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{{Short description|English singer (born 1972)}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Geri Halliwell
| image              = SpiceGirlWembley150619-69 (49000357276) (cropped).jpg
| caption            = Halliwell in 2019
| birth_name         = Geraldine Estelle Halliwell
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1972|8|6}}
| birth_place        = [[Watford]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| other_names        = {{hlist|Geri Brown|Ginger Spice}}
| occupation         = {{Flatlist |
* Singer
* songwriter
* television personality
* author
* actress
}}
| years_active       = 1994–present
| partner            =
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Christian Horner]]|2015}}
| children           = 2
| module             = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| instrument      = Vocals
| genre = {{Flatlist |
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
* [[dance-pop]]
}}
| label = {{flatlist|
* [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
* [[EMI Records|EMI]]
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* [[Innocent Records|Innocent]]
* [[Sony Music Australia]]
* [[East West Records|Eastwest]]
}}
| current_member_of = [[Spice Girls]]
| website = {{URL|gerihalliwell.com}}
}}
}}

'''Geraldine Estelle Halliwell-Horner'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discover the Rosie Frost series |url=https://rosiefrostbooks.com/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=rosiefrostbooks.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=4 November 2022 |title='Gran Turismo': Djimon Hounsou, Spice Girls' Geri Halliwell-Horner Join Sony's Racing Movie (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gran-turismo-movie-casts-djimon-hounsou-spice-girls-geri-halliwell-horner-1235255227/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> (''[[née]]'' '''Halliwell'''; born 6 August 1972<!-- The majority of sources give her birth year as 1972. Please do not make changes to the birth date without first discussing the subject on the talk page. -->) is an English singer, songwriter, television personality, author, and actress. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the [[Pop music|pop]] group the [[Spice Girls]], in which she was nicknamed '''Ginger Spice'''. With over 100 million records sold worldwide,<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Magic Radio sign Melanie C|url=https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/newsroom/press-releases/magic-radio-sign-melanie-c|url-status=dead|access-date=18 August 2021|website=Bauer Media|language=en|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818140240/https://www.bauermedia.co.uk/newsroom/press-releases/magic-radio-sign-melanie-c}}</ref> the Spice Girls are the [[List of best-selling girl groups|best-selling female group of all time]]. Their slogan "[[girl power]]" was most closely associated with Halliwell<ref name="girl power book">{{cite book |last=Leonard |first=Marion |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eMtDpy85IC4C&pg=PA159 |title=Gender in the Music Industry: Rock, Discourse and Girl Power |publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]] |page=159 |isbn=978-0-7546-3862-9}}</ref> and her [[Union Jack dress]] from the [[1997 Brit Awards]] also became an enduring symbol.<ref>{{cite news |title=Geri Halliwell Performs With Spice Girls In Union Jack Dress |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/features/iconic-pop-music-moments/geri-halliwell-1/ |access-date=7 February 2020 |agency=Capital FM}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/201202027142/geri-halliwell-launches-new-union-jack-range/ |title=Geri revisits Spice Girls' heyday in Union Jack dress |magazine=Hello |access-date=3 February 2015 |date=2 February 2012 |archive-date=3 February 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150203140426/http://us.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/201202027142/geri-halliwell-launches-new-union-jack-range/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Halliwell left the Spice Girls in 1998, citing exhaustion and creative differences, but rejoined when they reunited for [[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|a greatest hits album]] (2007) and two concert tours: [[The Return of the Spice Girls Tour|the Return of the Spice Girls]] (2007–2008) and [[Spice World – 2019 Tour|Spice World]] (2019).<ref name="gerirolling">{{cite magazine |first=Heidi |last=Sherman |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ginger-spices-departure-marks-end-of-the-beginning-19980602 |title=Ginger Spice's Departure Marks 'End of the Beginning'|magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=26 May 2012 }}</ref>

After leaving the Spice Girls, Halliwell pursued a career as a solo artist, signing a recording contract with [[EMI]]. She released her debut album, ''[[Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)|Schizophonic]]'' (1999), which produced the UK number-one singles "[[Mi Chico Latino]]", "[[Lift Me Up (Geri Halliwell song)|Lift Me Up]]" and "[[Bag It Up]]"; the lead single, "[[Look at Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Look at Me]]", reached number two. Her second album, ''[[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]'' (2001), was preceded by the lead single, "[[It's Raining Men (Geri Halliwell)|It's Raining Men]]" and earned her a [[Brit Award]] nomination. Her third studio album, ''[[Passion (Geri Halliwell album)|Passion]]'' (2005), produced the UK top five single "[[Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)|Ride It]]". In 2013, Halliwell returned to the music industry in Australia with the release of her first solo single in eight years, "[[Half of Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Half of Me]]".<ref name="Half Of Me">{{cite magazine |last=Brandle |first=Lisa |date=12 September 2013 |title=Geri Halliwell Readies New Music, Signs to Sony Music Australia |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5694983/geri-halliwell-readies-new-music-signs-to-sony-music-australia |access-date=12 September 2013 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>

Halliwell has served as a judge on television talent shows, including ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]'' (2002), ''[[The X Factor (British TV series)|The X Factor UK]]'' (2010, 2012), and ''[[Australia's Got Talent]]'' (2013).<ref name="AGT">{{cite web |date=5 August 2013 |title=Geri Halliwell |url=http://agt.ninemsn.com.au/profiles/gerihalliwell/8696106/geri-halliwell |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326035333/http://agt.ninemsn.com.au/profiles/gerihalliwell/8696106/geri-halliwell |archive-date=26 March 2014 |access-date=1 April 2014 |publisher=Agt.ninemsn.com.au}}</ref> She has appeared in the films ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'' (1997), ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' (2009), and ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]'' (2023). As an author, Halliwell has released two autobiographies: [[If Only (book)|''If Only'']] (1999) and ''Just for the Record'' (2002); the children's book series ''[[Ugenia Lavender]]'' (2008), and the young adult novel series ''Rosie Frost'' (2023–present).

==Early life==
Geraldine Estelle Halliwell was born on 6 August 1972<ref name=EW>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=10 August 2012|issue=1219|page=27}}</ref><ref name="bio.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/geri-halliwell-20868605 |title=Geri Halliwell Biography – Facts, Birthday, Life Story |publisher=Biography.com |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> at [[Watford General Hospital]] in [[Watford|Watford, Hertfordshire]], the daughter of Ana María (née Hidalgo) and Laurence Francis Halliwell (1922–1993). Her mother is a Spaniard, hailing from [[Huesca]], while her father was of Swedish, Finnish, English and a "bit of French" descent. Halliwell's paternal grandfather was a [[Swedish-speaking Finn]], Mathias Karlson Sjövik, born in [[Korsnäs]], [[Finland]], who emigrated to Sweden.<ref>{{cite AV media|date=9 March 2009|title=Geri Halliwell – Ginger Spice interview – part 1|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tnoeWatBpM| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/3tnoeWatBpM| archive-date=30 October 2021|time=0:43}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|people=[[Skavlan]]|date=27 February 2015|title=Geri Halliwell – Part 1 – SVT/NRK/Skavlan|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcDJHNj7i8| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/LCcDJHNj7i8| archive-date=30 October 2021|time=1:03}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://svenska.yle.fi/a/7-1329353 |title=Ginger Spice har rötter i Sydösterbotten – släktingen Karin drömmer om att träffa sångerskan |last=Hansén |first=Magnus |date=11 September 2018 |website=[[Svenska Yle]] |publisher=[[Yle]] |language=sv |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref> Halliwell grew up on a [[council estate]] in [[North Watford]].<ref name="If Only">Geri Halliwell, ''[[If Only (autobiography)|If Only]]''</ref> She was educated at [[Watford Grammar School for Girls]] and [[Camden School for Girls]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Education |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356979/Town-vs-gown-north-London.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3356979/Town-vs-gown-north-London.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Town vs gown: north London |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=6 September 2008 |access-date=1 April 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Before starting her music career, Halliwell had worked as a nightclub dancer in [[Majorca]],<ref name="If Only"/> a presenter on the Turkish version of ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]'',<ref name="If Only"/> and a [[Glamour photography|glamour model]].<ref name="If Only"/> At the age of 19, she appeared as a [[Page 3|Page 3 girl]] in ''[[The Sun (United Kingdom)|The Sun]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=8 startling facts about The Sun's Page 3, from 16-year-old models to The Dungeon of Drax |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a622891/8-startling-facts-about-the-suns-page-3-from-16-year-old-models-to-the-dungeon-of-drax/ |access-date=6 February 2020 |work=Digital Spy}}</ref> Following her rise to fame, nude photos of Halliwell were republished in a number of magazines such as ''[[Playboy]]'' and ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' in 1998.<ref>{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Playboy |date=May 1998}}</ref><ref>{{citation |mode=cs1 |title=Penthouse |date=June 1998}}</ref>

