Emma Bunton Biography
After recording three albums with the Spice Girls, one of the most successful pop groups in history, singer Emma Bunton was more than ready to stand out on her own by late 2000, after the Spice Girls released their final album Forever. Known worldwide as Baby Spice, Bunton was considered the young and innocent one of the all-girl group, with her wide smile, baby doll dresses, and pigtails as her calling card. But once the Spice Girls broke up, Bunton began to assert herself as an independent young woman with music to match.
Born on January 21, 1976 in the north London, England suburb of Barnet, Bunton grew up in a single parent home from the age of 11 on. After attending St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bunton enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and began doing odd modeling and commercial jobs. By the time she was 16 the acting bug had caught Bunton, and she left school to study drama at Barnet Technical College. Appearing in advertisements and magazines, Bunton even scored a small acting gig on the popular British soap EastEnders while she was still in school.
At 18, Bunton became the youngest member of a new manufactured pop group called the Spice Girls. After searching schools and dance studios for young woman to be a part of their new manufactured all-girl singing group, Chris and Bob Herbert placed an ad in the British theater newspaper The Stage. The ad read, "R.U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance? R.U. streetwise, outgoing, ambitious and dedicated?" Over 400 girls auditioned and only 10 made it down to the final cut, including future Spice Girls Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, and Geri Halliwell. Young Bunton was brought in a few months later after another girl quit. The Spice Girls released Spice in 1996, reinvigorating a languishing pop market in the throes of alternative music. To distinguish each girl's "distinctive" personalities each member was given a nickname, and Bunton, being the youngest of the group, was dubbed Baby Spice; a moniker that haunted her long after the group broke up. Using the cliché of girl power, the Spice Girls sold not only bubblegum music, but also millions of pieces of merchandise worldwide for more than three solid years. In June of 1997, after a whirlwind of press and shows, Bunton broke her ankle at a Turkish TV station and was given little time to heal before the Spice Girls began filming the movie Spice World.
Born on January 21, 1976 in the north London, England suburb of Barnet, Bunton grew up in a single parent home from the age of 11 on. After attending St. Theresa's Roman Catholic Primary School, Bunton enrolled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and began doing odd modeling and commercial jobs. By the time she was 16 the acting bug had caught Bunton, and she left school to study drama at Barnet Technical College. Appearing in advertisements and magazines, Bunton even scored a small acting gig on the popular British soap EastEnders while she was still in school.
At 18, Bunton became the youngest member of a new manufactured pop group called the Spice Girls. After searching schools and dance studios for young woman to be a part of their new manufactured all-girl singing group, Chris and Bob Herbert placed an ad in the British theater newspaper The Stage. The ad read, "R.U. 18-23 with the ability to sing/dance? R.U. streetwise, outgoing, ambitious and dedicated?" Over 400 girls auditioned and only 10 made it down to the final cut, including future Spice Girls Victoria Adams, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, and Geri Halliwell. Young Bunton was brought in a few months later after another girl quit. The Spice Girls released Spice in 1996, reinvigorating a languishing pop market in the throes of alternative music. To distinguish each girl's "distinctive" personalities each member was given a nickname, and Bunton, being the youngest of the group, was dubbed Baby Spice; a moniker that haunted her long after the group broke up. Using the cliché of girl power, the Spice Girls sold not only bubblegum music, but also millions of pieces of merchandise worldwide for more than three solid years. In June of 1997, after a whirlwind of press and shows, Bunton broke her ankle at a Turkish TV station and was given little time to heal before the Spice Girls began filming the movie Spice World.
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Born on January 21, 1976, in Barnet, North London, England.
Education: Studied drama at Barnet Technical College.
Education: Studied drama at Barnet Technical College.
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