Claire Hooper

Claire Hooper (born 5 September 1976 in Perth) is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer. Prior to entering comedy she worked in children's and adult theatre in Perth as an actress and director, and she attended Curtin University, graduating with a degree in Theatre Studies. In 2004 she won the Western Australian finals of Triple J's Raw Comedy, and in 2005 was selected to perform in The Comedy Zone for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

In 2006 she performed a one-hour live show titled Oh, inspired by discovering she had a goitre that required surgery; during the show she did not speak at all, communicating instead through recorded audio, videos, handwritten signs, breakdancing and mime, and it earned a nomination for the Best Newcomer award. Her 2007 show Show Girl was inspired by Kylie Minogue, and in 2008 she returned to the festival with a new solo show, Storybook. She appeared as a team captain on the 2008 revival of Good News Week on Network Ten and was a regular on The Sideshow.

In July 2015 Hooper and Mel Buttle were announced as the hosts of the second season of The Great Australian Bake Off, which returned for further seasons through 2018. In 2024 she was awarded The Piece of Wood Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and in 2025 she began hosting Claire Hooper's House of Games, the Australian version of the British quiz show Richard Osman's House of Games, on ABC TV.