==Career==

===1994–1998: Spice Girls===
{{Main|Spice Girls}}
[[File:Geri Halliwell in concert cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Halliwell in 2008 wearing a remake of her [[Union Jack dress]] from the [[1997 Brit Awards]]]]
In 1994, Halliwell, along with [[Melanie C]], [[Mel B]] and [[Victoria Beckham]], responded to an advertisement in ''[[The Stage]]'' magazine seeking members for a new all-girl pop group.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline|title=Timeline|access-date=11 November 2018|publisher=TheSpiceGirls.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021021120/http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline|archive-date=21 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> Around 400 women responded and auditioned. After a couple of line-up changes, Halliwell, Melanie C, Mel B and Beckham became the members of the group called "Touch", and were later joined by [[Emma Bunton]].

In March 1995, the group broke with their original management, Heart Management.<ref name="autogenerated1" /> In the months that followed, they teamed up with music manager [[Simon Fuller]], signed a deal with [[Virgin|Virgin Records]], and changed the group name to Spice Girls.<ref name="autogenerated12">Spice Girls Official. [http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline Timeline] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816033017/http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/timeline|date=16 August 2012}}. Retrieved 16 March 2009.</ref> In 1996, the group released their debut album, ''[[Spice (album)|Spice]]'', which became a worldwide commercial success. The album peaked at number one in more than 17 countries and was certified [[multi-platinum]] in 27 countries.<ref name="It's a Spice World">{{cite journal |date=8 November 1997 |title=It's a Spice World |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7QkEAAAAMBAJ |journal=[[Billboard magazine]] |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7QkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n7 8] |access-date=28 November 2011 |quote=billboard spice world.}}</ref> The group's massive and sudden popularity was compared to [[Beatlemania]].<ref name="Spice-Beatles comparison">Dawson, Ryan. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20051004034358/http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/rd286/rock/beatlemaniagirlpower.html ''"Beatlemania and Girl Power: An Anatomy of Fame"'']}}. ''Bigger Than Jesus: Essays On Popular Music''. University of Cambridge. Archived from on 4 October 2005. Retrieved 27 January 2007.</ref> The album sold 30 million copies worldwide, became the biggest-selling album in music history by a [[girl group]], and is one of the [[List of best-selling albums|most successful albums of all time]].<ref name="30m">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXCjAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA206 |title=Fuller, Simon (1960–): 100 Entertainers Who Changed America, An Encyclopedia of Pop Culture |year= 2013 |publisher=Robert C. Sickels |isbn=9781598848311 |access-date=24 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Spice Girl's biography |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216124444/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/spicegirls/biography |archive-date=16 December 2008 |access-date=7 September 2009 |work=Rollings Stone}}</ref><ref>"''Behind the Music: Spice Girls''". [[VH1]]. Recorded in 2003. Retrieved 18 August 2007.</ref> The album's first single, "[[Wannabe]]", reached number one in 37 countries and all of the subsequent singles from the album – "[[Say You'll Be There]]", "[[2 Become 1]]", "[[Who Do You Think You Are (Spice Girls song)|Who Do You Think You Are]]" and "[[Mama (Spice Girls song)|Mama]]" – also peaked at number one in United Kingdom.<ref name="ofi">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821225745/http://www.thespicegirls.com/facts/biography |archive-date=21 August 2009 |access-date=30 August 2009 |publisher=Spice Girls official website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1 October 1997 |title=Spice Girls, PMS On The Money |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434516/19971001/spice_girls.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229224949/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1434516/spice-girls-pms-on-money.jhtml |archive-date=29 December 2011 |access-date=21 March 2010 |work=[[MTV]]}}</ref>

Shortly after the release of "Wannabe", each member of the group received a nickname from ''[[Top of the Pops (magazine)|Top of the Pops]]'' magazine; the use of these nicknames later became widespread. Because of her red hair, Halliwell was named "Ginger Spice".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/6890-how-the-spice-girls-really-got-their-nicknames|title=How The Spice Girls Got Their Nicknames|website=Bustle|date=15 October 2013 |language=en|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> Although regularly uttered by all five Spice Girls, the phrase "[[girl power]]" was most closely associated with Halliwell and was often accompanied with a [[V sign]].<ref name="girl power book" /> In a Christmas 1996 interview with ''[[The Spectator]]'' magazine, Halliwell spoke of former Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] as being an inspiration for their girl power ideology.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 10: right-wing rockers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2007/oct/13/the10rightwingrockers |access-date=22 April 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> In a 2019 interview with ''[[Harper's Bazaar]]'', she said, "For me, if you look it up, it means equalisation between the sexes. It means everybody, whether you're a man, woman or something in between. Forget about labels, it's about embracing everyone's individuality and giving them the opportunity and gender equality and pushing that forward."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Geri Horner: how girl power has changed in 2019 |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a28100322/geri-horner-spice-girls-virgin-interview/ |access-date=9 June 2020 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar}}</ref>

In 1997, the group released their second album, ''[[Spiceworld (album)|Spiceworld]]''. The album's first two singles "[[Spice Up Your Life]]" and "[[Too Much (Spice Girls song)|Too Much]]" reached number one in the UK, marking seven consecutive number one singles, an all-time record for a musical group.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/19796.stm Now Mandela swaps political power for girl power]. BBC News. 1 November 1997</ref> The album was a global best seller, selling 20 million copies worldwide.<ref>[[The Times]]. Sinclair, David. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110617004232/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article1994828.ece?pgnum=7 The Prefab Five are back. Are you ready?]}}. Quote: "Their first two albums, Spice and Spiceworld, each sold more than 20 million copies." 28 June 2007.</ref> The group also starred in their own film, ''[[Spice World (film)|Spiceworld: The Movie]]'', which grossed $100 million worldwide. The third single from ''Spiceworld'', "[[Stop (Spice Girls song)|Stop]]", peaked at two, breaking the group's sequence of number ones.

On 31 May 1998, Halliwell announced through her solicitor that she had left the Spice Girls due to depression and differences between the group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/103637.stm|title=Ginger snaps|work=[[BBC News]]|date=31 May 1998|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> Her action aroused controversy as her former group was due to embark on a North American tour, which they eventually completed without her.<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://allpop.canoe.ca/AllPop-SpiceGirls/980530_tour.html Spice Girls will do U.S. tour, with or without Ginger"]}}. London (AP). Saturday, 30 May 1998. Aallpop.canoe.ca.</ref> In the months that followed, Halliwell was featured on two more Spice Girls releases that were scheduled prior to her departure. On 1 June 1998, Halliwell alongside the other Spice Girls were featured in the song and video for "[[(How Does It Feel to Be) On Top of the World]]", the official theme of the [[England national football team]] for the [[1998 World Cup]]. In July 1998, the Spice Girls released "Viva Forever" as the final single from ''Spiceworld.'' The animated music video for the song still features Halliwell's likeness, as it was in production months prior to her departure.<ref name="vid">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/117098.stm|title=Entertainment: Four become five in virtual spice|publisher=BBC News|date=21 June 1998|access-date=30 October 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106224647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/117098.stm|archive-date=6 November 2012}}</ref> The group is among the [[List of best-selling girl groups|best-selling girl groups of all time]], selling over 75 million albums.<ref name="spice girls">{{cite web |url=http://www.timesplus.co.uk/tto/news/?login=false&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Ftto%2Farts%2Fstage%2Farticle1692574.ece | work=The Times | title=Viva Forever: Mamma Mia creator creates Spice Girls musical |first=Ben |last=Hoyle |date=22 January 2010 |access-date=8 May 2010}}</ref><ref name="fifty-five">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6246448.stm |title=Spice Girls announce reunion tour |work=BBC News |date=13 July 2007|access-date=14 July 2007}}</ref>

