The product of a Spanish mother, Anne-Marie, and a Swedish-English father, Lawrence, who was 50 by the time she was born on August 8, 1972, the Watford girl describes herself as "a mongrel".
She grew up listening to Madonna, Michael Jackson and Abba, but was also influenced by the music and films her father loved: Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Shirley Bassey.
Geraldine Estelle Halliwell has been a club dancer in Majorca, a TV presenter in Turkey, an aerobics instructor, a cleaner, a barmaid, a model and a Spice Girl. She always wanted to be in the spotlight and got her big break with the Spice Girls who stormed both British and American charts with numerous number one singles and two number one albums. |
