Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton was born on 21 January, 1976 in Hertfordshire. The daughter of a milkman, she did some child modelling and went to ballet lessons.
Emma Bunton went to the famous Sylvia Young's stage school and then went to Barnet Technical College.
Emma B had small roles in EastEnders and The Bill, before becoming the fifth member of the Spice Girls.
She was down to the last six to play Bianca in Eastenders, which part went to 2005 Strictly Come Dancing contestant, Patsy Palmer, before the original fifth Spice Girl dropped out of the band to go to University.
In 1993 she became known as Baby Spice and the next five years saw the Spice Girls have hit after hit.
In 1998 Geri Halliwell left to pursue a solo career and it was not long before the other Spice Girls followed suit.
Emma Bunton's first single "What Took You So Long?" went to number one.
In 2003 she released "Free Me" and "Maybe" followed by "I'll Be There" in 2004. You can listen to Emma Bunton's tracks "Tommorrow" and "Breathing" through the BBC review of Free Me.
The BBC's Top of the Pops microsite has various clips and wallpaper of Emma Bunton.
Back in 2004, Emma Bunton told the Observer her ten favourite albums were: 1. Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones, 2. Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band The Beatles, 3. Club Classics Vol I Soul Ii Soul, 4. Affection Lisa Stansfield, 5. Songs From The Big Chair Tears For Fears, 6. Diva Annie Lennox, 7. Regatta De Blanc The Police, 8. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John 9. Fantastic Wham!, and 10. Welcome To The Beautiful South The Beautiful South.
The Observer also had an interesting profile of Emma Bunton back in 2001, which revealed how close she was to her Mum and how she enjoyed staying in and watching TV with her boyfriend Jade from Damage.
In October 2006 the Express reported that Emma Bunton was to marry Jade Jones in the Spring of 1997.
In August 2007, Emma Bunton and Jade Jones had a baby boy called Beau.
Emma Bunton nearly turned down Strictly Come Dancing because she is clumsy and because she gets stage fright, but in Strictly Come Dancing 2006, Emma Bunton danced with Darren Bennett and they ended up third.
Emma Bunton told The Observer that she likes all food except peas.
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