Elisa Jordana | |
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Born |
Elisa Schwartz Old Bridge Township, New Jersey |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Nationality | American |
Education | Connecticut School of Broadcasting |
Occupation | Radio personality, writer, musician |
Television | The Howard Stern Show |
Elisa Ann Schwartz (born June 30,1988) known professionally as Elisa Jordana, is an American radio personality, musician, writer, and online talk show host. She is best known for her appearances on The Howard Stern Show and as a former member of the dance-pop band, Cobra Starship.
Elisa Jordana studied in Radio, television, and Digital Communications at Connecticut School of Broadcasting, the same school fellow former Howard Stern staff member Artie Lange attended.
Jordana was an original member of the dance-pop band Cobra Starship as a keytarist and backup singer. After three years in the band, she broke free to make an attempt at a solo career, launching songs such as Fuck You, I'm Fine and Online Sweetheart.
Jordana first made her debut on The Howard Stern Show in November 2011. She was interviewed by Howard Stern about her relationship with a writer of the show, Benjy Bronk. Jordana appeared in studio nearly a dozen times since then for interviews, games, and musical performances. She was awarded the title of Miss Howard TV in May 2012.
Jordana was also hired as a writer for The Howard Stern Show for four years starting from late 2011 to December 2015 before being let go due to salary cuts.
Once she left the The Howard Stern Show, Jordana created her own talk show titled, Kermit and Friends. She debuted the show on the now defunct website Spreecast in February 2015 and lasted for over a year. The show was featured on The Howard Stern Show and received acknowledgement from talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel.
After writing comedy for close to 5 years and having a successful stint as a writer for The Howard Stern Show, Jordana started to take a more serious tone in her writing and became a student of New York Times Best Selling Author Susan Shapiro. She has had columns featured in XOJane,Marie Claire,The Washington Post, and The Rumpus.