# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jo-brand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:36.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jo-brand"
name: "Jo Brand"
slug: "jo-brand"
description: "Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, presenter, actress and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. Since 2014 she has been the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. In 2003, Brand was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy."
tagline: "British comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jo_Brand_appearing_in_the_cabaret_tent_at_Glastonbury_Festival_2019_04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1957-07-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.494604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 235
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104476/"
    handle:    "nm0104476"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump