannabe " became the first of nine number-ones in the United Kingdom and reached the top position in 41 countries around the globe, including Australia, Canada and the United States. Other successful releases followed, including " Say You'll Be There " and " 2 Become 1 " from Spice , and " Spice Up Your Life ", " Too Much (Spice Girls song)|Too Much " and " Stop (Spice Girls song)|Stop " from Spiceworld .Chart performances for the singles released by the Spice Girls. Retrieved from http://foreverspice.com/spicediscography/spicegirls.htm/.
On 30 May 1998, Halliwell left the Spice Girls due to Major depressive disorder|depression and differences between the group. On This Day (30 May 1998): " http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/31/newsid_2494000/2494855.stm Ginger leaves the Spice Girls". BBC News. The first official confirmation was an announcement to the media by her solicitor on 31 May.citation needed|date=December 2010 Her action aroused controversy, her former group being due to embark on a North American tour, which they eventually completed without her." http://allpop.canoe.ca/AllPop-SpiceGirls/980530_tour.html Spice Girls will do U.S. tour, with or without Ginger". London (AP). Saturday, 30 May 1998. Aallpop.canoe.ca. Although she had already left the group, the Spice Girls released " Viva Forever ", the final music video to feature Halliwell's likeness. After she left, the other girls co-wrote a few songs about her, which appeared on their album Forever (Spice Girls album)|Forever : " Goodbye (Spice Girls song)|Goodbye " and " Let Love Lead the Way "." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2774437.stm Spice Girls dismiss comeback plan". Tuesday, 18 February 2003. BBC News. ''Halliwell left at the peak of the Spice Girls' success, and in 2007 the five girls reunited to embark on a final world tour and released another hit, "Headlines", a song about the girls' friendship and their relationships with each other.
1999–2000: Schizophonic
main|Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)Halliwell appeared in a 90 minute documentary Geri for the British television channel Channel 4 by Molly Dineen .IMDb title|0198511|Geri|(Documentary by Molly Dineen ) In 1999, Halliwell launched her solo career and released her debut album Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)|Schizophonic , with the lead single " Look at Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Look at Me ", produced by Absolute (production team)|Absolute and Phil Bucknall. "Look at Me" would go on to sell over one million copies worldwide,citation needed|date=December 2010 followed by further number ones at the UK Singles Chart " Mi Chico Latino ", " Lift Me Up (Geri Halliwell song)|Lift Me Up " and " Bag It Up ". Halliwell performed "Bag It Up" during the BRIT Awards ceremony in 2000, emerging between giant inflatable legs, ripping off her shirt and walking in stiletto heels over the backs of topless pink-haired men whilst performing the song.citation needed|date=December 2010 "Look at Me" was released to radio in the United States in late 1999, receiving limited airplay. With only a radio single, Schizophonic debuted at number forty-two on the Billboard 200| Billboard 200 before dropping out within the next month. The album was eventually Album certification|certified Gold , distributing over 500,000 copies.cite web|url= http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php? table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=RIAA Certification for "Schizophonic" |publisher=Riaa.com |date= |accessdate=8 August 2009 "Mi Chico Latino" did not have a big impact on American radio, and no further singles from Schizophonic or albums were released in the United States.citation needed|date=December 2010 In 1999, she wrote an autobiography If Only (autobiography)|If Only , in which described her life as a Spice Girl.
2001–04: Scream If You Wanna Go Faster
main|Scream If You Wanna Go FasterIn 2001, Halliwell followed up with her second album, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster . It also included her cover version of The Weather Girls ' 1983 hit, " It's Raining Men (Geri Halliwell)|It's Raining Men ", used on the '' Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary film soundtrack , and the video game , DDRMAX2 Dance Dance Revolution 7thMix ''. The song also won her the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards .citation needed|date=December 2010 The song has been added to the album at the last minute, and another song "Feels Like Sex" had already been slated as the lead single.citation needed|date=December 2010 The singles that followed, " Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (song)|Scream If You Wanna Go Faster " and " Calling (song)|Calling ", reached, respectively, number eight and number seven in the United Kingdom.citation needed|date=December 2010 Halliwell released a special French edition of the single, entitled " Calling (song)|Au Nom de L'amour ".citation needed|date=December 2010 Scream If You Wanna Go Faster was not released in the United States.citation needed|date=December 2010 In 2002, Halliwell was featured alongside Pete Waterman and Louis Walsh as a judge on the television series Popstars|Popstars: The rivals which created Girls Aloud . http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001312/bio Geri Halliwell – Biography at the Internet Movie Database The following year, she released her second autobiography, Just for the Record , detailing her rise to fame and her turbulent celebrity lifestyle. She has also released two Yoga DVDs with her yoga teacher Katy Appleton , Geri Yoga and Geri Body Yoga . http://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness/mndbodsprt/yoga/articles/0,,269_183180,00.html Interview with Geri Halliwell's yoga trainer, Katy Appleton at iVillage In the United States, Halliwell appeared as a judge on the reality programme All American Girl (2003 TV series)|All American Girl and as a guest reporter on celebrity-based series Extra (TV series)|Extra . She has also made appearances in the television series Sex and the City and in the 2004 in film|2004 film Fat Slags , based on characters from Viz (comics)|Viz Magazine . In 2004, Halliwell appeared on channel Five (TV channel)|Five as one of the hosts of the Party in the Park event for The Prince's Trust , the presenter and main performer of the ''Tickled Pink Girls' night in Live! event and an appearance in a documentary There's Something About Geri .