=== 1999–2003: ''Schizophonic'' and ''Scream If You Wanna Go Faster'' ===
[[File:Geri Halliwell in concert (2007) (3) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Halliwell performing "It's Raining Men", her fourth number-one single, on the Return of The Spice Girls Tour]]
In 1999, one year after leaving the group, Halliwell launched her solo career and released her debut album ''[[Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)|Schizophonic]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/geri-halliwell-debut-solo-album-schizophonic-turns-20-anniversary-retrospective|title=Geri Halliwell's Debut Solo Album 'Schizophonic' Turns 20 {{!}} Anniversary Retrospective|website=Albumism|date=5 June 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> with the lead single "[[Look at Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Look at Me]]", produced by [[Absolute (production team)|Absolute]] and Phil Bucknall. "Look at Me" was followed by further number ones at the UK Singles Chart, "[[Mi Chico Latino]]", "[[Lift Me Up (Geri Halliwell song)|Lift Me Up]]" and "[[Bag It Up]]". The album itself reached a peak at number four in the United Kingdom and sold 600,000 copies there, making it double platinum.<ref name=bpi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=BPI Certified Awards |publisher=[[British Phonographic Industry]] |access-date=10 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120001/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx |archive-date=11 May 2011 }}</ref> The album was preceded by a 90-minute documentary titled ''Geri'', released in May 1999 for the British television channel [[Channel 4]] by [[Molly Dineen]]. The documentary was a ratings success with 4.5&nbsp;million viewers—almost one-fifth of available viewers—and Channel 4 aired it again one month later.<ref name="Just for the Record">{{cite book |last=Halliwell |first=Geri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UDj-vPnf-CgC&pg=PA71 |title=Just for the Record |date=30 June 2012 |isbn=9781448147847 |page=71|publisher=Random House }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=14 May 1999 |title=Overnight Ratings – C4's Geri doc spices up its schedules |work=[[Broadcast (magazine)|Broadcast]] |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/1214319.article |access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> Halliwell was nominated at the [[BRIT Awards]] ceremony in 2000 for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best Pop Act; she performed "Bag It Up" during the show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2015 |title=This Geri Halliwell Performance From The 2000 Brit Awards Is One Of The Best Award Show Moments Ever — VIDEO |url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/87226-this-geri-halliwell-performance-from-the-2000-brit-awards-is-one-of-the-best-award-show |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Bustle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} In Depth {{!}} Brit Awards {{!}} Brits 2000: The winners |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/entertainment/2000/brit_awards/625884.stm |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> In the United States, ''Schizophonic'' peaked at number 42 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and was [[Album certification|certified gold]] for shipments of over 500,000 copies.<ref name="amg">{{cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/artist/geri-halliwell-p246186/charts-awards|title=Geri Halliwell - Charts & Awards|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=27 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Riaa.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=RIAA Certification for "Schizophonic" |publisher=RIAA |access-date=8 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=26 June 2007 }}</ref> The album has sold over two million copies worldwide.<ref name="GHS-WWsales">{{cite news|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/269289017|title=Blond Geri's just as sassy: Geri Halliwell launches CD, unfazed by the good and bad publicity about her new look|date=17 May 2001|access-date=19 January 2022|work=[[The Province]]|language=en|url-access=subscription|first=Jane|last=Stevenson|id={{ProQuest|269289017}} |quote=It follows her 1999 solo debut, Schizophonic, which sold platinum in Canada (100,000 copies) and two million worldwide.}}</ref>

In October 1999, Halliwell released the autobiography ''[[If Only (autobiography)|If Only]]'', in which she described her life as a Spice Girl. By the following year, the book had sold over 200,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 October 2000 |title=Spicy memoirs attract big book deal |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2000/books/news/10/19/posh.spice.reut/index.html |accessdate=11 September 2020 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Halliwell donated the advance she received for the book to a London-based breast cancer care organization.<ref>{{cite web |last=Basham |first=David |date=15 September 1999 |title=Geri Halliwell To Donate Book Royalties To Cancer Charity |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1429880/geri-halliwell-to-donate-book-royalties-to-cancer-charity/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421095106/http://www.mtv.com/news/1429880/geri-halliwell-to-donate-book-royalties-to-cancer-charity/ |archive-date=21 April 2019 |accessdate=8 July 2019 |publisher=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> 

In 2001, Halliwell released her second album, ''[[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Geri-Halliwell-Scream-If-You-Wanna-Go-Faster/release/3689509|title=Geri Halliwell – Scream If You Wanna Go Faster|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> The album peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and was certified gold.<ref name=":0" /> Her cover version of [[the Weather Girls]]' 1983 hit, "[[It's Raining Men (Geri Halliwell)|It's Raining Men]]" was released as the lead single from the album and was also included on the ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' film soundtrack. "It's Raining Men" became a major hit worldwide, peaking at number one in the United Kingdom and within the top 10 in over 27 countries, becoming Halliwell's biggest hit to date.<ref name=":0" /> The song won her the International Song of the Year award at the 2002 [[NRJ Music Awards]].<ref>[http://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/nrj-music-awards-2002-236040 "NRJ Music Awards 2002"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623115256/http://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/nrj-music-awards-2002-236040 |date=23 June 2017 }}. Nrj.com. Retrieved 16 February 2020</ref> Follow-up singles "[[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster (song)|Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]" and "[[Calling (Geri Halliwell song)|Calling]]" reached number eight and number seven in the United Kingdom, respectively.<ref name=":0" /> Halliwell also released a French version of "Calling" titled "[[Calling (Geri Halliwell song)|Au Nom de L'amour]]".<ref>{{Citation|title=Calling (Au Nom De L'Amour)| date=19 January 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_bMV1KqCws| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/Z_bMV1KqCws| archive-date=30 October 2021|language=en|access-date=20 December 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2001, Halliwell released the [[yoga]] DVD ''Geri Yoga'' with Katy Appleton; this was followed by ''Geri Body Yoga'' the following year.<ref>{{cite web |title=iVillage.com: A daily destination for everything that matters to women |url=http://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness/mndbodsprt/yoga/articles/0,,269_183180,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216172954/http://www.ivillage.co.uk/dietandfitness/mndbodsprt/yoga/articles/0%2C%2C269_183180%2C00.html |archive-date=16 February 2010 |access-date=1 April 2014 |publisher=iVillage}}</ref>

In January 2002, Halliwell was once again nominated at the [[BRIT Awards]], this time for Best British Female Solo Artist and Best British Single for "It's Raining Men".<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 January 2002 |title=Dismay greets Brit nominations |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1761221.stm |access-date=21 September 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> In September 2002, she released her second autobiography, ''Just for the Record''.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |last2= |first2= |last3= |date=18 September 2002 |title=Fans cheer for Geri at book launch |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30068793.html |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}</ref> In late 2002, Halliwell was featured alongside [[Pete Waterman]] and [[Louis Walsh]] as a judge on the television series ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]'', which created [[Girls Aloud]].<ref>[https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2002/0809/397337-popstars2/ "Thousands try out for Popstars: The Rivals"]. RTE. Retrieved 7 February 2020</ref> She was also featured as a guest reporter on the television program ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]'' in the US. In 2003, she made a guest appearance on the television series ''[[Sex and the City]]''.

