Geraldine Estelle Halliwell (born August 6, 1972), better known as Geri Halliwell, is a British pop singer, originally one of five members of the girl group the Spice Girls, where she was known as "Ginger Spice".

She was born and grew up in Watford, in the county of Hertfordshire. From early in her life she attempted to fashion some career as a celebrity by posing as a topless glamour model.

Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls on May 30, 1998 to pursue a solo career after fighting amongst the group left her the black sheep. She was convinced that the group was playing favourites and being jealous of her.

She is known for her charity work which has included raising awareness and funds for breast cancer and visiting Uganda for Comic Relief. In 1998 she was named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations, concerned with promoting Safe Sex.

In 1999 Halliwell released her first solo album, Schizophonic, which included her first solo single "Look at Me".

Halliwell has had high profile short lived relationships with both Chris Evans and Robbie Williams but some claim that as these tend to occur around the time she has a single release they are orchestrated for publicity purposes.

In 2001 she followed it up with the UK only release, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster. It also included a UK #1 cover of the Weather Girls' 1983 hit, "It's Raining Men", used on the Bridget Jones's Diary film soundtrack.

In 2003, she came ninth in the Channel 4 poll of the 100 Worst Britons.

In 2004 Geri Halliwell made a return to the music scene with her single "Ride It", which reached #4 on the UK charts but was not promoted abroad.

Halliwell has begun pushing her TV career in America, re-uniting with former Spice Girls manager, Simon Fuller, to host All American Girl.

She has also made appearances in Censored page and a new film, Fat Slags (2004) based on characters from Viz magazine.

She has released two best selling auto-biographies in 1999 and 2002 detailing her rise to fame and then her turbulent celebrity lifestyle. She has also released two Yoga DVDs which sold well.

Discography

Albums

• 1999 Schizophonic #4 UK, #42 US
• 2001 Scream If You Wanna Go Faster #5 UK

Hit singles

• 1999 "Look at Me" #2
• 1999 "Mi Chico Latino" #1
• 1999 "Lift Me Up" #1
• 2000 "Bag It Up" #1
• 2001 "It's Raining Men" #1
• 2001 "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" #8
• 2001 "Calling" #7
• 2004 "Ride It" #4

UK chart positions, did not have any US hit singles yet.