ACTOR
Geri Halliwell-Horner
- Known for
- Spice World (1997), Fat Slags (2004)
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Geri Halliwell-Horner is an actor best known for Spice World and Fat Slags.
All facts (45)
- #001
With 11 singles that reached number one on the UK singles chart — 7 as a member of the Spice Girls and 4 as a solo artist — Geri is the British female singer with the most number-one singles in UK chart history.
- #002
Her stepsister Karen helped make the famous Union Jack dress Geri wore to the 1997 Brit Awards.
- #003
Among her many odd jobs before fame was working as a cage go-go dancer at a Majorca disco, where she danced largely in exchange for rent money so she could stay on the island.
- #004
On her mother's side, her grandmother was a prison guard and her grandfather was an inmate.
- #005
She is half Spanish (through her mother) and a quarter English and Swedish (through her father).
- #006
In September 1999, her flamboyant stage costumes, music awards and personal items from her earlier incarnation as "Ginger Spice" were exhibited at Sotheby's auction house in London. The items were part of a two-day celebrity auction whose proceeds were to be donated to a charity for children with cancer. The famous Union Jack mini dress she wore to the 1997 Brit Awards fetched the most pounds in US dollars ($69,340), and she hand-delivered it to the Vegas Hard Rock Hotel.
- #007
In April 2010, it emerged that she had suffered from anorexia and bulimia until she sought help in 2002.
- #008
Her father, Laurence Halliwell, was 50 years old when she was born. He died of a heart attack in 1993 at the age of 71.
- #009
She wrote an autobiography titled "If Only…", dedicated to her late father.
- #010
She auditioned for a role in the film Tank Girl (1995), where she met her future bandmate Victoria Beckham (née Adams).
- #011
She was a friend of singer George Michael and stayed as a guest at his home for several months after leaving the Spice Girls.
- #012
She is the author of the popular children's book series 'Ugenia Lavender'.
- #013
She was banned from driving for six weeks and ordered to pay a $580 fine and $50 in court costs for driving at twice the speed limit in Watford, England.
- #014
Her great-grandfather Emiliano Hidalgo Fernández was the Republican mayor of Dos Torres, Spain, during the Second Republic and was executed by firing squad on 27 December 1940 at the age of 61 in the La Salud cemetery in Córdoba.
- #015
Apart from wearing wigs, she has not worn the 'Spice Girl' hair style (red with blonde streaks) since she first left the group in mid-1998.
- #016
She completed the traditional celebrity speed lap on Top Gear (2002) in 1 minute 55.4 seconds (31 October 2004).
- #017
On her father's side, her grandmother was English and had a brief acquaintance with a Swedish merchant sailor. It turned out the man was married and returned to his wife in Sweden shortly afterwards.
- #018
She is a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador.
- #019
She received a 1960s convertible Mercedes 280SL from her friend, pop singer George Michael, as a gift for her 27th birthday.
- #020
She drives an Aston Martin.
- #021
In 1997, the Spice Girls won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Group.
- #022
"Desire," released on 30 May 2005, was the second single from the artist's long-awaited third album, "Passion."
- #023
Her brother Max Halliwell died tragically in November 2021 at the age of 54.
- #024
On 14 May 2006, she gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, at the age of 33. The child's father is her former boyfriend Sacha Gervasi (as he later revealed).
- #025
In 2016, Mel B, Emma Bunton and Geri Halliwell reunited as the Spice Girls for the 20th anniversary of "Wannabe." They are recording new music, with a new album and tour expected in 2017. Former Spice Girls members Victoria Beckham and Mel C chose not to take part in the reunion in order to focus on their own careers.
- #026
She announced she was leaving the Spice Girls, citing differences with the other group members.
- #027
Her mother became a Jehovah's Witness when Geri was very young, which meant Geri could not celebrate birthdays or Christmas.
- #028
"Wannabe" won Best Dance Video at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards.
- #029
She married Formula 1 boss Christian Horner at St. Mary's Church in Woburn, Bedfordshire, after a six-month engagement. The bride wore a white lace couture dress (15 May 2015).
- #030
She has two tattoos: a panther tattoo on her lower back and a star tattoo between her shoulder blades.
- #031
Eleven months after giving birth to her daughter Bluebell, she returned to work to begin writing a children's novel series called "Ugenia Lavender."
- #032
Before she left the Spice Girls in 1998, they were all planning to make a second film (or a sequel to 'Spice World'). After her departure, the remaining four group members never desired strongly enough to continue with the project.
- #033
Her hero is Margaret Thatcher.
- #034
Her daughter Bluebell's godmother is Victoria Beckham.
- #035
She attended Callowland Infant School and Watford Girls Grammar School.
- #036
Although Geri is the oldest of the five Spice Girls, she was the youngest of her late father Laurence Halliwell's five children.
- #037
On 22 November 2004, she released "Ride It," the first single from her new album "Passion."
- #038
Geri Halliwell-Horner was in a relationship with Russell Brand from August to September 2012.
- #039
Her daughter Bluebell's godfather is Kenneth Goss.
- #040
She gave birth to her daughter Bluebell by caesarean section.
- #041
Halliwell's daughter Bluebell served as bridesmaid, while Spice Girls bandmate Emma Bunton's sons Beau and Tate served as page boys at her wedding to Christian Horner. Emma Bunton, Adrian Edmondson, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Amanda Holden, Myleene Klass, Daniel Ricciardo, David Coulthard, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda and Carrie Grant also attended.
- #042
Her son Montague shares his birthday (21 January) with Spice Girls bandmate Emma Bunton.
- #043
On 21 January 2017, at the age of 44, she gave birth to her second child, Montague George Hector Horner. The child's father is her husband, Christian Horner. Although Geri is the oldest of the five Spice Girls, she is so far the last of them to give birth.
- #044
After leaving the Spice Girls, she failed an audition for the role of Denise Richards's character (Dr. Christmas Jones) in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough (1999). Had Geri landed it, she would have held the unique distinction of going from 'Spice Girl' to 'Bond Girl'.
- #045
She is the stepmother of Olivia Horner (b. 2013).
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