Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974) is a British singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman professionally known as Melanie C. She was one of the five members of The Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed "Sporty Spice".

She toured the world for years with the Spice Girls. When the Spice Girls broke up, Chisholm produced her own music. In 1999 she made her first studio album, Northern Star, which sold four million copies. After Northern Star, Chisholm had depression and an eating disorder. She recorded her second studio album in 2003, Reason, and her third in 2005, Beautiful Intentions. In 2007, she made a fourth,This Time.

In 2007, Chisholm and the other Spice Girls conducted The Return of the Spice Girls World Tour. She then signed for six months to play Mrs Johnstone in the London West End play "Blood Brothers". Her fifth album The Sea was in September 2011.

Chisholm has been nominated for BRIT- and ECHO awards, has sold more than 12 million records as a solo artist, and holds the third position for most United Kingdom number-ones by a female artist. She is the only female to reach UK Official Singles Chart at number one as a part of quartet, quintet, duo and solo.