===2004–2012: ''Passion'', ''Ugenia Lavender'', and Spice Girls reunion===
[[File:GeriHalliwellASDA1.JPG|thumb|upright|left|Halliwell at a book signing in 2008|alt=]]
In late 2004, Halliwell made a return to music with the single "[[Ride It (Geri Halliwell song)|Ride It]]",<ref>{{Cite web|title=Geri Halliwell – Ride It|url=https://genius.com/Geri-halliwell-ride-it-lyrics|work=Genius|language=en|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> which reached number four in the United Kingdom and number one on the dance charts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |title=Geri Halliwell Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16486/geri/ |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=Official Charts |language=en}}</ref> Halliwell planned her first solo tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland, but low ticket sales led to the cancellation of the tour.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/Geri+Halliwell-3422.html |title=Geri Halliwell Cancels Tour After Ticket Sales Flop |publisher=Female First |date=11 March 2005 |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/GERI+HALLIWELL%3A+FROM+DIVA+TO+DESPERADO%3B+She+used+to+fill+stadiums+all...-a0133359418 |title=Geri Halliwell: From Diva to Desperado; She used to fill stadiums all over the world, but her terrible single and album have reduced her to visiting supermarkets to flog her records... |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=19 June 2005 |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref> That year, Halliwell appeared in the 2004 film ''[[Fat Slags]]'', based on characters from ''[[Viz (comics)|Viz]]'' magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 October 2004 |title=Films - Fat Slags |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2004/10/08/fat_slags_2004_review.shtml |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=BBC}}</ref> She also appeared on Channel [[Five (TV channel)|Five]] as one of the hosts of the [[Party in the Park]] event for [[the Prince's Trust]] and was the presenter and main performer of the ''Tickled Pink Girls' night in Live!'' event.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kindon |first=Frances |date=6 August 2020 |title=Geri Horner's forgotten flings and poignant Robbie Williams hit she inspired |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/geri-horners-forgotten-showbiz-flings-22471459 |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=The Mirror |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Geri Halliwell hosts star studded benefit concert |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=6635d48ec07631a4d72c195bfc53da3c&mediatype=video&query=CELEBRITY%20NEWS&current=12&orderBy=Relevance&hits=24&referrer=search&search=/search?query=CELEBRITY%2520NEWS&allFilters=Tom%2520Jones:People&allFilters=Tom%20Jones:People&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1&b=53da3c |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=newsroom.ap.org}}</ref> The single "[[Desire (Geri Halliwell song)|Desire]]" was released on 30 May 2005, reaching number 22 in the UK Singles Chart and number one on the UK Dance Charts.<ref name=":0" /> Released shortly after, the source album, ''[[Passion (Geri Halliwell album)|Passion]]'', peaked at number 41 in the British charts.<ref name=":0" /> The album was preceded by the promotional documentary ''There's Something About Geri''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Adam |date=2 December 2020 |title=Geri Halliwell is being weird on YouTube – we should be grateful |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/music/features/geri-halliwell-rainbow-woman-youtube-b1764430.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>

On 12 April 2007, it was announced that Halliwell had signed a six-book deal with Macmillan Children's Books.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6549521.stm |title=Halliwell launches writing career |date=12 April 2007 |access-date=12 April 2007 |publisher=BBC News}}</ref> The series of [[children's novels]], titled ''[[Ugenia Lavender]]'', follow the adventures of nine-year-old Ugenia, a character based on Halliwell,<ref name="hello">{{Cite news |date=28 April 2008 |title=New chapter for author Geri as she presents her 'inner brat' Ugenia |work=Hello |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2008/04/28/geri-halliwell-book/ |access-date=29 April 2008}}</ref> alongside her friends Bronte, Rudy and Trevor.<ref name="PR">{{cite press release |title=The first of six children's books by Geri Halliwell |url=http://www.ugenialavender.com/dynamicContent/downloads/PR1.doc |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717140628/http://www.ugenialavender.com/dynamicContent/downloads/PR1.doc |archive-date=17 July 2011 |access-date=29 April 2008 |publisher=Pan Macmillan |format=DOC}}</ref> The character Princess Posh Vattoria, a caricature of Halliwell's bandmate Victoria Beckham, was featured in early drafts, but has not appeared in the book series.<ref name="radio1">{{Cite news |date=30 April 2008 |title=Geri Halliwell writes kids' books |publisher=BBC Radio 1 |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7375000/7375130.stm |access-date=3 May 2008}}</ref> Other characters are said by Halliwell to be loosely based on [[Gordon Ramsay]],<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=12 April 2007 |title=Halliwell launches writing career |work=BBC News |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6549521.stm |access-date=29 April 2008}}</ref> [[George Michael]],<ref name="nottingham">{{Cite news |date=29 April 2008 |title=Geri: Books first step to girl power |website=Metro |url=https://metro.co.uk/2008/04/28/geri-books-first-step-to-girl-power-121083/ |access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref> [[Marilyn Monroe]],<ref name="observer">{{Cite news |last=Ellen |first=Barbara |date=15 April 2007 |title=Geri blossoms |work=The Observer |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/apr/15/features.review4 |access-date=29 April 2008}}</ref> [[Vincent van Gogh]],<ref name="observer" /> [[Wayne Rooney]]<ref name="SundayHerald">{{Cite news |last=Didcock |first=Barry |date=5 May 2008 |title=Geri Halliwell |work=Sunday Herald |url=http://www.sundayherald.com/arts/arts/display.var.2246073.0.0.php |url-status=dead |access-date=5 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506193452/http://www.sundayherald.com/arts/arts/display.var.2246073.0.0.php |archive-date=6 May 2008}}</ref> and the character [[Justin Suarez]] from the TV series ''[[Ugly Betty]]''.<ref name="SundayHerald" /> According to the official site, the book sold more than 250,000 copies in its first 5 months, making Halliwell 2008's most successful female celebrity children's author.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=She's Ingenious |url=http://www.ugenialavender.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118094918/http://ugenialavender.com/ |archive-date=18 January 2014 |access-date=1 April 2014 |publisher=Ugenia Lavender}}</ref><ref name="thebookseller.com">{{cite web |title=Halliwell is top celeb children's author |work=The Bookseller |url=http://www.thebookseller.com/news/halliwell-top-celeb-childrens-author |access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="biography.com">{{cite web |title=Geri Halliwell |url=http://www.biography.com/people/geri-halliwell-20868605 |website=Biography.com}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last=Gregory |first=Jason |title=Geri Halliwell Named Most Successful Celebrity Children's Author of 2008 |work=Gigwise |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/46535/geri-halliwell-named-most-successful-celebrity-childrens-author-of-2008 |access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref><ref name="glamourmagazine.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Geri Halliwell |url=http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/geri-halliwell |work=Glamour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021151348/http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/geri-halliwell |archive-date=21 October 2016 |access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

On 29 June 2007, the Spice Girls regrouped and announced plans for a [[The Return of the Spice Girls|reunion tour]],<ref name="fifty-five" /> from which they were said to have earned £10&nbsp;million each (about US$20&nbsp;million).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217112326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/12/16/bmspice216.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2007 |title=A decade on, Spice Girls rock in London gig |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=20 December 2007 | first=Roya | last=Nikkhah | date=16 December 2007}}</ref> The group toured as a quintet and released their first compilation album, ''[[Greatest Hits (Spice Girls album)|Greatest Hits]]''. This album was released in early November 2007 and the tour began on 2 December 2007. On 31 December 2007, the Spice Girls documentary ''[[Giving You Everything|Spice Girls: Giving You Everything]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/10_october/19/spice.shtml |title=New Spice Girls documentary on BBC One on 31 December |work=BBC Press Office |date=19 October 2007|access-date=4 December 2007}}</ref> In addition to their sell-out tour, the Spice Girls appeared in [[Tesco]] advertisements for which they were paid £1&nbsp;million each.<ref name="tesco">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113101048/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/nspice112.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2007 |title=Spice Girls front Tesco advertising campaign |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=20 December 2007 | location=London | first=Megan | last=Levy | date=12 November 2007}}</ref>

