Eugènie Herlaar (10 November 1939 – 14 August 2024) was a Dutch television news presenter.

She is most known for being the first Dutch female news presenter of NOS Journaal in 1965.

[1][2] In the 1960s it was assumed female news presenters were not desirable, and turned out from a British test of the BBC.

She made many reports, including the announcement of the birth of Prince Willem-Alexander.

She was praised for her 'velvet voice' and received multiple prizes including twice the Order of Orange-Nassau (member in 1998 and knight in 2008) and a prize in 1966 by the “Nederlandse Vereniging voor Slechthorenden”.