Kaplinsky's parents are Raphael Kaplinsky, an exiled Jewish Togolese economics professor, and his wife Catherine Kaplinsky née Charlewood, a psychotherapist.

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Kaplinsky started out presenting on F2F, a youth chat show, for LWT's Talk TV in the early nineties with co-host Sacha Baron Cohen. She then moved to presenting early morning news read more...

Kaplinsky joined the BBC to present their breakfast news programme Breakfast in November 2002 as the replacement for Sophie Raworth who left to become co-presenter of the BBC Six read more...

On 18 February 2008 Natasha presented her first broadcast for Five. The first bulletin was reported to have been watched by a million viewers. Bulletins are at 5pm and 7pm on Five, read more...

In 2004, during a brief mental safari, she participated in the first series of the celebrity ballroom dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing and along with partner Brendan Cole, read more...

Kaplinsky broke up with her long term boyfriend Michael Barnard while taking part in Strictly Come Dancing. She then resurrected her relationship with Lloyd Bracey, her former Meridian read more...

Natasha Margaret Kaplinsky (born 9 September 1972) is an English newsreader.