Cobie Smulders

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Jacoba "Cobie" Smulders
Born April 3, 1982 (1982-04-03) (age 26)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jacoba Fransisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders[1] (born April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an actress and former international model.

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[edit] Personal life

Born to a Dutch father and a British mother. She was named after her Dutch aunt, 'Jacoba', for which she developed the nickname 'Cobie'.[2]

As a child Smulders wanted to be either a doctor or a marine biologist but started to gain an interest in acting in high school, appearing in several school productions. Discovered by a modeling agency in her teens, she started to model internationally, including in locations such as Paris, Japan, Milan, Greece, and Germany.[3]

She finished high school in 2000 at Lord Byng with high honors, being voted "Most Respected," and continued modeling for a few years before settling in Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.[3]

She can speak French fluently,[4] and currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[5]

She has two sisters, Julie and Fiona, and one brother, Mark

[edit] Acting roles

Her first role was as a guest in the Showtime sci-fi series Jeremiah, and she has guest starred in numerous television series since, including a recurring part in The L Word.

Her first permanent series role was in the short-lived ABC series Veritas: The Quest; her second would be the series for which she is most well-known, the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, where she plays television reporter Robin Scherbatsky, also a Canadian.

Joss Whedon has joked[3] that she was his choice for the lead role in the film adaption of Wonder Woman after he left the project.[6]

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