Spice Girl Melanie Brown is celebrating her 40th birthday today – Friday May 29.

We’ve been back through the archives to find some of our favourite pictures of the X Factor and America’s Got Talent judge to mark the occasion.

Happy Birthday Mel B!

Scary Spice at the Brits (FIONA HANSON/PA)
Scary Spice at the Brit Awards (Fiona Hanson/PA)
With her Spice Girl pals in 1997 (Neil Munns/PA)
With her Spice Girl pals in 1997 (Neil Munns/PA)
Girl Power (Peter Jordan/PA)
Girl Power (Peter Jordan/PA)
Daring to bare (Peter Jordan/PA)
Daring to bare (Peter Jordan/PA)
Meeting a young Prince Harry in 1997 (John Stillwell/PA)
Meeting a young Prince Harry in 1997 (John Stillwell/PA)
The Spice Girls meet Nelson Mandela (John Stillwell/PA)
Meeting Mandela in 1998 (John Stillwell/PA)
Mouthing off (Yui Mok/PA)
Mouthing off (Yui Mok/PA)
Foxy lady - strutting her stuff on the catwalk for Julien Macdonald in 1999 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Foxy lady – strutting her stuff on the catwalk for Julien Macdonald in 1999 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Getting emotional on The X Factor (SYCO/THAMES TV)
Showing her emotional side on The X Factor (SYCO/THAMES TV)
Slinky (Matt Sayles/AP)
Slinky (Matt Sayles/AP)
With hubby Stephen Belafonte (Jonathan Short/Invision)
With hubby Stephen Belafonte (Jonathan Short/Invision)
showing some leg (Rick Findler/PA)
Showing some leg (Rick Findler/PA)
Hot pink (Ian West/PA)
Hot pink (Ian West/PA)
Getting feisty on The X Factor (SYCO/THAMES TV)
Working it on The X Factor (SYCO/THAMES TV)
Looking sassy in this cute jump suit (Chris Pizzello/Invision)
Looking sassy in this cute jump suit (Chris Pizzello/Invision)
Working the chic bob (Rob Latour/Invision)
Working the chic bob (Rob Latour/Invision)
Diva (Charles Sykes/AP)
Diva in red (Charles Sykes/AP)