Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke

Chalke in December 2008
Born Sarah Cassandra Chalke
August 27, 1976 (1976-08-27) (age 33)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Other name(s) Sarah Louise Christine Chalke
Occupation Actress
Years active 1984–present

Sarah Cassandra Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress with dual American and Canadian citizenship, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC comedy Scrubs, Becky Conner Healy on Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.[1]

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[edit] Early life

Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of the three daughters of Douglas and Angie Chalke. Her mother is originally from Rostock, Germany. According to a Scrubs commentary track, she used to attend the German school in her hometown twice a week. Her first language is English, although she speaks French fairly well and German fluently. This was later incorporated to her character Elliot Reid in Scrubs, who also speaks German fluently. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.

[edit] Career

Chalke's acting career began at the age of eight when she began appearing in musical theater productions. At 12, she became a reporter on the Canadian children's show KidZone. In 1993, she took over the role of Rebecca Conner-Healy on Roseanne after Lecy Goranson left the series; she made a cameo appearance as a different character in the Roseanne episode "Halloween: The Final Chapter" (#178, originally aired October 31, 1995). She returned briefly to Canada where she starred in the CBC Television drama Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998-1999).

In 2001, she was cast as Dr. Elliot Reid in the NBC comedy series Scrubs. She has appeared in several feature films, including Ernest Goes to School and Cake. She appeared in Channel 101's The 'Bu with The Lonely Island, a parody of the hit show The O.C., but was credited as "Pamela Fenton". In 2007, she appeared as a supporting character in Chaos Theory, which starred Ryan Reynolds. In 2008, Chalke became the spokesperson for a line of women's underwear by Hanes that included a series of commercials directed by her Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.[2][3]

In 2008 and 2009 she made appearances in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Stella Zinman, a dermatologist who the main character Ted Mosby met when he was trying to get his tattoo removed. They dated and he even proposed to her, but later on in Season 4 she left him at the altar.

[edit] Activism

Chalke lost her aunt and grandmother to breast cancer that was undiagnosed while in its early stages. Chalke has since encouraged breast cancer detection and prevention, and starred in the Lifetime movie Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy.[4] She is an ambassador for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video lampooning the National Organization for Marriage's anti-gay marriage public service announcement.[5] She is also the 2009 ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure(R) program, for whom she also designed a t-shirt [6]

[edit] Personal life

She is engaged to lawyer Jamie Afifi, with whom she is expecting a baby boy on December 25th 2009.[7]

Her father is a lawyer in private practice in Vancouver. Her parents operate an adoption agency that specializes in placing foreign orphans (primarily Chinese) with Canadian families. Her older sister Natasha is also a lawyer, and she has a younger sister named Piper. In April 2008 Chalke became a naturalized American citizen.[citation needed]

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1999 All Shook Up Katy Dudston
2000 Spin Cycle Tess
Cinderella: Single Again Cinderella
2001 Kill Me Later Linda
XCU: Extreme Close Up Jane Bennett
2005 Alchemy Samantha Rose
Cake Jane
2007 Chaos Theory Paula Crowe
Mama's Boy Maya
2008 Prop 8: The Musical Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell Short film

[edit] Television

Year Film Role Notes
1992 City Boy Angelica TV film
1993 Neon Rider Annie Episode: "Labour Day"
The Odyssey Estate Agent Episode: "A Place Called Nowhere"
Relentless: Mind of a Killer Carrie TV film
Woman on the Ledge Elizabeth TV film
1993-97 Roseanne Becky Conner-Healy 70 episodes
Recurring role starting with the Season 6 episode "Homecoming"
1994 Ernest Goes to School Maisy as Sarah Chalk
Beyond Obsession Laura Sawyer TV film
1996 Robin of Locksley Marion Fitzwater TV film
Dead Ahead Heather Loch TV film
Stand Against Fear Krista Wilson TV film
1997 Daughters Annie Morrell TV film
A Child's Wish Melinda TV film
Dying to Belong Drea Davenport TV film
Dead Man's Gun Murial Jakes Episode: "The Bounty Hunter"
1998 I've Been Waiting for You Sarah Zoltanne TV film
1999 Y2K Myra TV film
First Wave Chloe Wells Episode: "The Channel"
1999-00 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Gloria Hobson 23 episodes
Main role starting with the episode "Home Alone"
2001-present Scrubs Dr. Elliot Reid Seasons: 1-9
Main role
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Dr. Elliot Reid TV film
2002-03 Clone High Marie Antoinette Episode: "Election Blu-Galoo"
Episode: "A Room of One's Clone: The Pie of the Storm"
"Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode"
2006 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Geralyn Lucas TV film
2007 Saturday Night Live Dr. Elliot Reid "Zach Braff/Maroon 5"
2008-09 How I Met Your Mother Stella Zinman Episode: "Ten Sessions"
Episode: "Rebound Bro"
Episode: "Miracles"
Episode: "Do I Know You?"
Episode: "I Heart NJ"
Episode: "Shelter Island"
Episode: "Happily Ever After"
Episode: "Right Place Right Time"
Episode: "As Fast As She Can"
2009 Maneater Clarissa Alpert Episode: "Part 1"
Episode: "Part 2"
Mini-series
Prep and Landing Magee TV special
Voice

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