Pinkham was born in Buckinghamshire to barrister mother Joy, and property developer John. Natalie and her older brother, Sam Pinkham, who is a DJ and presenter for Virgin Radio, were raised at the family home in Northants. Pinkham was educated at Queenswood School, an independent boarding school, and then as a day girl at Rugby School, before studying politics at the University of Nottingham.
After graduation, she joined Endemol as a researcher on BBC Two's Ready Steady Cook, and then as an assistant producer on International King of Sports. She then worked for IMG/TWI as an assistant producer on Superstars.
Moving in front of the camera, she hosted the Isle of Man TT races for Men and Motors, reported from the Tennis Masters Cup in the United States for Sky Sports, and fronted Chelsea F.C.'s Blues News. Pinkham co-hosted ITV4's World Cuppa with Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell and BBC Radio 5 Live's Steve Bunce during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Pinkham also hosted the International Rugby Awards with Joel Stransky in 2004, the SALSA fashion show in 2004 with Craig Doyle, GOAL's Aura of Asia fundraising event with Liz Bonnin in 2005, and Extreme Sports Channel's coverage of the Euro Beach Soccer League and the Beach Soccer World Cup Draw with Eric Cantona in 2006.
In 2009, Pinkham co-hosted The Goodwood Festival of Speed with Steve Rider and in 2010 co-hosted The Goodwood Revival with Craig Doyle and Ben Fogle, respectively. In 2010, Pinkham guest presented Channel 5's Live from Studio Five and continued to be a regular panelist on The Wright Stuff. She also hosted the World Series of Poker Europe for ESPN.
Pinkham wrote regular pieces for the Mail on Sunday in the Health, Travel and Review sections.
It was confirmed on 13 January 2011 that Pinkham was to join BBC Radio 5 Live's Formula 1 commentary team as a pit lane reporter for the 2011 season - a role she took up beginning with the 2011 Australian Grand Prix.
In December 2011, it was announced she was working for Sky Sports covering the 2012 F1 season. Her main role for the 2012 season was pit reporting throughout the practice sessions, qualifying and the race. For 2013, she replaced Georgie Thompson as host of The F1 Show.
Pinkham is married to Owain Walbyoff, who is Managing Director at Endemol Games. In November 2010 the couple became engaged, and married in Portugal in July 2012. On 17 January 2015, Pinkham gave birth to their first child, a son. On 20 June 2016, she gave birth to their second child, a daughter. Australian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo is the godfather to Pinkham's son.
In 2025, Pinkham appeared as herself in the feature film F1.
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