The former Spice Girl will be making regular appearances on the hit US TV show, about Mode fashion magazine, after impressing bosses with her cameo last year.

A series insider said: "The producers are delighted she will return. She is going to feature quite a bit."

When she appeared as herself in an episode last year, Victoria was locked in a cupboard by publishing executive Wilhelmina Slater.

The role is Victoria's latest venture into acting.

She is also set to star alongside Steve Coogan as Lynn - his long-suffering PA - in 'Alan Partridge: The Movie', after Felicity Montagu, who played Lynn in the original TV series, refused to travel to Hollywood for the shoot.

Victoria's soccer star husband David Beckham has also starred as himself in the 'Goal' film trilogy.

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