
Melanie Chisholm
Melanie Jayne Chisholm, professionally known as Melanie C, is an English singer, songwriter, entrepreneur, actress and television personality. She is one of the five members of the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. Chisholm began her solo career in late 1998 by singing with Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams on the worldwide hit "When You're Gone". Melanie was born in Whiston, Merseyside, as the only child in the family. She later moved to Widnes, Cheshire, at a young age. Her parents married on 12 January 1971 and separated in 1978, when young Chisholm was four-and-a-half years old. Her father, Alan Chisholm, worked as a fitter at the Otis Elevator Company. Her mother, Joan O'Neill, worked as a secretary and PA and has been singing in music bands since she was 14. Chisholm was raised at Widnes, Cheshire, where she attended Brookvale Junior School and Fairfield High School. Following school, she studied for a diploma course in dance, singing, drama, and musical theatre at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts in Sidcup, Southeast London. During college, she replied to an advert in The Stage by Chris and Bob Herbert, who were looking to form a new girl group, later to become the Spice Girls. She left college just short of completing her three-year course and gained teaching qualifications in tap and modern theatre dance with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing.
Known For | Acting |
---|---|
Most Rating | 2.593 |
Birthday | 1974-01-12 |
Place of Birth | Whiston, Merseyside, England, UK |
Also Known As | Mel C, Melanie C, Sporty Spice, Spice Girls, Melanie Jayne Chisholm, |

2007

Spice Girls: Greatest Hits
10/1
A bonus DVD included with the "Spice Girls: Greatest Hits" audio CD.
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits

2021

Spice Girls at the BBC
7.6/5
To mark 25 years since Geri, Emma, Victoria and the Mels first exploded onto the world stage, we take a trip into the music archives to uncover the pe...
Watch Now
Spice Girls at the BBC

1997

Spice World
4.8/468
World famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their...
Watch Now
Spice World

2023

Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
9/2
It’s the city that gave birth to The Beatles, inspired Gerry to ride that ferry, and spawned Bunnymen and Atomic Kittens. Now with all eyes – and ears...
Watch Now
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC

2013

The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
0/0
Collection of highlights from the first and second series of British comic Sarah Millican's show about television. The programme includes stand-up rou...
Watch Now
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2

1997

Spice Power
0/0
The Spice Power video is non-stop Girl Power attitude! You'll see for yourself how the fab five stormed the charts with their debut single, and went o...
Watch Now
Spice Power

2022

Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment?
0/0
Watch Now
Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment?

2012

Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour
7.4/38
This contemporary re-imagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's legendary rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar presents the story of the last seve...
Watch Now
Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour

2002

Power Girls
0/0
Video collection of music tracks by female performers.
Watch Now
Power Girls

1997

Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
7.8/6
Join the Spice Girls live in Istanbul for their first ever concert! Plus: GIRLS TALK! An exclusive interview with the Girls! Find out what it's really...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Girl Power! Live in Istanbul

2006

Melanie C: Live Hits
10/1
In October 2006 Melanie released her first ever live DVD called "Live Hits". Recorded before a sold-out audience at London's The Bridge in August earl...
Watch Now
Melanie C: Live Hits

2012

The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
8.7/3
15 years after they first took the world by storm, a new musical about the girls called Viva Forever! is about to hit the West End. The programme look...
Watch Now
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!

2022

Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve
8/2
Sam Ryder is joined by fellow music stars to put on a spectacular New Year’s Eve party.
Watch Now
Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve

2014

Melanie C: Sporty's 40 - Live At Shepherds Bush
9.3/3
The night before Sporty turned forty, Melanie and the band played a live show at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire!
Watch Now
Melanie C: Sporty's 40 - Live At Shepherds Bush

2007

Spice Girls: Giving You Everything
9.6/5
The Spice Girls are the most successful girl group of all time. They have sold 55 million CDs worldwide, had nine No.1 singles and had the biggest sel...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything

1998

Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium
6.6/6
The Spice Girls, now a quartet after the departure of Geri Halliwell, held the last concert of their World Tour at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 20th Sept...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium

2024

Orbital: Glastonbury 2024
0/0
Glastonbury 2024 - Saturday 29 June - The Park Stage - 21:15 - 22:15
Orbit’s 2024 performance marked the seventh time they have played at the annual...
Watch Now
Orbital: Glastonbury 2024

2007

The Truth About Size Zero
0/0
With the scarily skinny silhouettes of some celebrities making the headlines, Louise Redknapp, a petite size 8, confronts the current obsession with b...
Watch Now
The Truth About Size Zero

1997

Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power!
9.3/7
Join us on the adventure of a lifetime, spicing it up all over the world! This isn't just our first four fantastic videos, it's a sort of film diary o...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power!

