Natalia Cooper
{{short description|Australian reporter and presenter (born 1984)|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|11|09}}
| birth_place = Perth, Western Australia{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com.au/meet-the-team/perth/natalia-cooper |title=NATALIA COOPER |date= |accessdate=2023-05-18 |quote= |publisher=Nine News }}
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| nationality = Australian
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| occupation = Journalist and TV presenter
| years_active = 2003–present
| employer = Nine Network
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| spouse = {{marriage|Carl Fox|2016}}
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Natalia Cooper (born 9 November 1984{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}) is an Australian reporter and television presenter.
Cooper is currently a news presenter and reporter on 9News Perth. She has previously been weather presenter on Today, Weekend Today, Seven News Perth and a reporter on 9News Sydney.
Career
Cooper studied journalism at Curtin University. She began her career in television in Perth in 2003 after she was offered a cadetship at STW after she graduated.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} She worked as the station's weather presenter and fill-in news presenter for five years on Nine News Perth. She presented her first weather bulletin at age 19, and her first news bulletin at 20.{{cite web|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/change-in-the-weather-as-cooper-takes-over-20090810-efju.html|title=Natalia Cooper replaces Jeff Newman on Channel 7|work=WA Today|date=10 August 2009 }}
Cooper travelled the world for 6 months at the end of 2008 and then worked as a freelance journalist before moving to London in 2009. She came back to Perth to take up the position as Seven News weather presenter upon Jeff Newman's retirement.{{cite web|url=http://www.australian-media.com.au/news/13100/natalia-cooper-to-replace-jeff-newman/|title=Natalia Cooper to replace Jeff Newman - Australian-Media.com.au News|work=australian-media.com.au}}
In 2012, she relocated to Sydney and began working as a reporter for Nine News Sydney.
In June 2013, Cooper replaced Sylvia Jeffreys as New South Wales reporter on Today. She remained as a reporter on Today until March 2014.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} She also filled in as weather presenter on Nine News Sydney when Amber Sherlock went on maternity leave in the same year.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
In January 2015, Cooper replaced Emma Freedman as weather presenter on Weekend Today. She remained in the position until November 2016. In December 2016, she swapped places with Steven Jacobs, who moved to Weekend Today to spend more time with his family,{{cite news |author=Holly Byrnes |agency= |title=The Today Show's new weather presenter Natalia Cooper talks about 'the new Karl in my life' |url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/morning-shows/the-today-shows-new-weather-presenter-natalia-cooper-talk-about-the-new-karl-in-my-life/news-story/eed82f223b900f42214188b01da17b9d |quote= |newspaper=news.com.au |date=2016-12-11 |access-date=2023-05-18 }} and became the weather presenter on Today.{{cite news |author=Peter de Kruijff |agency= |title=Blue skies and extended family lure Natalia Cooper back to Perth |url=https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/blue-skies-and-extended-family-lure-natalia-cooper-back-to-perth-20211206-p59f4a.html |quote= |newspaper=WA Today |date=2021-12-07 |access-date=2023-05-18 }}
In February 2019, upon returning from maternity leave, Cooper was redeployed to Nine News as a presenter and reporter.{{Cite web|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/entertainment/television/weather-presenter-natalia-cooper-wont-return-to-today/news-story/45da758cfcfd1d1e109bfdf8ee95f734|title=Today show loses another host|date=2019-02-08|website=www.couriermail.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-02-08}}
In November 2021, it was reported that Cooper would return to Perth with her family and continue as a senior reporter with Nine News.{{Cite web|url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2021/11/natalia-cooper-to-depart-nine-news-sydney.html|title=Natalia Cooper to depart Nine News Sydney|date=2021-11-21|website=TV Tonight|language=en|access-date=2021-11-21}}
Personal life
In March 2016, Cooper married music producer, Carl Fox.{{Cite news|url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/todays-natalia-cooper-has-tied-the-knot/|title=Today's Natalia Cooper's wedding photos are nothing short of magical.|date=2016-03-29|work=Mamamia|access-date=2018-09-17|language=en-US}}
In September 2018, Cooper announced that she was pregnant with her and her husband's first child.{{Cite web|url=https://honey.nine.com.au/2018/09/17/07/32/today-shows-natalia-cooper-announces-pregnancy|title=The TODAY Show's Natalia Cooper announces pregnancy|website=honey.nine.com.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-09-17}} She gave birth to a son named Ezra (who was named after Ezra Koenig, the lead singer of US indie rock band Vampire Weekend) in January 2019. Immediately after his birth, Ezra was placed in special care due to checks revealing he was born with fluid on his lungs.{{cite news |author=Karlie Rutherford |agency= |title=Why Natalia Cooper really left Today |url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/why-natalia-cooper-really-left-today/news-story/cfc44e88530a14e2559990639ebfa09d |quote= |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=2019-04-14 |access-date=2023-05-18 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.9jumpin.com.au/show/today/team/bios/natalia-cooper/ Nine news profile]
- [https://twitter.com/natalia_cooper9 Twitter profile]
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Category:Seven News presenters
Category:Curtin University alumni
Category:Australian television newsreaders and news presenters