Melanie Janine Brown was born on 29 May 1975, and commonly known as Melanie B or Mel B, is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality.
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20 Facts About Melanie B
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Melanie B rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the girl group Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Scary Spice.
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Melanie B participated in the fifth season of the American dance-competition series Dancing with the Stars, finishing in second place with her professional partner, Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
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Melanie B co-presented the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars for one season.
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Melanie B's father is from Saint Kitts and Nevis and her mother is British.
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Melanie B has confirmed in an interview that she has dyslexia, ADHD, and dyspraxia.
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Melanie B hosted the MOBO Awards on two occasions, in 1998 with Bill Bellamy and in 1999 with Wyclef Jean, and took part in a BBC-funded short film entitled Fish.
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Melanie B hosted a number of TV shows such as This Is My Moment for ITV1 and shot a documentary called Voodoo Princess for Channel 4.
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Melanie B took part in smaller projects as a presenter such as Top of the Pops, Party in the Park for The Prince's Trust and The All Star Animal Awards.
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Melanie B has appeared as herself in an advert for the Yorkshire tourist board in a series which included contributions from other Yorkshire-born celebrities, and in the film Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde.
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Melanie B appeared in a horror film entitled, LD 50 Lethal Dose, which was released directly to DVD in 2005.
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Melanie B acted in a long run of shows as part of the cast for The Vagina Monologues.
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Melanie B was in the movie The Seat Filler, co-produced by Will Smith and starring Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland.
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Melanie B had a leading role in the thriller Telling Lies, and decided to release them a year later through an independent label, Amber Cafe.
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Melanie B appeared for a week of shows during September 2009.
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Melanie B's act Jason Owen reached the final, but finished in second place after losing out to Samantha Jade, mentored by Guy Sebastian.
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Melanie B had a small part in the final episode of the ITV2 drama series Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
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Melanie B judged seasons 8 through 13, and the first season of America's Got Talent: The Champions before her departure was announced in February 2019 and replaced by Gabrielle Union.
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Melanie B began presenting Lip Sync Battle UK, the British adaption of Lip Sync Battle, on Channel 5 in January 2016, alongside Professor Green.
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Melanie B was selected to replace Leona Lewis as a judge on the Paramount+ reality series Queen of the Universe.
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