# Sam Frost (actress)
**Sam Frost** (Samantha Frost, born 1989) is an Australian actress, television and radio personality best known for playing nurse Jasmine Delaney on the long-running soap opera *Home and Away* and for her earlier career in reality television, where she appeared on *[The Bachelor Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-bachelor-australian-tv-series)* in 2014 and became Australia's first *Bachelorette* in 2015.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6877150/) • [2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989, Melbourne, Australia[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) |
| Signature role | Jasmine Delaney on *Home and Away*, joined the cast in December 2017[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6877150/) • [2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) |
| Reality TV | Winner (recipient of the final rose) of *The Bachelor Australia* 2014; lead of the first season of *[The Bachelorette Australia](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-bachelorette-australian-tv-series)* 2015[3](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/oct/03/the-bachelor-engagement-is-already-off) • [4](https://sevenwestmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hells-kitchen-press-kit-starts-august-6-on-7.pdf) |
| Radio | Co-host of *Rove and Sam* on 2DayFM with Rove McManus; the show was wound up in late 2017[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) |
| Acting background | No formal acting experience before *Home and Away*; Logie nomination for Most Popular New Talent[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) |
| Advocacy | Co-founded BELIEVE by Sam Frost, a mental health initiative for young girls and women, with her sister Kristine[5](https://www.hachette.com.au/sam-frost) |
| Disambiguation | A separate Sam Frost is a 194 cm AFL player whose career runs through Hawthorn; the actress is the reality-TV and *Home and Away* figure[6](https://australiavoice.org/features/sam-frost-afl-player-tv-personality/) |
## Early life and work before television
Frost was born in Melbourne and studied Community Welfare at Swinburne University with a major in family protection, before changing direction and working as a business development manager at BMW.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) She has one sister and four brothers.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
## Reality television
**The Bachelor, 2014.** Frost came to public attention as the recipient of the final rose in the 2014 season of *The Bachelor Australia*.[4](https://sevenwestmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hells-kitchen-press-kit-starts-august-6-on-7.pdf) In the series two finale, bachelor Blake Garvey, a Perth-based real estate agent, proposed to the then 25-year-old Frost on location in South Africa. The engagement ended shortly after the finale aired; Garvey told Frost and the show's producers he wanted to break up, and the split was reported the morning after the broadcast.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) • [3](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/oct/03/the-bachelor-engagement-is-already-off) Frost later said she "lost" herself after the breakup and struggled emotionally, mentally and physically for some time.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
**The Bachelorette, 2015.** The following year Frost became Australia's first *Bachelorette*, a casting that drew widespread public praise and the nickname "Australia's sweetheart".[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) • [4](https://sevenwestmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hells-kitchen-press-kit-starts-august-6-on-7.pdf) She chose construction manager Sasha Mielczarek in the finale. The couple announced their separation over Christmas 2016 after 18 months together, in a joint statement saying there was "no bitterness or scandal".[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
## Radio
Frost moved into radio as co-host of *Rove and Sam* on 2DayFM alongside the veteran presenter [Rove McManus](https://www.edgepedia.org/rove-mcmanus). The show was dropped from its prime-time slot after twelve months amid low ratings and moved to a 7–8 pm late-night slot; the evening program lasted just under six months and was formally wound up in late 2017.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) Frost later described the intense scrutiny she faced during the radio show period as one of the pressures that brought her depression and anxiety to the surface.[7](https://www.who.com.au/news/who-most-beautiful-2020-sam-frost/)
## Home and Away
Frost was first asked to audition for the role of Jasmine Delaney while competing on *Hell's Kitchen Australia*, despite having no formal acting experience at the time.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) She joined the cast of *Home and Away* in December 2017 as [Summer Bay](https://www.edgepedia.org/summer-bay) nurse Jasmine Delaney, making her first appearance in the 18 December 2017 season finale, in which her character arrives during a car crash that kills police officer Kat Chapman.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6877150/) • [2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
