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Facts about Geri 

Surname: Halliwell
First names:
Geraldine Estelle
Nicknames:
Geri, (ex)Ginger Spice, (ex)Sexy Spice, Gezza...
Date of Birth:
August, 6th of 1972
Place of Birth:
Watford, London suburbs, England
Eyes colour:
Blue
Hair colour:
Dark of origin but she dyed it
Height:
5"2 or 158cm
Weight:
Unknown
Star sign:
Leo
Piercings:
She has her ears pierced and had her navel pierced when she was still with the Spice Girls
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Tatoos:
She had two tatoos, a compass on the top of her spine and a black panther in the middle of the small of the back (click on the pic to see them). She had her panther tatoo removed 2004.


Family:
Her father, Laurence Francis Halliwell, original Swedish , has died when he was 71, while Geri only was 21 and while she was about to be successful with the Spice Girls... Her mother, Ana Maria, is original Spanish. Three children were born from the mariage: Natalie, born in 1969, Max, born in 1970 and Geri born in 1972. Geri has also a step brother, called Paul, and a step sister, called Karen. Both of them emerging from the first mariage of Geri's father. Then, Geri's parents divorced
Qualities:
Generous, she doesn't hesitate to insert herself in many charity work (ONU, Breast Cancer Awareness...). She's also creative, ambitious, determined...
Flaws:
Impatient, fearful, a little bit authoritarian...
Her career:
After her departure from school and after many aimless jobs (saleswoman, gogo dancer, model, and so on...), Geri auditionned lately to a casting, organised by Bob Herbert, to form a girls band. She was taken and fastly she met four other girls called Melanie C., Melanie B., Victoria and Emma. They became the Spice Girls and during about two years they sold millions and millions of singles and albums. They made several hits such as "Wannabe", "Say You'll Be There", "2 Become 1", "Who Do You Think You Are", "Spice Up Your Life", "Too Much", "Stop", "Viva Forever"... They became a real phenomenon. But, Geri decided to leave the band on the end of May 1998, while the band was touring. The news was a real shock. So, she took refuge at George Michael's house, in South of France, while the four other girls still toured without her. But Geri was decided to go on alone and she worked very hard to make an album. On June of 1999, Geri was back with her first solo album entitled "Schizophonic". She released her first solo single "Look At Me", which reached the n°2 in the UK charts! Then, Geri went on making hits with the singles "Mi Chico Latino", "Lift Me Up" et "Bag It Up", which all went at n°1 in Britain! About more than 1,5 million copies were sold of her debut album, which is a very great achievment. Next, Geri took a well-deserved break. After that break, Geri was back again with her second solo album entitled "Scream If You Wanna Go Faster" on May of 2001! Even if Geri is used to writing all her lyrics, she is back with a cover. She released "It's Raining Men" , which is the soundtrack of the successful movie "The Bridget Jones Diary". Fastly, the single is a hit and is selling lots of copies in the whole Europe, making many n°1 (UK, Italy, Spain, France and so on...). Then Geri released the singles "Scream if You Wanna Go Faster" and "Calling". She even made a special French version entitled "Calling[Au Nom de l'Amour], as a gift to France. After that, Geri took a second long but well-deserved break... Then, she came back with "Ride It" in November 2004, the first single from her 3rd album entitled "Passion". The single was quite a hit and went to n°4 in the UK charts. She released her second single "Desire" in May 2005. Unfortunately, "Passion" and "Desire" didn't do so well. To be continued...