Natalie Lowe Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Early Life, Career, Affairs, Personal Life and More
Posted By: Nazia Mughal | October 6, 2018Natalie Lowe Biography
Natalie Lowe was born on 15 August 1980 in Sydney, Australia. She is an Australian ballroom dancer. Natalie is a four-time Australian ballroom dancer champion. She did competition and won Australia’s dancing with the stars with celebrity partner Anthony Koutoufides. Later she became part of Great Britain’s Strictly Come Dancing. She made competition in Strictly for seven series, leaving after the 2016 series concluded. Natalie has been active since 2004. She is a choreographer as well as a dancer.
Lowe raised in Sydney Australia. The family of her was living next door to a ballroom dance studio. At the age of 5, she began participating in dance lessons after watching her old brother and sister dance.
Natalie Lowe Career
Lowe joined Seven Network’s Dancing with the Stars in 2004, participating athlete Matt Shirvington. She then made participation in Lan Roberts and won the 2006 series with AFL footballer Anthony Koutoufides. Then she joined Home and Away actor Tim Campbell, and in the year of 208, her partner was boxer Danny Green.
In 2009, Lowe competed as a new professional dancer on the 7th series of the original British version of Strictly Come Dancing, partnering Hollyoaks’ Ricky Whittle. She joined the show with newcomers Aliona Vilani and Katya Virshilas. After their dance together in front of the judges, Lowe and Whittle were defined by head judge Len Goodman as maybe the most formidable pair in Strictly Come Dancing had ever seen. Even so, Lowe with Whittle completed in second. She also took part in 2010 series where her partner was Scott Maslon. They both eliminated in the semi-final of the competition along with Gavin Henson and Katya Virshilas.
2011-15
On 15 June 2011, the announcement of BBC was that Lowe would again be part of the professional dancers in the series of 2011 of Strictly Come Dancing. Her partner was Audley Harrison, and they were the sixth pair to leave. In the 2012 tenth series, her partner was former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan, they placed 7th.
In 2013, it revealed that Natalie would return for the 11th series. However, she suffered a foot wound during training and was replaced by Aliona Vilani. She returned to the 12th series, where her partner was television presenter Tim Wonnacott.
In March 2015, Lowe won comic relief special, ‘The People’s Strictly’ with Veteran, Cassidy Little. She also participated in the 13th series which was the main series of the show, and she partnered with celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott. They both eliminated in the 5th week of competition. Lowe then competed again with Little in the 2015 Christmas Special. In the series 14, she paired with Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford. On May 4, 2017, Lowe announced her departure from the show after the 7th series.
Beginning in 2005, she joined the cast of the ballroom dance stage show Burn The Floor. She toured with the show for five years. In March 2013, she launched Fitsteps, a dance-inspired fitness program, with mate Strictly professional dancer Lan Waite and former Strictly celebrity Mark Foster.
Natalie Lowe Personal Life
In Oct 2015, Lowe announced her engagement to company director James Knibbs. They both first met when they sat opposite each other on a train ride to London.
Natalie Lowe Facts
It was revealed by a reporter in August 2017, that Lowe is interested to marry James Knibbs after she had left her beloved BBC show. She wants to start a family and her way through her bucket list; now she has quit Strictly Come Dancing.
Speaking to the Daily Star, Australian dancer Lowe admitted that she felt she was ‘running out of time’ and that another series would hinder her having children with her fiance James Knibbs and achieving her other goals. Confirming she had made a right decision, she confessed that she has other goals that she wants to achieve and quitting the show gave her the time and space to do so.
Her ability to follow instructions puts him streets ahead. Natalie and James became engaged in Oct 2015 after two years of romance stemming from a chance meeting on a train between London and Leeds.
With a very heavy heart, she arrived at the decision to leave Strictly Come Dancing. The program was everything that she dreamed. According to her, the program was an incredible and extraordinary adventure for her.