Lucy Owen | |
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 Lucy Owen in May 2012 | |
| Born | Lucy Jane Cohen 18 June 1971 |
| Occupation | Newsreader |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Wales Tonight BBC Wales Today |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Lucy Owen (born 18 June 1971 as Lucy Jane Cohen) is a Welsh television news reader.
Owen attended Howell's School in Llandaff, Cardiff, and graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, in English.[ citation needed ] She is of Jewish heritage.[ citation needed ]
Owen began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Wales as a researcher, later progressing to a reporting and co-presenting role for a features programme. She joined HTV Wales in 1995 as a newsreader for regional opt-outs during GMTV, and between 1996 and 2007, she co-presented Wales Tonight , the regional news programme on ITV Wales, broadcast from Cardiff.
Owen presented on the now defunct ITV News Channel, and was also seen anchoring the main ITV News: Lunchtime News, Evening News and Weekend News. Owen signed off from her last edition of Wales Tonight on Friday 19 October 2007. From Monday 5 November 2007 Owen began presenting the BBC Wales evening news programme BBC Wales Today , replacing long-standing presenter Sara Edwards. [1] To Owen's surprise it then came to light that she was following in her late father – Jeff Cohen's – footsteps as he had worked as an occasional freelance newsreader on Wales Today in 1962 whilst establishing his estate agency business. [2] [3] As a result of the channel move, Owen also joined her husband on the team of BAFTA award-winning X-Ray. Since 2016, she has co-hosted X-Ray with Rachel Treadway-Williams and comedian Omar Hamdi. [4]
Owen was one of eight people chosen to participate in a week learning Welsh on a campsite in Pembrokeshire in the series cariad@iaith:love4language , shown on S4C in May 2012.
Owen married fellow Welsh television presenter Rhodri Owen in June 2004 at St Andrew's Church in St Andrews Major near Dinas Powys. [5] The couple co-parent together in Cowbridge. [6] After trying to conceive, the couple undertook treatment via IVF. [7] Their Child, Gabriel was born on 10 March 2008 by Caesarean section, weighing 5 lb 12oz (2.3 kg). [8] [9]
Owen has worked with St John Ambulance, [10] and Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales, which provides specialist Bobath therapy to children who have cerebral palsy; she is also an ambassador for Tŷ Hafan, the hospice for children in Wales, and the Prince's Trust in Wales.[ citation needed ]
In 2023, Owen came close to losing her eyesight due to a detached retina, only discovering the problem during a routine eye test. [11]
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