Her casting attracted criticism from some prominent figures in the Australian entertainment industry because of her lack of training, but she was defended by her *Home and Away* co-stars and went on to receive a Logie nomination for Most Popular New Talent.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) She prepared for the role with acting coaches and voice coaches, putting in what she described as extra hours to improve week by week.[8](https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frosts-big-break-from-reality-ng-b88719656z)
**Storylines.** Jasmine's early storyline involved her abusive ex-boyfriend David, who stalked her and took Jasmine and her friend [Leah Patterson](https://www.edgepedia.org/leah-patterson-baker) hostage, a scenario Frost said was difficult to film.[2](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/) The 2019 season ended with Jasmine among the characters trapped in a hostage situation, and the character was kidnapped and watched her best friend die; Frost said Jasmine would return "forever changed", with "a darkness in her and a side we haven't seen before".[9](https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-embracing-dark-side-on-home-and-away-with-character-jasmine-returning-to-the-screen-forever-changed-ng-b881443271z) In 2020, after Jasmine's husband Robbo (Jake Ryan) died, the character went through a grief storyline that Frost connected to her own loss of her stepdad eight years earlier.[10](https://www.who.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/sam-frost-home-and-away-jasmine-grief/)
Frost has said that having no acting background, she drew on her own experiences of love and loss as material for the role.[9](https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-embracing-dark-side-on-home-and-away-with-character-jasmine-returning-to-the-screen-forever-changed-ng-b881443271z)
## Mental health advocacy and later work
Frost has spoken publicly about lifelong struggles with depression and anxiety, which she has said surfaced after her two reality-show breakups and the scrutiny of her radio career.[7](https://www.who.com.au/news/who-most-beautiful-2020-sam-frost/) With her sister Kristine she launched BELIEVE by Sam Frost, an initiative for young girls and women focused on mental health, covering depression, anxiety, toxic relationships, and social media.[5](https://www.hachette.com.au/sam-frost) She has also co-hosted the podcast *Cracking On with Sam Frost and Sarah Roberts*.[11](https://www.podscan.fm/podcasts/cracking-on-with-sam-frost-and-sarah-roberts/episodes/grief-breakup-and-cast-in-home-amp-away-all-at-the-same-time-with-luke-van-os) Her public bio describes her as an actor, author and mental health advocate as well as a mother.[12](https://australiafocus.net/features/sam-frost-biography-relationship-career/)
## Disambiguation
Searches for "Sam Frost" return two different Australian public figures. One is a 194 cm AFL key defender whose playing record runs through Hawthorn; the other is this Sam Frost, the reality-television contestant turned *Home and Away* actress. Height and career are the fastest ways to tell them apart: a bio listing 194 cm refers to the footballer, while the actress was born in 1989.[6](https://australiavoice.org/features/sam-frost-afl-player-tv-personality/)
## References
1. [Sam Frost, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6877150/)
2. [Sam Frost: Who is 'Jasmine Delaney' from Home and Away?, New Idea (24 January 2019)](https://www.newidea.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-who-is-jasmine-delaney-from-home-and-away/)
3. [The Bachelor: Blake Garvey and Sam Frost split after engagement finale, The Guardian (3 October 2014)](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/australia-culture-blog/2014/oct/03/the-bachelor-engagement-is-already-off)
4. [Hell's Kitchen press kit, Seven West Media](https://sevenwestmedia.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/hells-kitchen-press-kit-starts-august-6-on-7.pdf)
5. [Sam Frost, Hachette Australia author page](https://www.hachette.com.au/sam-frost)
6. [Sam Frost: AFL Player & TV Personality – Age, Height, Net Worth, Australia Voice](https://australiavoice.org/features/sam-frost-afl-player-tv-personality/)
7. [Beautiful People 2020: Sam Frost On Her Lifelong Battle With Depression, WHO](https://www.who.com.au/news/who-most-beautiful-2020-sam-frost/)
8. [Sam Frost's big break from reality, The West Australian](https://thewest.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frosts-big-break-from-reality-ng-b88719656z)
9. [Sam Frost embracing 'dark side' on Home and Away, PerthNow (25 January 2020)](https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/sam-frost-embracing-dark-side-on-home-and-away-with-character-jasmine-returning-to-the-screen-forever-changed-ng-b881443271z)
10. [Sam Frost opens up about Jasmine's grief on Home And Away, WHO (3 September 2020)](https://www.who.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/sam-frost-home-and-away-jasmine-grief/)
11. [Cracking On with Sam Frost and Sarah Roberts, podcast episode listing](https://www.podscan.fm/podcasts/cracking-on-with-sam-frost-and-sarah-roberts/episodes/grief-breakup-and-cast-in-home-amp-away-all-at-the-same-time-with-luke-van-os)
12. [Sam Frost: Biography, Relationship & Career Facts, Australia Focus](https://australiafocus.net/features/sam-frost-biography-relationship-career/)
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