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.
Spice Girls: Greatest Hits
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls at the BBC
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice World
(Melanie C - Sporty Spice)
Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
The Sarah Millican Television Programme - Best of Series 1-2
(Self)
Spice Power
(Self - Sporty Spice (archive footage))
Spice Girls: 25 ans déjà, qui sont-elles vraiment?
(Self (archive footage))
Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour
(Mary Magdalane)
Power Girls
(Self (archive footage))
Girl Power! Live in Istanbul
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Melanie C: Live Hits
(Self)
The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever!
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Sam Ryder Rocks New Year’s Eve
(Self)
Melanie C: Sporty's 40 - Live At Shepherds Bush
(Self)
Spice Girls: Giving You Everything
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: Live at Wembley Stadium
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Orbital: Glastonbury 2024
(Self)
The Truth About Size Zero
(Self)
Spice Girls: One Hour of Girl Power!
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: Live In Concert - Wild!
(Self)
Raw Spice
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: Back In Britain!
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: Girls Talk!
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls in America: A Tour Story
(Self - Sporty Spice)
London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony: A Symphony of British Music
(Self - Sporty Spice)
The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World
(Self - Sporty Spice (archive footage) (uncredited))
Melanie C: Live at the Hard Rock Cafe
(Self)
Melanie C: The Sea Live
(Self)
Spice Girls: Zig-A-Zig-Ahhh Interviews
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: Unauthorized
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Exposed
(Self - Sporty Spice (archive footage))
Melanie C: Liverpool To Leicester Square Tour - Live in Munich
(Self)
Melanie C: Northern Star Documentary
(Self)
Keith Lemon: The Film
(Mel C)
Spice Girls: Live at Earls Court - Christmas in Spiceworld
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Melanie C ft. Sink The Pink - Live At The Troxy
(Self)
Bryan Adams: Live at Slane Castle
(Self - Guest)
Spice Girls: Spiceworld Tour Live in Madrid
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Spice Girls: The Return of the Spice Girls Tour
(Self - Sporty Spice)
An Audience with the Spice Girls
(Self)
Melanie C: Colour and Light Stream
(Self)
An Audience with Elton John
(Self)
The Nation's Favourite Queen Song
(Self)
Soccer AM
(Self)
The Games
(Self)
The Friday Night Project
(Self - Guest Host)
CD:UK
(Self)
SRF bi de Lüt Live
(Self)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(Self)
The Paul O'Grady Show
(Self)
Robins
(Self - Guest)
The Saturday Show
(Self)
Celebrity Gogglebox
(Self)
V Graham Norton
(Self)
The Frank Skinner Show
(Self)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
(Self)
Top of the Pops Saturday
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Sporty Spice - Musical Guest)
Royal Variety Performance 2020
(Self)
When Ruby Wax Met...
(Self - Sporty Spice (archive footage))
Spice Girls: How Girl Power Changed Britain
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Wetten, dass..?
(Self - Sporty Spice)
French & Saunders
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Served! With Jade Thirlwall
(Self)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
(Self)
Dancing with the Stars
(Self - Contestant)
An Audience with...
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Name That Tune
(Self - Contestant)
MTV Video Music Awards
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
(Self)
Asia's Got Talent
(Self - Judge)
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
(Self)
Leute heute
(Self)
Room 101
(Self)
Queens for the Night
(Self - Judge)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self - Musical Guest)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
(Self)
Superstar
(Self - Chief Judge)
Celebrity Juice
(Self)
Bambi Awards
(Self - Sporty Spice)
The View
(Self - Guest)
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
(Self)
RuPaul's Drag Race UK vs The World
(Self - Guest Judge)
Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour
(Self)
Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu
(Self - Interval Act)
Top of the Pops
(Self - Sporty Spice)
8 Out of 10 Cats
(Self)
La semaine des 4 Julie
(Self)
Ruby Wax Meets
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Le monde est à vous
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Who Do You Think You Are?
(Self)
The Voice Kids
(Self - Coach)
Great Performances
(Self - Sporty Spice)
Taff
(self)
An Audience with...
(Self - Audience Member (uncredited))
Top of the Pops
(Self - Host/ Performer)
Top of the Pops
(Self - Host)
Bo' Selecta!
(Self)
London 2012 Olympic Games
(Self)