Mariella Frostrup

Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November 1962) is a Norwegian-born journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio, mainly for arts programmes. Her 'gravelly' voice was once voted the sexiest female voice on TV, and research to find 'the perfect voice' has indicated that Frostrup's voice is one of the best. Her voice is often used on TV commercials as well. Frostrup was born in Oslo but moved with her family as a child to Ireland, living in Kilmacanogue, a small village south of Dublin in County Wicklow. Her Norwegian father, who died aged 44, was a journalist on the Irish Times, and her Scottish-born mother an artist. After the death of her father, in 1977 she moved to London. There, she worked as a public relations...