Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972) is an English pop singer and songwriter, television personality, writer, and actress, and became famous (under the nicknames of "Sexy Spice" and "Ginger Spice") in the late 1990s as a member of the girl group the Spice Girls. In her solo career, she was nominated four times for a Brit Award and has sold 10 million albums and singles worldwide. She was born to Lawrence Halliwell, who was of Swedish and English descent, and his wife Ana María (nee Hidalgo), of Spanish descent, and grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire. She was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness.
