Rebecca Lowe

About Rebecca Lowe

Rebecca Lowe (born 11 November 1980) is a British and American television presenter and anchor who works for NBC and NBC Sports. She previously worked at the BBC, Setanta Sports UK and ESPN UK.

The daughter of BBC News presenter Chris Lowe, she was born in Ealing, west London, where she reportedly walked to school with footballer Peter Crouch. Lowe attended Notting Hill & Ealing High School then Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania, United States on an English-Speaking Union scholarship. She graduated with a 2:1 BA Honours Degree in Drama from the University of East Anglia in 2002.

Career
Seeking to be an actress, after graduation she worked at TalkSport while looking for an agent.[4] In November 2002, she won BBC Television's Talent Search for a football reporter.

Lowe reported from a top Premier League match every Saturday for Final Score, was regularly a reporter on interviews and features for Football Focus, and was the presenter of a "Football in the Community" feature every Sunday morning on Match of the Day (all on BBC One).

She was a regular contributor to BBC Television's Match of the Day 2 and Grandstand. She was also one of the main sports presenters on BBC News 24 and BBC Radio Five Live, and has additionally broadcast sports news for BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 1, 2 and 4.

Lowe worked as BBC One's England team reporter during the 2005 Women's European Championship, and was a reporter for BBC Two at the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia. She also performed the role of pitch side reporter at the FA Women's Cup Final in 2003, 2004 and 2005, which was shown live on BBC One. Lowe reported from the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.

Rebecca is married to British football manager Paul Buckle, who formerly managed Torquay United, Luton Town and Cheltenham Town teams, whom she married in July 2013 in a private ceremony in Santorini, Greece.

Lowe gave birth to her first child, Edward "Teddy" Christopher Buckle, on April 17, 2016.

On 9 March 2022, Lowe announced via her Instagram account that both she and her husband had become naturalized American citizens, while retaining their British citizenship.

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