2005–06: Passion
main|Passion (Geri Halliwell album)In late 2004, Halliwell made a return to music with the single " Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)|Ride It ", which reached number four in the United Kingdom and number one on the dance charts.citation needed|date=December 2010 However, several months elapsed before another single was released, during which time she was apparently instructed to record some new tracks for the as yet unreleased album by her record company, which was unhappy with the setlist. http://www.spicediscography.co.uk Spice Discography Spicediscography.co.uk Halliwell planned her first solo tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, but due to lack of ticket sales, compounded by the label's pressure on Halliwell to record additional songs, led to the cancellation of the tour.citation needed|date=December 2010 Eventually a new single, " Desire (Geri Halliwell song)|Desire ", was released on 30 May 2005, reaching number 22 in the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Charts.citation needed|date=December 2010 Released shortly after, the album Passion (Geri Halliwell album)|Passion similarly received little attention from the public or critics, and stalled at number 41 in the UK charts.citation needed|date=December 2010 Halliwell's recording contract with EMI was subsequently not renewed, and in recent interviews Halliwell has stated that she is not interested in recording another album at the moment and was content with writing children's books and being a mother.citation needed|date=December 2010
On 28 June 2007, Halliwell announced she was joining her former group-mates for a concert tour " Return of the Spice Girls ".citation needed|date=December 2010 Part of the The Return of the Spice Girls#Setlist|setlist of the reunion tour features Halliwell performing solo, singing her cover of ''It's Raining Men . It was announced on 1 February that the tour would end early, on 26 February 2008.cite web|url= http://www.thespicegirls.com/news/080201announcement |title=Important Tour Announcement |publisher=Thespicegirls.com |date=12 October 2007 |accessdate=8 August 2009
On 12 April 2007, it was announced that Halliwell had signed a six-book deal with Macmillan Children's Books." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6549521.stm Halliwell launches writing career" Retrieved 12 April 2007, BBC News The books follow the adventures of nine-year-old Ugenia, a character based on Halliwell,Cite news|title=New chapter for author Geri as she presents her 'inner brat' Ugenia |url= http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2008/04/28/geri-halliwell-book/ |date=28 April 2008 |accessdate=29 April 2008 |work=Hello Magazine alongside her friends Bronte, Rudy and Trevor. Other characters are said by Halliwell to be loosely based on Gordon Ramsay ,Cite news|date=12 April 2007 |accessdate=29 April 2008 |title=Halliwell launches writing career |publisher=BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6549521.stmGeorge Michael ,Cite news|title=Geri: Books first step to girl power|work=This Is Nottingham|url= http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp? nodeId=244367& command=displayContent& sourceNode=244365& contentPK=20495264& folderPk=112383& pNodeId=188965& returnNodeId=188965| date=2008-04-29 |accessdate=29 April 2008 Marilyn Monroe ,Cite news|first=Barbara |last=Ellen |title=Geri blossoms |work=The Observer |url= http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,2057295,00.html |date=15 April 2007 |accessdate=29 April 2008 | location=London Vincent van Gogh , Wayne RooneyCite news|accessdate=5 May 2008 |date=5 May 2008 |first=Barry |last=Didcock |work=Sunday Herald |title=Geri Halliwell |url= http://www.sundayherald.com/arts/arts/display.var.2246073.0.0.php and the character Justin Suarez from the TV series Ugly Betty . The character Princess Posh Vattoria, a caricature of Halliwell's bandmate Victoria Beckham , was featured in early drafts but has not appeared in the book series.Cite news|title=Geri Halliwell writes kids' books |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7375000/7375130.stm |date=3008-04-30 |accessdate=3 May 2008
Halliwell appeared in the film Crank: High Voltage alongside her friend, actor John Damon , and on the BBC 1 's The One Show on 7 May 2009.cite web|author=The One Show Team |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/backstage/2009/05/what-did-you-think-of-the-one-27.html |title=What did you think of the One? |publisher=BBC News |date=7 May 2009 |accessdate=8 August 2009 On 24 May 2009, she spoke to the Speed TV reporter Peter Windsor in the pit lane just prior to the start of the 2009 Monaco Grand Prix . In interviews to promote the book series Ugenia Lavender , Halliwell said she had no plans to return to a solo musical career in the near future.cite web|url= http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a94872/halliwell-my-solo-career-is-over.html |title=Music - News - Halliwell: 'My solo career is over' - Digital Spy |publisher=Digital Spy<& #33; |date=29 April 2008 |accessdate=8 August 2009
2010–present: fourth solo album
