Natalia Cooper
Natalia Cooper | |
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| Born | November 9, 1984 Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, television host |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | News presenter and reporter for 9News Perth; weather presenter on Today, Weekend Today, Seven News Perth |
Natalia Cooper (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian journalist and television host.
Currently, Cooper works as a news presenter and reporter for 9News Perth. Her past positions include weather presenter roles on Today, Weekend Today, and Seven News Perth, as well as a reporting role with 9News Sydney.
Career
Cooper pursued journalism studies at Curtin University and launched her television career in Perth in 2003 after earning a cadetship at STW. She spent five years presenting the weather and occasionally filling in as a news presenter on Nine News Perth, delivering her first weather segment at age 19 and debuting as a newsreader at 20.
Following six months of international travel in late 2008, she worked as a freelance journalist before moving to London in 2009. Upon returning to Perth, she took over as weather presenter for Seven News after Jeff Newman retired.
In 2012, Cooper relocated to Sydney to join Nine News as a reporter. By June 2013, she had replaced Sylvia Jeffreys as the New South Wales correspondent on Today, a position she held until March 2014. That same year, she also covered the weather presenting duties on Nine News Sydney during Amber Sherlock’s maternity absence.
In January 2015, Cooper became the weather presenter for Weekend Today, succeeding Emma Freedman, and remained until November 2016. The following month, she exchanged roles with Steven Jacobs, taking on the weather presenting role on Today while Jacobs moved to Weekend Today.
After returning from maternity leave in February 2019, Cooper shifted into a combined presenter and reporter position at Nine News. In November 2021, she moved back to Perth with her family and continued working as a senior reporter for Nine News.
Personal life
Cooper married music producer Carl Fox in March 2016.
She announced her first pregnancy in September 2018 and welcomed a son named Ezra in January 2019. The name Ezra was inspired by Ezra Koenig, the lead vocalist of Vampire Weekend. Following his birth, Ezra required specialized medical attention due to fluid accumulation in his lungs.