{{Short description|British news reader (born 1971)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = Lucy Cohen-Owen.jpg | caption = Owen in 2012 | birth_name = Lucy Jane Cohen | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|6|18}} | birth_place = Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales | death_date = | death_place = | education = | occupation = Newsreader | alias = | title = | family = | years_active = 1991–present | spouse = {{marriage|Rhodri Owen<br />|2004}} | children = 1 | relatives = | credits = Wales Tonight<br />BBC Wales Today }}

'''Lucy Owen''' (born 18 June 1971 as '''Lucy Jane Cohen''') is a Welsh television news reader.

==Career== Owen began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Wales as a researcher, later progressing to a reporting and co-presenting role for a features programme. She joined HTV Wales in 1995 as a newsreader for regional opt-outs during GMTV, and between 1996 and 2007, she co-presented ''Wales Tonight'', the regional news programme on ITV Wales, broadcast from Cardiff.

Owen presented on the now defunct ITV News Channel, and was also seen anchoring the main ITV News: ''Lunchtime News'', ''Evening News'' and ''Weekend News''. Owen signed off from her last edition of ''Wales Tonight'' on Friday 19 October 2007. From 5 November 2007, Owen began presenting the BBC Wales evening news programme ''BBC Wales Today'', replacing long-standing presenter Sara Edwards.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6969149.stm Changing faces of BBC Wales news] BBC News – 29 August 2007</ref> As a result of the channel move, Owen also joined her husband on the team of BAFTA award-winning ''X-Ray.'' Since 2016, she has co-hosted ''X-Ray'' with Rachel Treadway-Williams and comedian Omar Hamdi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082kqy2|title=Episode 7, Series 16, X-Ray - BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=2017-12-27}}</ref>

Owen was one of eight people chosen to participate in a week learning Welsh on a campsite in Pembrokeshire in the series ''cariad@iaith:love4language'', shown on S4C in May 2012.

==Personal life== Owen married fellow Welsh television presenter Rhodri Owen in June 2004 at St Andrew's Church in St Andrews Major near Dinas Powys.<ref> but is now separated (ref Rhodri Owen).[http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=16517360&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=tv-star-rhodri-in-court-name_page.html December 2005 news story describing Rhodri Owen's day in court after being charged with a driving offence]</ref> The couple co-parent together in Cowbridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucy Owen |url=https://fireflypress.co.uk/authors/lucy-owen/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Firefly Press |language=en-US}}</ref> After trying to conceive, the couple undertook treatment via IVF.<ref>[http://theinfertileinformer.blogspot.com/2007/09/lucy-owen-on-pains-and-joys-of-ivf.html Lucy Owen on the pains and joys of IVF] Western Mail – Catherine Jones, September 17, 2007</ref> Their child, Gabriel, was born on 10 March 2008 by Caesarean section, weighing 5&nbsp;lb 12oz (2.3&nbsp;kg).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7308325.stm|title=Lucy Owen's baby makes TV debut |publisher=BBC Wales|date=21 March 2008|accessdate=2008-03-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/03/11/lucy-owen-gives-birth-to-a-boy-91466-20604198/|title=Lucy Owen gives birth to a boy|publisher=Western Mail|date= 11 March 2008|accessdate=2008-03-20}}</ref>

Owen has worked with St John Ambulance,<ref>[http://www.stjohnwales.co.uk/news/photo_library.asp St John Ambulance Wales<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007050805/http://www.stjohnwales.co.uk/news/photo_library.asp |date=2007-10-07 }}</ref> and Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales, which provides specialist Bobath therapy to children who have cerebral palsy; she is also an ambassador for Tŷ Hafan, the hospice for children in Wales, and the Prince's Trust in Wales.{{CN|date=September 2022}}

In 2023, Owen came close to losing her eyesight due to a detached retina, only discovering the problem during a routine eye test.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Wales presenter Lucy Owen's eyesight saved by routine test |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66935226 |website=BBC News |access-date=2 October 2023 |date=2 October 2023}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=4085129|name=Lucy Owen}} *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vj0b ''Lucy Owen''] (BBC Radio Wales) *[http://www.knightayton.co.uk/frameset.html?http://www.knightayton.co.uk/lucy_owen.html Bio at Knight Ayton] *[http://www.bobathwales.org Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales]

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