Belinda Magnus OBE DL (born 23 October 1953), better known as Pauline Black (Listenⓘ), is an English singer, actress and author.

In a music career spanning over 40 years, Black came to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the 2 Tone ska revival band the Selecter, which released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom during the 1970s and the 1980s, including "On My Radio", "Three Minute Hero", "Missing Words" and "The Whisper".

Blessed with a bewitching soprano and dramatic panache, Black's voice reached plateaus that made every other musical detail sound like part of a backdrop painted just to set the stage for her entrance.

Belinda Magnus was born on 23 October 1953, in Romford, Essex, England,[2] to an Anglo-Jewish teenage mother and Nigerian father.

[11][12] After the Selecter had split up, Black was co-host, with Bob Carolgees and Spit the Dog, of the children's television quiz show, Hold Tight.

[13] She developed an acting career in television and theatre, appearing in dramas such as The Vice, The Bill, Hearts and Minds and Two Thousand Acres of Sky.