Emma Lee Bunton was born on the 21st January 1976 in Finchley, North London to parents Pauline, a karate instructor, and Trevor, a milkman. They split up when Emma was 11, and she stayed with her mum. She also has a younger brother, P.J. (Paul) who she is very close to.
Emma's career began at an early age when she started doing modeling work for such things as Mothercare, Mentadent P toothpaste and Polly Pocket. She attended the famous Sylvia Young Drama School in London, during which time she auditioned for several TV parts including that of Bianca in "EastEnders" (1985), but none of them really panned out. She can be seen briefly in both "EastEnders" (1985) and "The Bill", but only in minor parts. It wasn't long after she left Sylvia Young's that she joined the "Spice Girls" as Baby Spice (after the original 5th Spice Girl, Michelle Stephenson, left). 2 albums, 8 No. 1 singles and a film later and the "Spice Girls" are still going strong. Emma is due to appear in the BBC musical drama "Sleeping Beauty" which is in filming at the moment and will be out by the end of the year. The "Spice Girls" 3rd album, "Forever" was released in November 2000 and reached the #2 spot on the UK charts. It also features the "Spice Girls'" 9th #1 single, "Holler/Let Love Lead The Way". Since then, the "Spice Girls" haven't worked together again.
In April 2001, Emma released her first solo album "A Girl Like Me" which featured her 1999 cover of Eddie Brickell's "What I Am" and Emma's own #1 hit "What Took You So Long". In 2003, Emma released her second solo album, "Free Me", which includes her four hits "Free Me", "Maybe", "I'll Be There" and "Crickets Sing For Anamaria". Her promo tour lead her to the US in early 2005, where a remix of "Free Me" was a popular club track.
Its said that several times while on tour with the other "Spice Girls" they would get guys in their dressing rooms before the show. Promising them a night of good times and lots of sex the girls mainly being driven by Emma would convience the guys to let them be tied up in the dressing rooms. While the girls were on stage performing getting all hot ans sweaty the guys would be forces to stay tied up. Between songs when the girls would return the the dressing room to do an outfit change they would do it in front of the tied up guys. Teasing them by showing off their hot sweaty naked bodies but unable to touch since they were tied up. Once the show was over th girls would come in for their final outfit change leaving the guys tied up until the janitorals found them tied in the dressing room.
