Natalie Barr

Natalie Barr
Born	Natalie Anne Barr 19 March 1968 (1968-03-19) (age 43) Bunbury, WA, Australia
Residence	Sydney
Education	Curtin University
Occupation	Journalist, news and TV presenter
Employer	Seven Network
Spouse	Andrew
Children	Lachlan and Hunter
Website
Official website

Natalie Anne Barr (born 19 March 1968) is an Australian journalist, news and television presenter born in Bunbury, Western Australia.

Barr attended Bunbury Catholic College as head girl in her final year and then studied journalism at Curtin University. She worked in newspaper, radio and television journalism, including stints at the Wanneroo Times and Golden West Network, before moving to Los Angeles and working for KABC, KTLA and KCOP. While there she was awarded a Golden Mic for best newscast writing and was nominated for a Los Angeles area Emmy Award for her work on the O.J. Simpson car chase.

Barr joined Seven News in Sydney as a reporter in 1994 and also read the afternoon news updates.

Barr has been the news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise since 2002, after a stint as fill-in presenter over summer proved her popularity with the audience. She has previously presented other bulletins at Seven including Seven Morning News and Seven Late News, and Weekend Sunrise.

In July 2008, Barr began presenting Seven Early News alongside Mark Beretta at 5.30am, which leads into Sunrise where she is still the news presenter.^[1]

Barr is also a fill in presenter for Matt White on Today Tonight East Coast edition.

Barr was a front-runner to co-host Sunday Night, a new current affairs show.^[2] Chris Bath was appointed as co-host with Mike Munro.

In January 2009, Barr presented live from Washington DC for Sunrise for the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States.

Barr is married to Andrew (a television commercial editor). They have two children, Lachlan and Hunter.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Sunrise plays catch up to Today Show". news.com.au. 2008-07-12. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24007098-5006002,00.html. Retrieved 2008-07-12. 
2. ^ Reines, Ros (2008-12-21). "Sunday night suspense". news.com.au. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24828329-5006014,00.html. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
3. ^ VIP Mum Profile: Natalie Barr

External links

• The Sunrise Family
• Arrival gate Q&A - Natalie Barr
• EntertainOZ celebrity speakers
• Natalie Barr at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by originator	Sunrise News Presenter 2002 -	Succeeded by incumbent
Preceded by originator	Seven Early News Presenter with Mark Beretta (Sport) 2008 -	Succeeded by incumbent

Persondata
Name	Barr, Natalie
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Date of birth	19 March 1968
Place of birth	Bunbury, WA, Australia
Date of death
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