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Joanne Frost (born 27 June 1970) also known as Jo Frost is an English television personality, nanny, and author. She is best known for the reality television programme Supernanny, 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.
The show was viewed by 6 million people in its first year. Shows were created in 48 countries by 2014 that were tailored after Supernanny. The British show ran for 6 seasons. The American version aired on ABC. Like the British version, the American Supernanny was also a success and garnered Frost invitations to Late Show with David Letterman, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno..
Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance aired in the UK for Channel 4 beginning in 2010. It had an issue-based format, with limited home visits. Family S.O.S. with Jo Frost premiered 28 May 2013, on TLC in the United States with a 90-minute episode. Supernanny focused on discipline issues, but Family S.O.S. tackled serious, complex issues, such as blended families, addiction, abuse, and marital problems in family's homes. TV critic Hank Stuever commented, "For all its noise and uncomfy moments, Family S.O.S. is relatively genuine stuff, especially for the current incarnation of TLC. Viewers who know Frost's previous work will have no trouble believing that she cares about the outcome and sincerely wants to help these families patch things up." Frost was one of the executive producers for the show.
Beginning 18 April 2014, she hosted the talk show for ITV Network. Prior to the show, families underwent taped interviews about the nature of their difficulties, to be addressed during the talk show. The show relied on Frost's intuition and experience to resolve difficult situations, sometimes dealing with parents more directly than she may have done in other shows. Over time, Frost has softened her image, including stopping her common gesture of pointing her finger at people, and stopped wearing severe suits, both of which had been iconic during her time on Supernanny. Twofour planned in July 2014 for a new British show with Frost that would "help to restore harmony and balance to their family life" over the course of a family retreat.
A 20 episode season of Supernanny premiered on 1 January 2020, 8 years after the ABC version finished.
In 2020, Frost was announced as the star of Australian program The Parent Jury. However, due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, she was unable to travel for filming and the shows production proceeded without her.
In 2023, she admitted in an In Touch Weekly article that she and her husband were "never in a space" to decide to have children. However, she enjoyed posting on Instagram about her step-grandson who is neurodivergent.
Frost is an active supporter for those who live with anaphylaxis and life-threatening allergies, and was the 2014 ambassador for FARE (Food, Allergy, Research and Education). She herself has environmental allergies and asthma, and was diagnosed with potentially deadly allergies to nuts, rye, and shellfish when she was a child.
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