Victoria Beckham’s career has been one of constant reinvention, from ’90s pop sensation to “It” girl WAG to fashion powerhouse. In the new three-part documentary Victoria Beckham, candid confessions from Beckham and those who know her best reveal the real woman behind the headlines.
The series charts her pursuit of credibility in fashion amid tabloid scrutiny and personal challenges, tracing the key choices and turning points she faced while navigating fame’s pressures and possibilities.
With appearances from industry icons like Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, and Donatella Versace, as well as candid insights from family and friends — including husband David Beckham and friend Eva Longoria — the series is packed with revelations and behind-the-scenes stories sure to surprise both longtime fans and newcomers to Victoria’s story.
When she first set out to make the documentary, director Nadia Hallgren counted herself among the latter: “I just knew that I was intrigued, that I was drawn to her, and I wanted to know more,” she tells Tudum. “She stole the show in David’s documentary, and I wanted to see who she really was.”
Here are the most unforgettable moments from Victoria Beckham, with further insights from Hallgren.
Victoria Beckham always wanted to sing and dance — even when she felt awkward in the spotlight.
Before the Spice Girls, Victoria was a theater-obsessed kid in Hertfordshire who felt like an outsider. “I was bullied, I was awkward, I wasn’t particularly sociable — I just didn’t fit in at all. But when you’re onstage, for that moment, you’re somebody else … I desperately wanted to be liked,” she says in the documentary.
In the series, Victoria shares that her parents even put their home on the line to fund her training, and she felt the weight of that sacrifice. “I was aware of the responsibility I had to work very hard,” she says of her time in the competitive pressure cooker of theater school.
So when Victoria arrived at her Spice Girls audition at 19, she brought with her a theater kid’s confidence. “I knew every single lyric of every single song in the West End,” she says in the doc, which led her to an unconventional choice for her audition number. While “everybody else was singing Madonna or Whitney Houston … pop songs,” she chose “Mein Herr” from the musical Cabaret. The bold pick set her apart and foreshadowed the determination that would define her career.