In 2009, Halliwell appeared in the film ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]'' and on the [[BBC One]]'s ''[[The One Show]]'' on 7 May 2009.<ref>{{cite news |author=The One Show Team |date=7 May 2009 |title=What did you think of the One? |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/backstage/2009/05/what-did-you-think-of-the-one-27.html |access-date=8 August 2009}}</ref> In 2010, Halliwell stood in for [[Dannii Minogue]] as a guest judge on ''[[The X Factor (UK series 7)|The X Factor]]'' at the [[Glasgow]] auditions alongside [[Simon Cowell]], [[Louis Walsh]] and [[Cheryl (singer)|Cheryl]].<ref>{{cite news |date=10 June 2010 |title=Halliwell joins X Factor judging panel |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |url=http://www.rte.ie/ten/2010/0610/xfactor2.html?TB_iframe=true&height=650&width=850 |access-date=22 November 2010}}</ref>  In March 2010, vocal coach and singer [[Carrie Grant]] announced on [[ITV1]]'s ''[[The Alan Titchmarsh Show]]'' that Halliwell would be making a return to music. In April 2010, Halliwell posted a message on her website, saying she was back in the studio.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/04/03/geri-halliwell-is-back-in-the-studio-and-wants-to-get-back-on-the-road-115875-22158793/|title= Geri Halliwell is back in the studio and wants to get back on the road|work=Daily Mirror|author1=Moodie, Clemmie |author2=Lawler, Danielle |date= 3 April 2010|access-date= 18 April 2010}}</ref> On 31 July 2011, Halliwell confirmed she had been working on her fourth album and remarked that it was "pretty much finished."<ref name="Digital Spy">{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell: 'My new album is ready' |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a332541/geri-halliwell-my-new-album-is-ready.html |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=31 July 2011 |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref> In February 2012, Halliwell announced that her fourth album was being mastered.<ref>{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell: 'My new album will be released very soon' |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a363770/geri-halliwell-new-album-will-be-released-very-soon.html |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=3 February 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>

=== 2012–2019: Return to music and second Spice Girls reunion ===
[[File:SpiceGirlWembley150619-22 (49000567242) (cropped).jpg|thumb|175px|left|Halliwell during [[Spice World – 2019 Tour]], June 2019]]
In 2012, Halliwell returned as a guest judge on ''The X Factor'' at the Liverpool auditions, standing in for [[Kelly Rowland]]. In April 2013, the Nine Network announced that she would become the fourth judge on [[Australia's Got Talent (season 7)|season seven of ''Australia's Got Talent'']] replacing Minogue.<ref name="AGT" /> In August 2012, Halliwell reunited with the Spice Girls to perform as a quintet at the [[2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony|closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in London]].  The group also teamed up with [[Jennifer Saunders]] and [[Judy Craymer]] to develop a musical based on the songs of the Spice Girls titled ''[[Viva Forever! (musical)|Viva Forever!]]'', which opened on 11 December 2012.<ref name="West End">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18576789 "Spice Girls unveil West End show"]. BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2012</ref> In October 2012, Halliwell made her first solo performance in seven years at the Breast Cancer Care, debuting a new track called "Phenomenal Woman".<ref>{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell Planning Solo Comeback |url=http://www.4music.com/news/news/5966/Geri-Halliwell-planning-solo-comeback# |publisher=4Music |date=8 September 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528010859/http://www.4music.com/news/news/5966/Geri-Halliwell-planning-solo-comeback |archive-date=28 May 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell debuts new single 'Phenomenal Woman' – video |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a410277/geri-halliwell-debuts-new-single-phenomenal-woman-video.html |work=[[Digital Spy]] |date=4 October 2012 |access-date=10 December 2012}}</ref>

On 3 October 2013, Halliwell premiered her first solo single in nearly eight years, "[[Half of Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Half of Me]]", with a performance on Channel 9's NRL Footy Show grand final show in Australia. On 12 September 2013, it was announced that the song would be released exclusively in Australia as part of a new deal with [[Sony Music Entertainment|Sony Music Australia]].<ref name="Half Of Me" /> The single was released on 25 October 2013 and reached number&nbsp;281 in the Australian charts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moodie |first=Clemmie |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/going-out/music/geri-halliwell-embarrassed-new-single-2676861 |title=Geri Halliwell embarrassed as new single flops with less than 400 sales in Australia – Mirror Online |work=Daily Mirror |date=5 November 2013 |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> On the grand final of ''Australia's Got Talent'', she performed an acoustic version of the Spice Girls' hit single "Wannabe".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9yX4pv4lQ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110104035/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9yX4pv4lQ&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=10 November 2013|title=Geri Halliwell – Wannabe – Live on Australia's Got Talent 2013 [HD] |publisher=YouTube |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=1 April 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Halliwell continued to work on new material for a fourth studio album.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bond |first=Nick |date=30 June 2015 |title=New Geri Halliwell album this year – and it's "wonderful" |url=http://attitude.co.uk/new-geri-halliwell-album-this-year-and-its-wonderful/ |access-date=12 June 2016 |publisher=Attitude |archive-date=21 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021050847/http://attitude.co.uk/new-geri-halliwell-album-this-year-and-its-wonderful/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She guest presented an episode of ''[[The One Show]]'' in October 2015. In November 2016, 13 new songs by Halliwell which were reportedly recorded for an album titled ''Man on the Mountain'' were leaked onto the internet.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 November 2016 |title=Now Spice Girl Geri Horner's solo album has leaked on the internet |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a814906/geri-horner-solo-album-2016-leaked/ |access-date=24 November 2016 |work=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>

In July 2016, Halliwell, Mel B and Bunton released a video celebrating the 20th anniversary of Spice Girls' debut single "Wannabe" and teased news from them as a three-piece;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://spicegirlsgem.com/ |title=spicegirlsgem.com |access-date=8 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114010128/http://www.spicegirlsgem.com/ |archive-date=14 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beckham and Melanie C opted not to take part in a reunion project, with Mel B saying that both members gave the three-piece their blessing to continue with the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yoxqXSiTgE| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211030/_yoxqXSiTgE| archive-date=30 October 2021|title=Mel B Addresses Spice Girls Reunion Rumors|date=8 September 2016|website=YouTube|access-date=18 September 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, following Halliwell's announcement of her pregnancy, the project was cancelled.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spice Girls 2017 reunion 'axed after Geri pulls out to focus on family'|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/spice-girls-2017-reunion-axed-9619543|work=Mirror|date=14 January 2017|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref> That year, Halliwell appeared on episode three of the 2016 series of ''Sport Relief Bake Off''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McGrath |first1=Rachel |date=18 February 2016 |title='Bake Off' Viewers Left Puzzled By Geri's Bizarre Accent |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/02/18/geri-halliwell-horner-bake-off-accent_n_9261370.html |work=Huffington Post |access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

In March 2017, Halliwell presented the [[BBC Two]] documentary ''Geri's 90s: My Drive to Freedom'' as part of the ''BBC Music: My Generation'' series.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 January 2017 |title=Geri Horner takes BBC Two audience back to the 90s |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/geri-horner-takes-bbc-two-audience-back-to-the-90s |access-date=11 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=11 March 2017 |title=Geri's 90s: Ginger Spice's nostalgia show will drive you to distraction |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/11/geri-horner-halliwell-spice-girls |access-date=11 March 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> In June 2017, Halliwell released a charity single, "Angels in Chains", a tribute to [[George Michael]], to raise money for [[Childline]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Geri Halliwell Premieres George Michael Tribute, Talks 'Spice World' & LGBTQ Fanbase |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7833972/geri-halliwell-angels-in-chains-george-michael-tribute |access-date=6 February 2020 |magazine=Billboard}}</ref> The single peaked at number 63 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20170623/7000/|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 23 June 2017 – 29 June 2017|website=Official Charts|date=23 June 2017|access-date=7 March 2023}}</ref> She sat in for [[Zoë Ball]] on [[BBC Radio 2]] in July 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geri Horner sits in, The Zoe Ball Show |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ydxv0 |website=BBC Radio 2}}</ref> She guest presented an episode of ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'' in August 2017 with [[Rylan Clark-Neal]].<ref>{{cite tweet|number=891328508240084992|user=thismorning|title=We're ready to spice up your life this August Bank Holiday with @GeriHalliwell guest presenting on our famous sofa!...|author=This Morning🎄|date=29 July 2017}}</ref> In 2018, she was a judge on the Saturday night [[BBC One]] talent show ''[[All Together Now (UK TV series)|All Together Now]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Anderton |first=Joe |date=21 June 2019 |title=Geri Horner's All Together Now cancelled by the BBC |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a28128031/all-together-now-bbc-cancelled-geri-horner/ |access-date=21 June 2019 |website=Digital Spy}}</ref>