In March 2010, vocal coach and singer Carrie Grant announced on ITV1 's The Alan Titchmarsh Show that Halliwell would be making a return to music. The following month, Halliwell announced through her official website that she was back in the studio and recording.Cite news|url= http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/04/03/geri-halliwell-is-back-in-the-studio-and-wants-to-get-back-on-the-road-115875-22158793/|title= Geri Halliwell is back in the studio and wants to get back on the road|publisher=Trinity Mirror|work=Daily Mirror|authors= Moodie, Clemmie and Lawler, Danielle|date= 3 April 2010|accessdate= 18 April 2010 In 2010, Halliwell stood in as a guest judge on The X Factor (UK)|The X Factor for Dannii Minogue at the Glasgow auditions.cite web|url= http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0610/xfactor2.html? TB_iframe=true& height=650& width=850|title= Halliwell joins X Factor judging panel|publisher=www.rte.ie |accessdate= 22 November 2010|date= 10 June 2010 Halliwell is to release her own range of bikini 's through retailer Next (clothing)|Next in January 2011.Cite news |title=Look at me& #33; Geri Halliwell makes her design debut to launch - and model - her own swimwear range for the High Street. |author=Jody Thompson |url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1342493/Geri-Halliwell-models-new-swimwear-range-High-Street.html |newspaper=The Daily Mail |date=30 December 2010 |accessdate=2 January 2011 On Christmas Day 2010 she played a cameo in the mockumentary Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly with Me . In July 2011 Halliwell confirmed the album was ready.cite web|author=Sunday, July 31 2011, 10:44 BST |url= http://www.digitalspy.ie/music/news/a332541/geri-halliwell-my-new-album-is-ready.html |title=Geri Halliwell: 'My new album is ready' - Music News - Digital Spy |publisher=Digitalspy.ie |date=2011-07-31 |accessdate=2011-10-02
Personal and media life
On 14 May 2006, Halliwell gave birth to her daughter, Bluebell Madonna, by caesarean section at London's Portland Hospital .Cite news|url= http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006220274,00.html|title= A Spice Girl for Geri|publisher=News International|work=The Sun|date= 15 May 2006|accessdate= 18 April 2010|first= Nick|last= Parker Sacha Gervasi is reported to be the child's father, but Halliwell has never publicly confirmed that.Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2006
Charity work
In 1999, Halliwell became a representative for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).Citation needed|date=September 2011 In 2000, Halliwell appeared in the two part documentary series ''Geri's World Walkabout for the BBC , which followed her work with the UN and other travels. Halliwell picked up further UN work in 2006, by visiting Zambia from 14–16 November, to promote greater international awareness of the urgent need to reduce maternal death and halt the spread of HIV/AIDS .Citation needed|date=September 2011
Political affiliations
In the run-up to the United Kingdom General Election, 1997|1997 UK General Election , Halliwell declared: "I saw a lot of what Margaret Thatcher|Mrs Thatcher did. She was definitely the original Spice Girl rising from the greengrocer's daughter to Prime Minister." For this, Lauren Laverne called her "Tory scum".Cite news | last = Hyde | first = Marina | title =This week |work=The Guardian |location=UK | date = 29 May 2004 | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1227333,00.html | quote = In the history of British celebs wading into politics, then, there have been minimal bright moments. Xfm DJ Lauren Laverne (then in rival band Kenickie) dismissing the Spice Girls as "Tory scum", for instance... | accessdate =8 May 2010 | location=London She claimed that her background was deeply-rooted in support for the Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party and that Thatcher was the pioneer of ' Girl Power ' and the spiritual sixth member of the Spice Girls. She claimed in 1996 that Tony Blair was "not a safe pair of hands for the economy".Cite news|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1319000/1319508.stm |title=Campaigning with the stars|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=BBC News |date=14 May 2001|accessdate=18 April 2010 By the United Kingdom general election, 2001|2001 General Election Halliwell had switched her support to Tony Blair and the Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party , making a cameo appearance in one of their party election broadcasts.Cite news| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1328000/1328626.stm | title= Tories dismiss Geri's Labour role |publisher=BBC News | date=14 May 2001
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Persondata|NAME = Halliwell, Geri |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Halliwell, Geraldine Estelle (full name); Ginger Spice (nickname/stage name) |SHORT DESCRIPTION = Singer, songwriter, actress, author, philanthropist |DATE OF BIRTH = 6 August 1972 |PLACE OF BIRTH = Watford , Hertfordshire , England |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Halliwell, Geri Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:English dance musicians Category:English female singers Category:English film actors Category:English people of Spanish descent Category:English people of Swedish descent Category:English pop singers Category:English singer-songwriters Category:Musicians from Hertfordshire Category:Participants in British reality television series Category:People from Watford Category:Spice Girls members Category:Video game musicians Category:The X Factor judges Category:The X Factor (UK)
