Natalie Barr

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

Barr is currently news presenter on the Seven Network's Sunrise and presenter of Seven Early News.

Career

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.

Personal life

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

References

External links

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