On 5 November 2018, the Spice Girls announced their reunion [[Spice World – 2019 Tour]]; Beckham declined to join due to commitments regarding her fashion business.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trtworld.com/art-culture/the-spice-girls-agree-to-get-back-together-for-reunion-19127|title=The Spice Girls agree to get back together for reunion|website=trtworld.com|language=tr-TR|access-date=27 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/spice-girls-reuniting-uk-tour-without-victoria-beckham/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/news/spice-girls-reuniting-uk-tour-without-victoria-beckham/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Spice Girls are reuniting for a UK tour, without Victoria Beckham|last=Corrodus|first=Corrine|date=28 August 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 August 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

=== 2020–present: ''Rainbow Woman'' and ''Rosie Frost'' ===
In November 2020, Halliwell debuted the original [[YouTube]] series ''Rainbow Woman'' for which she wrote, directed, and served as an executive producer. The series features Halliwell taking part in series of vignettes that follow her on different adventures.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devlin |first1=Amanda |title=Spice Girl Geri Halliwell unrecognisable in new role for Rainbow Woman |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-photos/spice-girl-geri-halliwell-unrecognisable-in-tv-role-for-rainbow-woman/news-story/14928329f967cd947f70f5ec59428815 |website=news.com.au |access-date=22 November 2020 |date=9 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Geri Horner: 'I gave my life 100% to music' |url=https://www.music-news.com/news/UK/136235/Geri-Horner-I-gave-my-life-100-to-music |website=music-news.com |access-date=22 November 2020 |date=22 November 2020}}</ref> In August 2021, she had a voice role in the short animated movie ''The Crown with a Shadow'', directed by J.B. Ghuman Jr.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14200864/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt The Crown with a shadow short animated film on wwww.imdb.com]</ref>

Halliwell was in the cast of the 2023 film ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]'', playing the wife of [[Djimon Hounsou]].<ref>{{Cite web|language=en|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gran-turismo-movie-casts-djimon-hounsou-spice-girls-geri-halliwell-horner-1235255227/|title='Gran Turismo': Djimon Hounsou, Spice Girls' Geri Halliwell-Horner Join Sony's Racing Movie (Exclusive)|author=Kit, Borys|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 November 2022|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> ''Gran Turismo'' premiered at the [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] in Belgium on 30 July 2023, and was theatrically released in the United States on 25 August 2023, by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]. It has grossed $122 million worldwide against its $60 million budget.<ref name="BOM">{{Cite Box Office Mojo |title=Gran Turismo |id=4495098 |access-date=25 December 2023 }}</ref><ref name="NUM">{{cite The Numbers |title=Gran Turismo |id=Gran-Turismo-(2023) |access-date=25 December 2023 }}</ref>

In October 2022, Halliwell announced a new book deal with the UK branch of [[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]]. The first book announced is a young adult novel titled ''Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen''. The story is about an orphan who travels to Bloodstone Island — an island that is home to a school for extraordinary teens and a refuge for animals, where she uncovers a dark family secret. Halliwell said in a statement: "Rosie Frost has lived in my heart for a long time – and this feels just the right moment to introduce her to the world."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Comerford |first1=Ruth |date=17 October 2022 |title=Geri Halliwell-Horner writes 'exhilarating' adventure story for Scholastic |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/geri-halliwell-horner-writes-exhilarating-adventure-story-for-scholastic |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=The Bookseller}}</ref> The book was released on 3 October 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen by Geri Halliwell-Horner: 9780593623343 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726146/rosie-frost-and-the-falcon-queen-by-geri-halliwell-horner/ |access-date=21 June 2023 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/10/04/geri-halliwell-horner-interview-rosie-frost-and-the-falcon-queen-spice-girls-what-girl-power-means/71058435007/|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner leans into 'smart and brilliant' Anne Boleyn character in novel|website=USA Today|last=Ruggieri|first=Melissa|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> Alongside its release, Halliwell released the original songs "Ghost in My House" and "Beautiful Life" to promote the book.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/product-recommendations/geri-halliwell-horner-rosie-frost-and-the-falcon-queen-book-interview-1235434686/|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner Talks New Book, Tips for Aspiring Writers & What She Thinks of Your Spice Girls Halloween Costumes|magazine=Billboard|last=Johnston|first=Rylee|date=7 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> That same month, Halliwell went to the United States on a book tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/video/geri-halliwell-horner-talks-new-book-rosie-frost-103680355|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner talks new book, 'Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen'|website=ABC|date=3 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref> On 6 October 2023, Halliwell appeared on an episode of [[CBeebies]] Bedtime Stories, reading "I Love You Because I Love You" by Muợn Thị Văn.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/spice-girls-geri-halliwell-horner-cbeebies-bedtime-stories-i-love-you-because-i-love-you-book-b1111758.html|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner makes appearance on CBeebies Bedtime Stories|website=Evening Standard|last=Iorizzo|first=Ellie|date=6 October 2023|access-date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

A second ''Rosie Frost'' novel, titled ''Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire'', is due for release in April 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/on-sale-calendar/article/96354-the-on-sale-calendar-april-2025-children-s-books.html|title=April 2025 Children's Books|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=12 March 2025}}</ref> Once again, she toured the United States to promote the book series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/video/geri-halliwell-horner-talks-new-book-rosie-frost-120557826|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner talks new book, 'Rosie Frost'|website=Good Morning America|date=7 April 2025|access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> On 10 April 2025, Halliwell revealed in an interview on ''[[The Drew Barrymore Show]]'' that the rights had been bought to turn the ''Rosie Frost'' series into either films or television series;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QDFtYZCkcc|website=YouTube|date=10 April 2025|access-date=11 April 2025 |title=Geri Halliwell-Horner: A Young Drew Barrymore is Her Ultimate Dream Cast for "Rosie Frost" Film }}</ref> she added that ''Rosie Frost'' had always been imagined as a trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2025-04-08/spice-girl-geri-halliwell-horner-book-rosie-frost-ice-on-fire|title=Geri Halliwell-Horner — a.k.a. Ginger Spice — brings girl power to a new generation with YA series|website=Los Angeles Times|last=Harris|first=Scarlett|date=8 April 2025|access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> The book debuted at number 6 on the ''New York Times'' Bestseller list, in the Children's Middle Grade Hardcover category.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/childrens-middle-grade-hardcover/|title=Children's Middle Grade Hardcover|website=NY Times|date=27 April 2025|access-date=23 April 2025}}</ref>

==Other ventures==
===Fashion===
In 2010, Halliwell partnered with British retailer [[Next plc|Next]] to create a swimwear collection named "Geri by Next".<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.instyle.com/news/see-geri-halliwells-new-swimwear-line |title=See Geri Halliwell's New Swimwear Line |magazine=[[InStyle]] |date=30 December 2010 |access-date=19 March 2017 |archive-date=19 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170319044531/http://www.instyle.com/news/see-geri-halliwells-new-swimwear-line |url-status=dead }}</ref> This was followed by a [[Union Jack]]-motif clothing range in 2012, inspired by Halliwell's famous 1997 [[Union Jack dress]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/fashion/2012/0202/289824-geri-recreates-union-jack-dress-for-next/ |title=Geri recreates Union Jack dress for Next |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] |date=2 February 2012 |access-date=19 March 2017}}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
In 1998, Halliwell became a [[United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador|Goodwill Ambassador]] for the [[United Nations Population Fund]] (UNFPA).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/366561.stm |title=Geri starts UN work|work=BBC News |date=11 June 1999|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> In 2000 Halliwell appeared in the two-part documentary series ''Geri's World Walkabout'' for the [[BBC]], which followed her work with the UN and other travels.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/636537.stm |title=Connery rocks Geri show|work=BBC News |date=9 February 2000|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> That same year, she gave the opening address at the UN Youth Summit.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/former-spice-girl-opens-un-summit-for-youth-279469.html |title=Former Spice Girl opens U.N. summit for youth|work=[[The Independent]] |date=14 April 2000|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> Halliwell picked up further UN work in 2006, by visiting Zambia from 14 to 16 November, to promote greater international awareness of the urgent need to reduce maternal death and halt the spread of [[HIV/AIDS]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/zambia/unfpa-goodwill-ambassador-geri-halliwell-visit-zambia-support-maternal-health |title=UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador Geri Halliwell to visit Zambia to support maternal health|publisher=[[ReliefWeb]] |date=9 November 2006|access-date=25 September 2014}}</ref> In September 2009, Halliwell, in her role as a Goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA, visited Nepal to help launch a national campaign to stop violence against women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.unfpa.org/press/geri-halliwell-joins-nepals-prime-minister-launching-campaign-stop-violence-against-women |title=Geri Halliwell Joins Nepal's Prime Minister in Launching Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women |publisher=UNFPA |date=14 May 2001|access-date=18 April 2010}}</ref>

