Vick Hope Parents: Meet Geordie Nigel Hope & Adeline Nwosu

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Vick Hope was born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne by her English father, Geordie Nigel Hope and Nigerian mother, Adeline Nwosu. She has three younger brothers.

Hope studied modern languages at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and can speak French, Spanish and Portuguese. Hope has spoken in interviews about teaching herself Spanish and taking night classes in Newcastle in extra A-level subjects to win her place at Cambridge.

Hope previously hosted the Capital Breakfast show on Capital FM with Roman Kemp and Sonny Jay, Crufts on Channel 4, Carnage on Sky One, Trending Live on 4Music, and FYI Daily on ITV2. She was also a backstage presenter for ITV’s The X Factor in 2019 after becoming the digital reporter for The Voice UK in 2018. In 2020, she became the red-carpet host of the 2020 BAFTA Film Awards.

As well as presenting, Hope has worked as a print and broadcast journalist for ITN and publications including The Argentina Independent and Marie Claire. In 2015, Hope won the Broadcasting Powerhouse Award at the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards. She is human rights activist and Amnesty International ambassador, having worked with the organisation since she was 16.

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