Natalie Morales Biography
Natalie Morales-Rhodes is an American journalist who is currently a co-host and moderator of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. Prior to that, Morales worked for NBC News for twenty-two years in various roles as the West Coast anchor of Today and appeared on Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.
Natalie Morales Age and Birthday
Natalie is 50 years old as of 2023. She was born on 6 June 1972 in Taipei, Taiwan. Natalie celebrates her birthday on 6 June every year.
Natalie Morales Height and Weight
Morales stands at an average height of 5 feet and 4 inches tall. She has a weight of 58 kilograms. However, her body measurements have not yet been made public. We will update this section when the information becomes available.
Natalie Morales Family, Parents, and Siblings
Natalie was born in Taiwan, to a Brazilian mother, Penelope, and a Puerto Rican father, Lieutenant Colonel Mario Morales, Jr. She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and spent the first eighteen years of her life living in the United States and overseas in Panama, Brazil, and Spain.
Natalie Morales Husband
Morales is happily married to her loving husband Joseph Rhodes on August 22, 1998. The couple is blessed with two handsome sons namely Josh and Luke Hudson.
Natalie Morales Education
Natalie graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Latin American studies and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Natalie Morales Career
Morales began her on-air career at News 12 – The Bronx as the first-morning anchor under News 12 – The Bronx’s first news director Roberto Soto, and original studio directors Tom D’Elia, Brian Webb, Darryl Stith, and David Rein. She also served as a camera operator, editor, and producer for that network. Moreover, she later went on to serve as a weekend anchor and reporter, and morning co-anchor at WVIT-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where she reported on the Columbine shootings, Hurricane Floyd, the 2000 Presidential election, and the September 11, 2001 attacks. She also co-hosted and reported for the Emmy-nominated documentary, Save Our Sound, a joint production with WNBC on preserving the Long Island Sound.
Before joining CBS in 2021, Morales was the west coast anchor of “Today,” a correspondent for “Dateline NBC” and the anchor of “Behind Closed Doors with Natalie Morales,” a series presented by Reelz. Previously, she was the host of “Access,” co-host of “Access Live” and was a news anchor of “Today,” where she co-hosted the third hour. She joined “Today” in 2006 as a national correspondent.
During her two decades of reporting for NBC News, she covered many major national and international breaking news events, including the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Festival mass shooting, the Boston Marathon bombing, the rescue of Chilean miners in 2010, and the 2009 presidential inauguration. In August 2008, Morales had an exclusive jailhouse interview with the infamous Clark Rockefeller. Her other notable reports include Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, and the election of Pope Francis in 2013. She also reported on the royal wedding in 2011 and the birth of Prince George in 2013.
Natalie Morales Net worth and Salary
Morales has an estimated salary of around $ 6 million. She also has an estimated net worth of $ 18 million dollars which she has earned from her broadcasting career.
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