On 25 October 2015, the ''[[Mail on Sunday]]'' reported that Halliwell had been in talks with the [[Department for Education]] with a view to establishing a [[Free school (England)|free school]] in north London, scheduled to open in 2018 and specialising in the arts and business. Halliwell told the newspaper: "I believe in education. It's an empowering fundamental human right that everyone deserves. Education is a foundation for life." The Department subsequently confirmed that it had spoken with Halliwell, but that discussions were at an early stage.<ref>{{cite news|first=Maev |last=Kennedy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/25/spice-girl-gerri-halliwell-exploring-opening-own-free-school |title=Geri Halliwell exploring opening own free school |newspaper=The Guardian |date=25 October 2015 |access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>

===Politics===
In the run-up to the [[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997 general election]], Halliwell declared: "I saw a lot of what [[Margaret Thatcher|Mrs Thatcher]] did. She was definitely the original Spice Girl rising from the greengrocer's daughter to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2013 |title=Was The Iron Lady A Feminist? |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/08/margaret-thatcher-feminist_n_3036864.html |access-date=21 September 2024 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en}}</ref> She said in 1996 that [[Tony Blair]] was "not a safe pair of hands for the economy".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1319000/1319508.stm |title=Campaigning with the stars|work=BBC News |date=14 May 2001|access-date=18 April 2010}}</ref> By the [[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001 general election]], Halliwell had switched her support to Tony Blair and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], making a cameo appearance in one of their party election broadcasts.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://news.bbc.co.uk/news/vote2001/hi/english/newsid_1328000/1328626.stm | title= Tories dismiss Geri's Labour role |work=BBC News | date=14 May 2001}}</ref>

In a 2007 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Halliwell said she was a feminist, but took issue with its image, explaining: "It's about branding. For me, feminism is bra-burning lesbianism. It's very unglamorous. I'd like to see it rebranded. We need to see a celebration of our femininity and softness."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/24/gender.pop|title=Girl power comes of age|newspaper=The Guardian|date=24 October 2007|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/feminism-its-not-a-dirty-word-8223712.html|title=Feminism: It's not a dirty word|newspaper=The Independent|date=23 October 2012|access-date=30 March 2017}}</ref>

Following the [[death of Margaret Thatcher]] in 2013, Halliwell paid tribute to Thatcher on [[Twitter]] and wrote  "Thinking of our 1st Lady of girl power, Margaret Thatcher, a green grocer's daughter who taught me any thing is possible...x" before deleting the post in response to negative comments from fans. Halliwell later expressed regret for deleting the Tweet and wrote on her personal blog "Now I realise that I do admire a woman, whether she is right or wrong, regardless of her opinions. She had the courage to stand by her convictions. Not like me. I look at my behavior, which exposed how weak I was under fire, not like Margaret Thatcher. Rest in peace."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/12/geri-halliwell-margaret-thatcher-tweet_n_3066674.html |title=Geri Halliwell: 'I Was Weak To Delete Margaret Thatcher Tweet' |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

In 2019, Halliwell named [[Winston Churchill]] as a historical British figure she admired.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/exclusive-interview-geri-ginger-spice-horner-on-the-spice-girls-reunion-and-becoming-lady-of-the-manor-mbwb9cbbz |title=Exclusive interview: Geri "Ginger Spice" Horner on the Spice Girls reunion and becoming lady of the manor |date=24 February 2019 |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

In 2022, Halliwell posed for photographs with Conservative Party politicians [[Nadine Dorries]] and [[Liz Truss]] (then the British foreign secretary) during the [[UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final]] and reportedly endorsed Truss' campaign in the [[July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/01/spice-girls-geri-horner-told-liz-truss-go-for-it-amid-leadership-contest-17108454/ |title=Liz Truss reveals Geri Horner told her 'go for it' at Lionesses match amid leadership contest after Spice Girls star posed with Nadine Dorries |date=August 2022 |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/spice-girls-geri-halliwell-horner-told-liz-truss-to-go-for-role-of-prime-minister-3281568 |title=Spice Girls' Geri Horner told Liz Truss to "go for" role of Prime Minister |website=[[NME]] |date=2 August 2022 |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Christian Horner and Geri Halliwell (cropped).jpg|thumb|Halliwell and Horner in London in April 2016]]
In 2001, Halliwell was in a short-term relationship with the pop singer [[Robbie Williams]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Venn |first=Lydia |date=4 November 2023 |title=Robbie Williams and Geri Halliwell: When did they date? And why did they breakup? |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a45740574/robbie-williams-geri-halliwell-relationship/ |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=Cosmopolitan}}</ref>

Halliwell gave birth to a daughter in May 2006. The child's father is screenwriter [[Sacha Gervasi]] with whom Halliwell was in a relationship in 2005; [[Victoria Beckham]] and [[Emma Bunton]] are godmothers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supanet.com/famous-godparents-g1673p3.html |title=Famous godparents – Bluebell Halliwell and Victoria Beckham – Supanet Gallery |publisher=Supanet.com |access-date=25 December 2012}}</ref>

Halliwell began dating [[Christian Horner]], the former team principal of the [[Red Bull Racing]] [[Formula One]] team, in February 2014. They announced their engagement on 11 November 2014 and the couple were married on 15 May 2015 at [[St Mary's Church, Woburn|St Mary's Church]] in [[Woburn, Bedfordshire]].<ref name="dailymirrorweddinglive">Rebecca Pockington, [https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/geri-halliwell-wedding-live-updates-5702016 Geri Halliwell wedding: Live updates as the Spice Girl marries F1 boss Christian Horner], ''Daily Mirror'', 16 May 2015</ref> In October 2016, Halliwell said that she and Horner were expecting their first child together.<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell pregnant with 2nd child |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/former-spice-girl-geri-halliwell-pregnant-with-2nd-child/ |access-date=25 April 2021 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |website=The Seattle Times |date=10 October 2016}}</ref> Halliwell gave birth to a son on 21 January 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/geri-halliwell-horner-welcomes-son-montague-george-hector/|title=Geri Halliwell Horner Welcomes Son Montague George Hector|work=People|first=Dave|last=Quinn|date=21 January 2017|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref>

In a 2019 interview with [[Piers Morgan]], [[Melanie Brown]] was asked if she had slept with Halliwell in an intimate manner and she nodded yes.<ref name="Sporn 2019">{{cite web | last=Sporn | first=Natasha | title=Piers Morgan reveals aftermath of Mel B's shock Geri Horner sex claim | website=Evening Standard | date=25 March 2019 | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/piers-morgan-reveals-aftermath-of-mel-b-s-claim-she-slept-with-geri-horner-as-good-morning-britain-airs-clip-a4099676.html | access-date=13 March 2023}}</ref> Halliwell released a statement saying that the press reports following the interview had been "hurtful to her family".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Naomi |date=1 April 2019 |title=Geri Halliwell responds to Mel B's 'hurtful' claims that they slept together |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a27001229/geri-halliwell-repsonds-mel-b-slept-together/ |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> Brown responded: "I just said it was like a little thing and we giggled about it the next day and that's that. It's the press [who] have taken it onto a whole new level."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mel B Rolls Back Claim She Had Sex with Geri Halliwell: 'I Just Admitted We Had a Little' Thing |url=https://people.com/music/mel-b-rolls-back-claim-had-sex-geri-halliwell/ |access-date=20 February 2023 |website=People |language=en}}</ref>

Halliwell's first dog, Harry, came from [[Battersea Dogs & Cats Home]]. She later adopted Daisy, who survived life-saving liver surgery at just six months old, as seen on ''[[Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs]].''

