Victoria Beckham

1974-present

Victoria Beckham News: Docuseries Premieres on Netflix

A new docuseries delves into the glamorous life of pop star turned fashion mogul Victoria Beckham. Victoria Beckham, which arrived on Netflix October 9, traces the British entrepreneur's rise to fame as Posh Spice of the Spice Girls, her marriage to former soccer player David Beckham, and her career as a designer.

In the three-part series, Beckham reveals that she “almost lost everything” building her fashion empire. As it turns out, her eponymous clothing brand, which she launched in 2008, almost went under after accruing “tens of millions” in debt in 2016.

“That was a dark, dark time,” the 51-year-old said on the show. “I used to cry before I went to work every day because I felt like a firefighter.” The business was only able to stay afloat thanks to her husband, who invested his own money.

To save the company, Beckham also brought in private equity firm manager David Belhassen as her business partner in 2017, who discovered she was spending $70,000 a year just on office plants alone. “There was a lot of money being spent that never should have been spent,” she said. “I hear it now and I’m horrified, but I allowed that to happen and I think part of the problem was people were really afraid to tell me ‘no’... I realized I’d lost my way.”

Victoria Beckham is a British singer and fashion designer who rose to fame in the 1990s as “Posh Spice” in the iconic pop group the Spice Girls. The group's debut album, Spice (1996), was a smash success that sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. After the Spice Girls split up in 2000, Beckham embarked on a solo music career before pivoting to fashion and beauty. She launched her own eponymous clothing line in 2008 and later founded the cosmetics and skincare brand Victoria Beckham Beauty in 2019. Beckham is married to former soccer star David Beckham, with whom she shares four children.

FULL NAME: Victoria Caroline Beckham
BORN: April 16, 1974
BIRTHPLACE: Harlow, Essex, England
SPOUSE: David Beckham (1999-present)
CHILDREN: Brooklyn, Romeo, Cruz, and Harper
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aries

Victoria Caroline Adams was born on April 17, 1974, in the town of Harlow in Essex, England. Her mother, Jaqueline Adams, worked as a hairdresser and insurance clerk and her father, Anthony Adams, was an electronics engineer. They later started their own electrical wholesale business together, affording Beckham a comfortable childhood. Despite being born in Harlow, she was raised in Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire with her two younger siblings, Louise and Christian. Interested in dance at an early age, Beckham started taking lessons in ballet and tap, among other styles, around the age of 4. It wasn't until she watched the 1980 film Fame, however, that she began to seriously consider a career as a performer.

When Beckham was 8 years old, she enrolled in Jason Theatre School in London to study dance and musical theater, and later went attended St. Mary's High School in Chestnut, where she was often the target of bullies. “Secondary school was hell,” she told Glamour UK in September 2019. “I just stood there, on my own. I didn't have any friends. People would push me around, say they were going to beat me up.” Desperate to fit in at school, Beckham was embarrassed by her family's wealth, and would beg her dad not to drive her and her siblings to school in his Rolls-Royce. She also struggled academically, earning below average grades in most subjects, but excelled in art class.

In 1991, Beckham began attending Laine Theatre Arts College in Surrey to focus on dance and modeling. After three years there, she moved to London to try to make it as a dancer. Her lucky break came when she answered a casting call in The Stage seeking energetic and hard-working female performers in March 1994. Out of the 400 women who applied, Beckham was chosen to become part of a new all-female pop music group, beating out the competition with her rendition of “Mein Herr” from the musical Cabaret.

Victoria Beckham with the Spice Girls in Paris in 1996.

Created by manager Chris Herbert, the band that would become known as the Spice Girls started rehearsing together. The final lineup came together by mid-1993 and included Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, and Beckham. Wanting more creative control, the group soon parted ways with Herbert, later signing with manager Brian Fuller and landing a contract with Virgin Records.

“We were five girls that individually weren't that great, but collectively we worked together and normal girls could relate to us,” she said at the 92nd Street Y in New York City in June 2015. “The message was that it's OK to be different. That's where girl power came from.”

