Since October 2021, she has presented BBC Breakfast along with Nina Warhurst, Naga Munchetty, Charlie Stayt and Jon Kay.
In November 2011, Nugent began co-presenting BBC Breakfast on a freelance basis, filling in when regular hosts were unavailable.
From April 2012 she presented sports bulletins alongside Mike Bushell on Breakfast following the programme's move to its new location at Media City in Salford.
She established herself as one of the regular co-presenters of the Breakfast team after appearing on the Christmas Eve 2012 edition with Bill Turnbull,[4] through to September 2021 reporting on Emma Raducanu's historic victory in the US Open tennis championship.
On 27 October 2021, it was announced that Nugent would become a permanent presenter of BBC Breakfast alongside Dan Walker, Charlie Stayt, and Naga Munchetty.