Halliwell has spoken out about her experiences of [[bulimia]], saying that she came close to death, weighing just {{convert|7|st|lb kg}}, and was advised by Robbie Williams to seek medical help.<ref name="Ok Mag">{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell: Bulimia almost killed me|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/Geri-Halliwell-Bulimia-almost-killed-me-|website=OK!|access-date=11 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419081710/http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/Geri-Halliwell-Bulimia-almost-killed-me-|archive-date=19 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2011, she spoke of being comfortable with her body and credits her newly healthy relationship with food to motherhood.<ref name=Mirror>{{cite web|title=Geri Halliwell: Bulimia will always be with me|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/geri-halliwell-bulimia-will-always-be-with-me-107734|website= Daily Mirror|date=February 2011 |access-date=11 April 2015}}</ref> After having previously been [[Agnosticism|agnostic]], Halliwell became a Christian after taking the [[Alpha Course]] evangelical program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/inside-the-alpha-course-british-christianitys-biggest-success-story-8555160.html|title=Inside the Alpha Course – British Christianity's biggest success story|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|date=31 March 2013|access-date=23 October 2016}}</ref>

Halliwell's brother, Max, died on 17 November 2021, at age 54.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/celebrity-news/geri-halliwell-brother-death-756785|title=Geri Halliwell is reportedly "utterly broken" after sudden death of close family member|work=Marie Claire|date=24 November 2021|access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

In 2022, Halliwell was awarded an honorary doctorate from [[Sheffield Hallam University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2022-11-22/geri-halliwell-horner-praises-citys-heart-as-she-collects-doctorate|title=Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner collects doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University|work=ITV|date=22 November 2022|accessdate=27 November 2022}}</ref>

She is a supporter of [[Watford F.C.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 November 2018 |title=Spice Girls: Which football teams do the pop stars support? {{!}} Goal.com |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/spice-girls-which-football-teams-do-the-pop-stars-support/1g6b8n5s92aab1rpa7i4xt2g7h |access-date=11 January 2025 |website=www.goal.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Discography==
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{{Main|Geri Halliwell discography}}
* ''[[Schizophonic (Geri Halliwell album)|Schizophonic]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Scream If You Wanna Go Faster]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Passion (Geri Halliwell album)|Passion]]'' (2005)

==Bibliography==
* 1999: ''[[If Only (book)|If Only]]''
* 2002: ''Just for the Record''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender: The First Book]]''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender and the Terrible Tiger]]''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender and the Burning Pants]]''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender: Home Alone]]''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender and the Temple of Gloom]]''
* 2008: ''[[Ugenia Lavender|Ugenia Lavender: The One and Only]]''
* 2023: ''Rosie Frost and the Falcon Queen''
* 2025: ''Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire''

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''Dance Energy''
| Herself
| Uncredited; only as dancer-stagehand
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Let's Make a Deal]]''
| Herself
| Uncredited; only as dancer-stagehand
|-
| 1997–2004
| ''[[Franklin (TV series)|Franklin]]''
| Badger
| UK version (voice only)
|-
| rowspan="2" |1999
| ''100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll''
| Presenter
| TV show
|-
| ''[[Al salir de clase]]''
| Herself
| "Duelo en las calles" (episode 63; season 3)<br>"Rebelión en las aulas" (episode 65; season 3)
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
| ''[[Bo' Selecta!]]''
| Various roles
| "Geri Halliwell" (episode 4; season 1)
|-
| ''[[Popstars: The Rivals]]''
| Mentor/Judge
| [[Popstars: The Rivals#Live shows|Season 1]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
| ''All American Girl''
| Mentor/Herself/Judge
| Season 1
|-
| ''[[Sex and the City]]''
| Phoebe Herrison
| "Boy, Interrupted" (episode 10; season 6)
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]''
| Herself
| "5.2" (episode 2; season 5)
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
| ''[[Friday Night Project]]''
| Presenter/Sely/Lissandra
| Episode 5; season 6
|-
| ''[[American Idol]]''
| Mentor/Judge
| Episode 30; season 7
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Head Case]]''
| Susan Galler
| "Back in the Game" (episode 5; season 3)
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Come Fly with Me (2010 TV series)|Come Fly With Me]]''
| Herself
| "Pilot" (episode 1; season 1)
|-
| 2010, 2012
| ''[[The X Factor (UK series 7)|The X Factor]]''
| Guest judge
| [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|Season 7]] (Glasgow auditions judge)<br>[[The X Factor (UK series 9)|Season 9]] (Liverpool auditions judge)
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''The Spice Girls Story: Viva Forever''
| Herself
| Documentary about the Spice Girls
|-
| ''[[Trollied]]''
| Herself
| "2012 Christmas Special"
|-
|2013
|''[[Australia's Got Talent]]''
|Judge
|[[Australia's Got Talent (series 7)|Series 7]]
|-
|2015
|''[[The One Show]]''
| Guest presenter
| 1 episode
|-
|2016
|''[[The Great Sport Relief Bake Off]]''
|Contestant
|1 episode
|-
|rowspan=3|2017
|''Geri's 90s: My Drive to Freedom''
| Presenter
| One-off documentary
|-
| ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]''
| Guest presenter
| 1 episode
|-
| ''Gordon, Gino and Fred's Great Christmas Roast''
| Participant
| One-off special
|-
| 2018—2019
| ''[[All Together Now (UK TV series)|All Together Now]]''
| Presenter / Judge
| 2 series

|-
|2019
|''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]''
|Guest Judge
|1 episode (episode 4, season 1)
|-
|2019—2023
|''[[Formula 1: Drive to Survive]]''
|Guest appearance
|3 episodes

|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Films
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''Foggy Notion''
| Sami
| Main role
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]''
| Ginger Spice
|
|-
| 1999
| ''Geri – A Film by Molly Dineen''
| Herself
| TV film; documentary
|-
| |2000
| ''Geri's World Walkabouts''
| Herself
| TV film; documentary
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Fat Slags (film)|Fat Slags: The Film]]''
| Paige Stonach
|
|-
| 2005
| ''There's Something About Geri''
| Herself
| TV film; documentary
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Giving You Everything]]''
| Herself
| TV film; documentary
|-
|
|''Metal Slug The Movie''
|Fio Germi
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
| ''[[Crank: High Voltage]]''
| Karen Chelios
|
|-
| ''Ant & Dec's Christmas Show''
| Geri Doll
| TV film
|-
| 2012
| ''Viva Forever – The Spice Girls Story''
| Herself
| TV movie; documentary
|-
| 2021
| ''The Crown with a Shadow''
| Queen
| Short animated movie
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Gran Turismo (film)|Gran Turismo]]''
| Lesley Mardenborough
|
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! For
! Result
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="4" |1999
| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Award]]
| Favourite Actress – Comedy
|| ''Spiceworld''
| {{nom}}
| Shared with the Spice Girls
|-
|[[MTV Europe Music Awards]]
| Best Female
| rowspan="7" | Herself
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Smash Hits Poll Winners Party]]
| Hero of 1999|| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Female Artist|| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2000
| rowspan="2" | [[Brit Awards]]
| Best British Female Solo Artist
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best Pop Act
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Capital FM Awards
| Best British Female Singer
| {{won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Comet Awards
| Best International Female Singer
| {{won}}
|
|-
| [[Radio Disney Music Awards]]
| Best Soundtrack Song
| "[[It's Raining Men]]"
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2002
| rowspan="2" | [[Brit Awards]]
| Best British Female Solo Artist
| Herself
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| Best British Single
| rowspan="2" | "[[It's Raining Men]]"
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[NRJ Music Awards]]
| International Song of the Year
| {{won}}
|
|-
| International Female Artist of the Year
| Herself
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| 2008
|
| Bestselling female celebrity children's author of 2008
| ''[[Ugenia Lavender]]''
| {{won}}
|
|-
| 2016
| [[Attitude (magazine)|Attitude Awards]]
| Honorary Gay
| Herself
| {{won}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Geri Halliwell}}
* {{Official website|http://www.gerihorner.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|1312|Geri Halliwell}}

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