Each of the five members of the Spice Girls developed their own persona, with Beckham taking on the stage name “Posh Spice” due to her refined fashion sense. Posh is British slang for elegant, stylish, and upper-class. “I was given the name Posh in 1996 over lunch with Peter Loraine of Top of The Pops Magazine and the rest of the Spice Girls,” she recalled on Instagram in September 2020. “I can't say it would've been my first choice, but I ultimately grew into it on my own terms. I was young and shy, and being Posh helped me find my style and confidence, and my voice.”

Among the other members, Brown was “Scary Spice,” Chisholm was “Sporty Spice,”Halliwell was “Ginger Spice,” Bunton was “Baby Spice.”

The Spice Girls released their debut album, Spice, in November 1996 and reached the top of the charts with the catchy dance-pop song “Wannabe” the following year. The follow-up single, “Say You'll Be There,” climbed as high as No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart. The album eventually sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. The group's “girl power” message attracted a substantial audience, especially young teenage girls.

In November 1997, the group released their second album, Spiceworld. While they scored a hit with the song “2 Become 1,” the Spice Girls failed to duplicate the success of their debut recording. The following year, the group starred in a film of the same name, which featured cameos by such performers as Elvis Costello, Bob Geldof and Elton John, and had some success at the box office, netting close to $30 million.

The Spice Girls released their third and final album, Forever, in November 2000. The project was recorded after Halliwell had left the group. As the remaining members drifted apart to pursue other projects, Beckham went on to pursue a solo career, releasing her debut album in 2001.

Reunion

The Spice Girls reunited for a series of concerts in 2007 and 2008. In June 2012, they reunited again, this time to announce the creation of a new musical about their rise and fall, Viva Forever!, written by Jennifer Saunders and named after the group's 1998 No. 1 single. That year, the group also performed at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games, held in London.

Whispers of another reunion surfaced in February 2018 when the Spice Girls met with former manager Simon Fuller in London. One week later, TMZ reported that a summer tour was indeed in the works, though the group had yet to formally confirm anything. In May 2019, the Spice Girls reunited for another brief tour, performing together for the first time since 2012, but Beckham opted not to join. “It just didn't feel like the right thing to do,” she told Ellen Degeneres of her decision that November. “[But] I'll always be Posh Spice, always.”

After leaving the Spice Girls, Beckham briefly became a solo artist, releasing her debut self-titled album in October 2001. The record, featured the singles “Not Such an Innocent Girl” and “A Mind of Its Own,” debuted at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart but did not perform well commercially.

The following year, she signed a record contract with Telstar Records and began working on her two more albums, tentatively titled Open Your Eyes and Come Together, both of which were canceled and never released after Telstar went bankrupt in 2004. The shelved records were eventually leaked online.

After achieving success as a pop singer in the 1990s, Beckham became one of the most photographed women in the world, with the tabloids seeming to follow nearly her every move with soccer star husband, David Beckham. Capitalizing on her broad exposure, she pursued a career in fashion. In October 20o4, Beckham developed a line of jeans called VB Rocks for the Rock & Republic brand. Three years later, she launched her own line of sunglasses called dVb Eyewear, and a line of jeans soon followed.

Although Beckham rejoined the Spice Girls for some of their reunions, her main priority had become fashion. During New York Fashion Week in September 2008, she launched her eponymous clothing line, Victoria Beckham, introducing a small line of dresses. The endeavor was her first venture into high-end fashion. “Everything that I design I would wear myself,” Beckham told Time magazine at the time. “I get a lot of inspiration from the '40s and '50s, so corsetry plays a huge role in the collection.”

In 2009, Beckham became the model for the Emporio Armani underwear line for women. Her husband had previously been featured in ads for the their men's line. Beckham explained to Time that she worked out for several months prior to the shoot “so when I'm 50, I can look back and say, ‘Hey, Mommy didn't look too bad after having three kids.’”

