Jo Frost

About

Joanne Frost (born 27 June 1970), known professionally as Jo Frost, is a British television personality, nanny, and author. She is best known for the reality television programme Supernanny UK, in which she was the central figure. The show first aired in the United Kingdom in 2004 and she has branched off into several other reality shows in the United Kingdom, United States and the Netherlands. Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost addressed issues such as addiction and abuse. Frost has written six books on child care.

Joanne Frost was born on 27 June 1970 in London, England. She grew up with one brother in Southwest London. Her father was a British builder and painter, and her mother, born in Gibraltar, was an interior decorator. Frost’s mother died of breast cancer when Frost was 24.

Frost worked as a nanny beginning in 1989, when she was 18 years of age. She was employed in the United Kingdom and the United States and Frost’s clients included celebrities such as John Lloyd, a television producer.

Frost was hired for the Channel 4’s Supernanny television show that launched in the United Kingdom in 2004. In each episode, she visited…