Ella Hooper

Ella Keighery Hooper (born 30 January 1983)[1] is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter,[2] radio presenter and TV personality.

[3] Hooper has worked on 2DayFM[4] and was one of the two captains in the short-lived revival of the ABC television show Spicks and Specks that commenced in February 2014.

Her parents worked as English and drama teachers, and encouraged Hooper to develop her songwriting skills while Jesse became a guitarist very early on.

In mid-2006, she toured Australia with the all-female musical line-up of Broad, alongside Australian pop musician Deborah Conway, among others.

[12] After Killing Heidi broke up, Hooper began playing acoustic gigs at smaller venues in Australia alongside Jesse as the Verses.

[15] Hooper returned to television on 5 February 2014, as one of two team captains (along with Adam Richard) in the comeback of the ABC's musical quiz show Spicks and Specks.

[17] In September 2016, Hooper made a surprise appearance in the seventh episode of an Australian documentary web series called How To Be A Fan With Hex.

[18] In 2018, Hooper joined with Kate Miller-Heidke, Wendy Matthews, Kristin Barardi and Rachel Gaudry for a series of concerts entitled "Both Sides Now: Celebrating the Songs of Joni Mitchell'.