With her brand souring to great heights, she launched a more affordable line, Victoria by Victoria Beckham, in September 2011. That November, Beckham won Designer Brand of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. She later worked as a guest editor at Vogue France for the December 2013/January 2014 issue, and was featured on the cover with her husband. Expanding her fashion empire further, she launched another affordable collection at Target in March 2017, offering designer-inspired apparel for women and girls in a range of sizes.

Beckham soon branched out into the beauty and skincare space, co-founding Victoria Beckham Beauty with industry veteran Sarah Creal in September 2019. The brand offers clean skincare products and cruelty-free cosmetics. Four years later, she created her own fragrance collection under the brand, developing a trio of unisex fragrances in September 2023. “I’ve worked hard to get here, to be given that stamp of approval in Paris by the industry in both fashion and beauty, and you know what? That’s a tough thing to accomplish,” Beckham told Allure that December.

Victoria Beckham with husband David Beckham in 2018.

Victoria is married to former soccer star David Beckham. She met David at one of his soccer matches in early 1997. He was a central midfielder with Manchester United at the time. The two soon became one of Britain's most popular couples, known in the tabloids as “Posh” and “Becks.”

“I didn’t really know who he was. I was never into football,” she recalled in W Magazine's August 2007 issue. “I could sense right from the start that David was a gentleman, and very family-oriented, which is important because I’m the same.” After about a year of dating, they got engaged in January 1998 and later announced they were expected their first child together.

Victoria gave birth to their son, Brooklyn, in March 1999. That summer, the couple wed in a lavish ceremony at Luttrellstown Castle near Dublin, Ireland in July. Victoria and David welcomed their second child, a son named Romeo, in September 2002, followed by their son, Cruz, in February 2005. Six years later, their daughter Harper was born in July 2011.

After living in Los Angeles for nearly a decade, the Beckhams moved back to the U.K. in 2013, where they now reside. They split their time between their two homes in London and the Cotswolds.

Often the subject of tabloid fodder, Victoria sparked divorce rumors in 2022 when she got her hand tattoo of her husband's removed. She quickly cleared up the speculation that October on NBC's Today, explaining,“I was just a bit sick of the tattoo. It's as simple as that.” The following year, David got a tattoo of her old stage name “Posh.”

In an interview with Vogue Australia in August 2024, Victoria reflected on her marriage after celebrating her 25th wedding anniversary, revealing that her love for her husband has only grown over the years. “I said to him last night—and the kids—after 25 years, I love your dad so much and I support him and continue to want him to be the best version of himself, and he does that for me,” she said. “And it’s really important that the children see that.”

In addition her careers in music and fashion, Beckham is a published author. In 2001, she penned the autobiography, Learning to Fly, which quickly became a best-seller in Britain. Five years later, she published the style guideThat Extra Half an Inch: Hair, Heels and Everything in Between, in which she shared fashion tips.

On television, Beckham invited audiences into her life with the reality special Victoria's Secrets, which aired on British television in 2000. She has since been the focus of several other documentaries and realty TV shows, including 2002's Being Victoria Beckham, which focused on her solo music career. Beckham's marriage and family life took center stage in The Real Beckhams in 2003, while her move to Los Angeles was the focus of 2004's Victoria Beckham: Coming to America.

Most recently, she starred in the 2022 docuseries Becoming the Beckhams, about her career and marriage. The designer's eponymous docuseries, Victoria Beckham, arrived on Netflix in October 2025, offering intimate details about her life and revealing that she “almost lost everything” after her fashion brand accumulated millions in debt in 2016.

As of October 2025, Beckham has an estimated net worth of $450 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Most of her wealth comes from her clothing line and beauty brand.

• Everything that I design I would wear myself.
• I've had so many ludicrous things written about me and my family and my friends that it's almost like a joke.
• I'm so grateful to the fashion industry for accepting me and giving me a chance.
• I could sense right from the start that David was a gentleman, and very family-oriented, which is important because I’m the same.
  
• I'll always be Posh Spice, always.
  
• I’ve worked hard to get here, to be given that stamp of approval in Paris by the industry in both fashion and beauty, and you know what? That’s a tough thing to accomplish.
  

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