1998

Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild!
7.7/3
In 1997, when they were at the peak of their fame, the Spice Girls were a truly worldwide phenomenon, and anyone wanting proof need look no farther th...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild!

2001

Raw Spice
7.8/4
Raw Spice is a fly-on-the-wall documentary like no other. It charts the formation of a girl band in 1994, a group who would go on to be the biggest se...
Watch Now
Raw Spice

1998

Spice Girls: Back In Britain!
10/1
Want to know who has the biggest mobile phone bill? Who goes to bed the earliest? Who's the biggest gossip? Who's the naughtiest?!! Need all the lates...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Back In Britain!

1998

Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story
10/1
Want to know what life is like on tour with the Spice Girls? Well here's your chante to get inside the real SpiceWorld.
In June 1998, the world's mos...
Watch Now
Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story

1998

Spice Girls: Girls Talk!
9/2
Find out what it's really, really, like to be a Spice Girl! The girls talk about how they write their songs, and what it's like being famous and havi...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Girls Talk!

2012

London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
6.5/15
The closing ceremony of the games of the XXXth Olympiad.
Watch Now
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music

2015

The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
8.7/3
Documentary that outlines the 1990s and the decade the changed the world.
Watch Now
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World

2012

Melanie C: The Sea Live
10/1
Watch Now
Melanie C: The Sea Live

2009

Melanie C: Live at the Hard Rock Cafe
8.7/3
Live at the Hard Rock Cafe is the second live DVD released by UK singer Melanie C. Filmed in 2008 at the Hard Rock Café in Manchester, it features Mel...
Watch Now
Melanie C: Live at the Hard Rock Cafe

2005

Spice Girls: Unauthorized
10/1
Posh, Sporty, Scary, Baby and Ginger Spice burst on the music scene in 1997. Now, you can take a backstage look at the British pop phenomenon known as...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Unauthorized

2007

Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews
5.5/2
Interviews and performance footage of Posh, Sporty, Scary, Baby and Ginger -- a fivesome collectively known as the Spice Girls -- explore the group's...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews

1998

Spice Exposed
7.3/3
Discover the Geri Halliwell story in this behind the scenes look at her rocket ride to stardom as told by her friends and the men behind the cameras.
Watch Now
Spice Exposed

1999

Melanie C: Liverpool To Leicester Square Tour - Live in Munich
10/1
Single camera footage shot at Inconito, Munich, Germany in 1999 during Melanie's From Liverpool To Leicester Square Tour.
Watch Now
Melanie C: Liverpool To Leicester Square Tour - Live in Munich

1999

Melanie C: Northern Star Documentary
10/1
Melanie C gives an exclusive insight to the recording of her first solo album "Northern Star".
Watch Now
Melanie C: Northern Star Documentary

2012

Keith Lemon: The Film
2.9/38
With dreams of becoming a successful entrepreneur just like his beloved Richard Branson, Lemon bids farewell to his hometown of Leeds and heads for th...
Watch Now
Keith Lemon: The Film

1999

Spice Girls: The Live One
10/1
This was the last concert of the Spice Girls together as a group at Earls Court. 14th December 1999 - Christmas in Spiceworld.
Watch Now
Spice Girls: The Live One

2019

Melanie C ft. Sink The Pink - Live At The Troxy
10/1
During our summer Pride tour with my beautiful queens from Sink The Pink, we performed a sold out show at The Troxy in east London, after London Pride...
Watch Now
Melanie C ft. Sink The Pink - Live At The Troxy

2001

Bryan Adams: Live at Slane Castle
5.9/5
Set at the base of a historic castle in Ireland, Bryan Adams: Live At Slane Castle brings fans a night of unforgettable rock 'n' roll. Shot the evenin...
Watch Now
Bryan Adams: Live at Slane Castle

1998

Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid
10/2
The Spiceworld Tour was the debut concert tour by British girl group the Spice Girls. It was launched in support of their second studio album Spicewor...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid

2007

Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
7.8/6
The Return of the Spice Girls Tour was the third concert tour by the British girl group the Spice Girls. This tour marked the group's first tour since...
Watch Now
Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour

1997

An Audience with the Spice Girls
10/1
The Spice Girls perform in front of a celebrity, and predominantly female audience, as well as answering questions about their lives and their rise to...
Watch Now
An Audience with the Spice Girls

2020

Melanie C: Colour and Light Stream
10/2
A very special online performance, ahead of the May 2021 European tour, Melanie will be performing tracks from her new album, as well as giving fans a...
Watch Now
Melanie C: Colour and Light Stream

1997

An Audience with Elton John
0/0
Elton John entertains a celebrity studio audience, answering questions and singing songs with his guests.
Watch Now
An Audience with Elton John

2014

The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
0/0
Queen are unquestionably one of the most popular acts in the history of the UK singles chart. In this programme, famous fans and surviving band member...
Watch Now