She’s hoping her winning streak makes the transition from the green to the dancefloor… She plays up to five times a week, regularly entering tournaments – and, quite often, winning.
Outside of work I’m in jeans, jogging bottoms, and golf gear mostly.” “I am a real tomboy – I don’t wear dresses often.
And the costumes will be quite a depature too: “This will definitely be outside my comfort zone,” she says. Naga is swapping early starts for Saturday nights swapping sitting behind a desk for twirling on the dancefloor. From there, regular stints on BBC Breakfast soon evolved into a role as permanent presenter, taking over from former Strictly finalist Susanna Reid. Television came calling, and Naga worked for Reuters, Bloomberg and Channel 4 before joining the BBC as a presenter on Working Lunch. A spell on the student paper gave her a taste for news, leading to a post-grad Journalism degree before working at the Evening Standard and the Observer. Born in South London in 1975, Naga’s inquisitive brain and academic nature saw her sail through school, and into an English degree at Leeds University.
