Viva Forever! Busy Philipps shares throwback snap of herself embracing Spice Girl glamour in 1998

She's a successful actress, wife and mother. 

But it seems what Busy Philipps  really, really wanted to be was a pop star.

To be more specific, she wanted to be one of the Spice Girls.

Going for a pop career?: Busy Philipps posted this cute snap of herself  when she was 19, on Thursday, captioned: '#tbt to 1998 - when I thought I was an actual Spice Girl'

Going for a pop career?: Busy Philipps posted this cute snap of herself when she was 19, on Thursday, captioned: '#tbt to 1998 - when I thought I was an actual Spice Girl'

The 37-year-old posted a cute throwback snap of herself chanelling the style of the five-girl British group on Thursday.

Busy captioned it: '#tbt to 1998 - when I thought I was an actual Spice Girl.'

The Dawson's Creek alum was Just 19-years-old when she posed with her blonde hair up in bunches, like Baby Spice Emma Bunton.

She wore a black T-shirt and shorts channeling a mix of Sporty Spice Mel C, and Scary Spice Mel B.

Her heroines: The Spice Girls burst onto the scene in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe stayed top of the British charts for seven weeks.

Her heroines: The Spice Girls burst onto the scene in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe stayed top of the British charts for seven weeks.

Busy added more Scary Spice with her black platform boots.

And, she looked really fierce as she held her fingers up in the band's girl power V for victory sign.

Of course, Busy's dream of pop superstardom didn't work out - but her acting career did.

Not so much a pop star: But the 37-year-old is a successful actress, wife to screenwriter husband Marc Silverstein and mother to their daughters Birdie, eight, and Cricket, three, all seen here Christmas shopping in Los Angeles

Not so much a pop star: But the 37-year-old is a successful actress, wife to screenwriter husband Marc Silverstein and mother to their daughters Birdie, eight, and Cricket, three, all seen here Christmas shopping in Los Angeles

The star, who shares daughters Birdie, eight, and Cricket, three, with screenwriter husband Marc Silverstein, is presently co-starring in HBO's Vice Principals.

The show roles off her six years on Cougar Town with Courtenay Cox that wrapped in 2015.

The Spice Girls burst onto the scene in 1996 when their debut single Wannabe stayed top of the charts for seven weeks. 

Hit role: Busy co-starred with Courtenay Cox in Cougar Town from 2009 to 2015

Hit role: Busy co-starred with Courtenay Cox in Cougar Town from 2009 to 2015

 

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