Natalie Lowe

Biography

Australian Natalie is 31 years old, and 5'9 1/2''.

Natalie's professional dance partner is her brother Glenn, and together they have won a string of amateur and professional competitions.

Her speciality is Ballroom.

Strictly

In 2009 Natalie was partnered with Hollyoaks star Ricky Whittle. The pair scored consistently well with the judges and finished the competition in second place. Natalie described Ricky as, ''one of the most talented celebrities Strictly has ever seen. I feel very blessed to have been partnered with him.''

Last year Natalie’s dance partner was EastEnders star Scott Maslen. Natalie really enjoyed taking to the floor with Scott and the pair gave some impressive performances throughout the series. Scott and Natalie made it to the semi-final and ended the show on a high scoring 35/40 dancing the Charleston.

Background

Natalie was born into a family of five in 1980 in Sydney, Australia. Her mother and father weren't dancers, apart from the occasional shuffle around the kitchen table, but she was encouraged by her neighbours to start ballroom dancing at the local Seven Hills RSL club in 1985.

Natalie had her first try-out in 1986 with Jonathon Doone and she started competing straight away. She later decided she wanted to dance with her brother Glenn, even though he was 5 years older than her. That meant that she missed out most of her junior years to dance with him and went straight to the adult category.

They competed in small, intensive trips overseas and had lessons from some of the world's best teachers. Natalie was planning to move to Europe to further her dance education and training, but due to a family illness she stayed in Australia.

What she didn't realise at the time was that this would be the start of her Strictly story, as she was picked to be a regular dancer on Dancing With The Stars there. Series 7 was her first appearance on the UK's Strictly Come Dancing.

Trivia

When she's not dancing, Natalie has a whole host of hobbies and interests including fishing, surfing, camping, water skiing, walking her Labrador and relaxing on the beach with a good book.

Natalie on Wikipedia

Dancing partner

Natalie Lowe is partnered with Audley Harrison.

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