Sara Cox (born December 13, 1974 in Bolton, Lancashire, England) is a British television and radio personality and presenter. Her most prestigious role was that of presenting the breakfast show on BBC Radio One from 2000 to 2003.

Sara Cox was born in Bolton. She left school after her A-levels to pursue a career in modelling. In 1994 she won her first television show role, presenting early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show. She later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show Exclusive and Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy. In September 1998 she landed a role as a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her friend Zoë Ball (Cox was to be a bridesmaid at Ball's wedding in 1999).