
In 1991, Beckham entered Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey and studied dance and modelling. Jacqueline and Anthony Adams enrolled her at Jason Theatre School. Īfter watching the musical film Fame in 1980, she decided to pursue a musical career. Beckham's great-great-great-grandfather was German artist and revolutionary Carl Heinrich Pfänder. They founded an electronics wholesale business which allowed a comfortable upbringing for Victoria, her sister, Louise, and her brother, Christian Adams. She is the eldest of three children of Jacqueline Doreen (née Cannon), a former insurance clerk and hairdresser, and Anthony William Adams, who worked as an electronics engineer. 3.4 2007–2012: Return of the Spice Girlsīeckham was born at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom, and raised in Goffs Oak, Hertfordshire.3.3 2002–2004: Unreleased albums and end of solo career.As of September 2015, the couple's joint wealth is estimated at £508 million. Writing in the Daily Telegraph in 2011, Belinda White noted that the transition from WAG to fashion designer had been more successful than most had predicted, saying: "She has gathered a significant celebrity following and won over the scathing fashion pack who now clamour for a ticket to her bi-annual show at New York Fashion Week." She is married to David Beckham, and they have four children. The Victoria Beckham label was named designer brand of the year in the UK in 2011 in 2012 the brand was assessed as the star performer in the Beckham family's business interests. Following high-profile collaborations with other brands, she launched an eponymous label in 2008, and a lower-priced (diffusion) label in 2011. In the past decade, Beckham has become an internationally recognised style icon and fashion designer.

She has since made a cameo appearance in an episode of Ugly Betty, and been a guest judge on Project Runway, Germany's Next Topmodel, and American Idol. Her first release, "Out of Your Mind", reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.īeckham has participated in five official documentaries and reality shows about her, including Victoria's Secrets, Being Victoria Beckham, The Real Beckhams, Victoria Beckham - A Mile In Their Shoes and Victoria Beckham: Coming to America.

After the Spice Girls split, she was signed to Virgin Records and Telstar Records and had four UK Top 10 singles. In the late 1990s, Beckham rose to fame with the all-female pop group Spice Girls, and was dubbed Posh Spice by the July 1996 issue of the British music magazine Top of the Pops. Victoria Caroline Beckham OBE (née Adams born 17 April 1974) is an English businesswoman, fashion designer and former singer.
