Geri Halliwell - Biography

Last Editor: Lucky_Hamm				Geri Halliwell Biography -   Name : Geri Halliwell Birth Date : August 6, 1972 Birth Place : Watford, near London, U.K. Birth Name : Geraldine Estelle Halliwell Height : 5' 1 Profession : Singer Education : To A level English Relationship : Mark Griffiths (a consultant with a photographic firm; broke up), Bobby Hashemi (Coffee Republic boss; dated for 4 months), Jamie Morrison (polo-lovin Claim to fame : as Ginger Spice

Geri Halliwell Trivia -

Announces that she is leaving The Spice Girls, citing differences with the other band members. [30 May 1998] Winner of the 1997 MTV Video Music Award for Best Dance Video, "Wannabe". Winner of the 1997 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group, The Spice Girls. Pinched Prince Charles' bum. Friend of singer George Michael, guested in his house for a few months after leaving The Spice Girls. Has two tattoos: One of a panther on the small of her back, and another of a star in between her shoulder blades. Her hero is Margaret Thatcher. Written an auto-biography titled "If Only..." in which she dedicated to her late father. Banned for driving for six weeks and ordered to pay a $580 fine and $50 court costs for driving twice the speed limit in Watford, England. [14 March 2001] She's half Spanish (mother) and quarter English and Swedish (father). She is the great grand daughter of the 1930s Mayor of Cordoba in Spain. On her mother's side: Grandmother was a prison guard and grandfather was a prisoner. On her father's side: Grandmother was English and had a brief encounter with a Swedish merchant seaman, who turned out to be married and returned shortly after to his wife in Sweden. Has a half brother Paul, a half sister Karen, a brother Max and a sister Natalie Halliwell-Jennings, all of whom are older than Geri. Her half sister Karen helped make the infamous Union Jack dress Geri wore to the 1997 Brit Awards. Her dad was 50 when she was born. Mother became a Jehovah's Witness when Geri was very young, which meant Geri didn't get to celebrate birthdays or Christmas. Attended Callowland Infant School and Watford Grammar School for Girls. Auditioned for a part in Tank Girl (1995), where she met future band mate Victoria Beckham (nee Adams). Was a hostess on the Turkish game show "Let's Make A Deal". Among her many pre-stardom odd jobs was a stint as a cage go-go dancer in a Majorca disco, where she danced largely for rent money so she could stay in Majorca. Measurements: 36C-24-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) In September 1999 Sotheby's auction house in London featured her extravagant stage costumes, music awards, and personal belongings during her previous incarnation as "Ginger Spice". The items were part of a two day celebrity auction with proceeds going to a children's cancer charity. Her famed Union Jack mini-dress she wore at 1997 Brit Awards fetched the most pounds a whopping $69,340 in American dollars, which she hand delivered to the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel. Is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations. Gave birth to her first child, a daughter, Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, on May 14th, 2006 at London's Portland Hospital. The father of the baby is her ex-boyfriend Sacha Gervasi. With 11 singles (7 as a member of The Spice Girls, 4 as a solo artist) at #1 in the UK singles chart, Geri is the British female singer with most #1 singles in the UK chart history. Godmother of her daughter Bluebell is Victoria Beckham. Godfather of her daughter Bluebell is Kenneth Goss. A former member of The Spice Girls along with Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, and Melanie Chisholm. Drives an Aston Martin car. Author of the popular series of children's books 'Ugenia Lavender.'.

Geri Halliwell Detailed Biography -

Geraldine Estelle Halliwell, born in 1972 to a Spanish mother and Swedish/English father, shed her parents’ Jehovah’s Witness values and began jumping up on the school desks and singing. Halliwell’s first attempt at girl-band leadership was less than successful. Her school chums weren’t as enthusiastic about Halley and the Comets as was she, but undaunted, she continued along the show business path, doing time as a model and dancer. By 1997, Halliwell and four band-mates were the Spice Girls, wowing sold-out audiences of adoring pre-teen fans with campy, catchy pop tunes and a refreshing “Girl Power” message. Platform-booted, Union Jack-frocked Ginger Spice was a favourite with fans. Said to be the “driving force” behind the phenomenally successful Spice Girls, Geri Halliwell, as Ginger Spice, was on top of the glam pop scene in 1998 when she turned her back on fame and fortune for…more fame and fortune. The first album, Spice, sold 19 million copies, earning itself top spot on the list of best-selling album releases of 1997. The band’s singles and videos enjoyed wild success, and then came the movie. That’s when Halliwell decided she “had achieved all she could with the group” and decided to go on her own. After a celebrity turn as “Goodwill Ambassador” for the United Nations, and time on the talk show and charity circuit, she entered the recording studio. Her career restarted in earnest with the release of the non-Spice album Schizophonic. Halliwell is a talented writer of pop tunes and fairy stories. She is, though, seldom quiet – undeniably a talented singer and dancer with dynamic stage presence.