Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski | |
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![]() Strahovski at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con | |
Born | Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski 30 July 1982 Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse |
Tim Loden (m. 2017) |
Children | 1 |
Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski[1][2] (born 30 July 1982), known professionally as Yvonne Strahovski (/strəˈhɒvski/), is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as CIA Agent Sarah Walker in the NBC spy drama series Chuck (2007–2012), Hannah McKay in the Showtime drama series Dexter (2012–2013), and CIA Agent Kate Morgan in the Fox event series 24: Live Another Day (2014). She stars as Serena Joy Waterford in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), for which she has received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Strahovski's other notable works include Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010), Killer Elite (2011), I, Frankenstein (2014), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), Manhattan Night (2016), He's Out There (2018), and The Predator (2018). She has also voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and Batwoman in the animated superhero film Batman: Bad Blood (2016).
Early life
Strahovski was born in Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia[3] the daughter of Piotr and Bożena Strzechowski;[4] her parents immigrated from Warsaw, Poland. Her father is an electronic engineer, and her mother is a lab technician.[5] Strahovski began acting lessons at age 12[6] and spent her high school years attending Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. She attended the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean in 2003 and co-founded a small theater company.[7][8]
Career
Strahovski started acting during her schooling years when she played Viola in the school production of Twelfth Night.[9] She appeared in film and television roles in Australia, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and as Freya Lewis in the Australian drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine's Sea Patrol.
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Strahovski sent in her audition tape for the TV series Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC's 2007 series Bionic Woman.[10] She was contacted by the producers of Chuck the next day to come in and run lines with Zachary Levi. The producers called her back a week later letting her know she had been cast as Sarah Walker. Six months later, she moved to the United States.[11] Strahovski adopted the more phonetic spelling of Strahovski as her stage name in place of Strzechowski at this time,[12] at producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation.
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Strahovski speaks fluent Polish, and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" and again in the episodes "Chuck Versus the Three Words" and "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in a "Hollywood" Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus the Ex".
Strahovski appears in Mass Effect Galaxy, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 as the voice of Miranda Lawson. She had her face scanned and animated so she could portray Lawson in Mass Effect 2.
Strahovski voices Aya Brea in the English version of the Parasite Eve spinoff, The 3rd Birthday, which was released on March 2011 for the PlayStation Portable. She also appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in April 2011, parodying the music styles of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.[13]
Strahovski appeared in the 2011 film Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.[14] She also appeared in the 2012 comedy The Guilt Trip, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.[15]
In 2010, Strahovski received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress for Chuck, as well as a nomination for Spike Video Game Awards for Best Performance by a Human Female for Mass Effect 2. In 2011, Strahovski was nominated again for the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Action TV Actress. In 2011, Cosmopolitan Magazine (Australia) named Strahovski the Fun Fearless Female of the Year, along with Favorite TV Actress.
In November 2011, Strahovski was cast as the female lead in I, Frankenstein (2014).[16] In March 2012, she was featured in a new SoBe Life commercial. And in May 2012, Strahovski ranked No. 35 in Maxim Hot 100. In June 2012, Showtime announced Strahovski had joined the cast for the seventh season of Dexter in which she plays the role of Hannah McKay, a woman involved with an investigation following the death of her former lover, a spree killer whom she accompanied when she was a teenager.[17] She reprised her role as Hannah McKay in the eighth season of Dexter.[18]
In December 2012, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy,[19][20] for which she won a Theatre World Award.[21] Strahovski was honored along with Liam Hemsworth for their work in international roles with the 2012 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.[22]
In 2014, Strahovski joined Fox's TV series 24: Live Another Day cast as Kate Morgan, CIA agent.[23] Later that year, she was cast as Rene Carpenter on the ABC limited series The Astronaut Wives Club.[24] In 2016, she starred, along with Adrien Brody, as Caroline Crowley in the film noir Manhattan Night. She was featured in Maxim Hot 100 from 2009 to 2013.[25]
Since 2017, she has starred as Serena Joy Waterford in the acclaimed Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale. For her performance, Strahovski earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2018.[26]
Personal life
At the 2017 Emmy Awards, Strahovski revealed that she was married to Tim Loden, her partner of six years.[27] Their first child, a boy named William, was born in October 2018.[28][29]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Gone | Sondra | |
2008 | The Plex | Sarah | |
2009 | Persons of Interest | Lara | Short film |
2009 | The Canyon | Lori Conway | |
2010 | I Love You Too | Alice | |
2010 | Matching Jack | Veronica | |
2010 | Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers | Peg Mooring | Voice |
2011 | Killer Elite | Anne Frazier | |
2012 | The Outback | Miranda | Voice |
2012 | The Guilt Trip | Jessica | |
2014 | I, Frankenstein | Terra Wade | |
2015 | Edge | Beth | |
2016 | Batman: Bad Blood | Kate Kane/Batwoman | Voice[30] |
2016 | Manhattan Night | Caroline Crowley | |
2016 | All I See Is You | Karen | |
2018 | He's Out There | Laura | |
2018 | The Predator | Emily McKenna | |
2019 | Angel of Mine | Claire | [31] |
2021 | The Tomorrow War | Vicki Winslow |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | Double the Fist | Suzie | Episode: "Fear Factory" |
2005–2006 | headLand | Freya Lewis | 33 episodes |
2007 | Sea Patrol | Martina Royce | Episode: "Cometh the Hour" |
2007–2012 | Chuck | CIA Agent Sarah Walker | Main role (91 episodes) |
2012–2013 | Dexter | Hannah McKay | Recurring role (17 episodes) |
2014 | Louie | Blake | Episode: "Model" |
2014 | 24: Live Another Day | CIA Agent Kate Morgan | Main role (12 episodes) |
2015 | The Astronaut Wives Club | Rene Carpenter | Main role (10 episodes) |
2015 | Edge | Beth | Pilot |
2017–present | The Handmaid's Tale | Serena Joy Waterford | Main role (31 episodes) |
2018 | Tangled: The Series | Stalyan (voice) | 2 episodes |
2020 | Stateless | Sofie Werner | 6 episodes[32] |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | Mass Effect Galaxy | Miranda Lawson | Voice |
2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Miranda Lawson | Voice and likeness |
2011 | The 3rd Birthday | Aya Brea | Voice English dub |
2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Miranda Lawson | Voice and likeness |
Other appearances
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Three Pop Stars, One Song | Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha and Justin Bieber | CollegeHumor YouTube video[33] |
2015 | Princess Rap Battle | Daenerys Targaryen | YouTube video series; 1 episode |
Awards and nominations
References
- ^ Yvonne Strahovski (10 December 2012). "Middle name". Twitter. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ Polish pronunciation: [iˈvɔn ˈdʐaklin stʂɛˈxɔfskʲi]; Polish: Strzechowska [stʂɛˈxɔfska]
- ^ Aubrey, Marika. "How We Do What We Do...Yvonne Strahovski with Marika Aubrey". Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ Simone Casey (30 May 2010). "10 Minutes With ... I Love You Too's Yvonne Strahovski — Who Magazine — Yahoo!7 Lifestyle". AU.LifeStyle.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Only child". Virgin Media. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "From Sydney's west to role in US drama series". Penrith City Gazette. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski". NBC. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Ferri, Josh (13 December 2012). "Yvonne Strahovski on Her Comical Golden Boy Inspiration and Seth Rogen's 'Amazing' Laugh". Broadway.com.
- ^ "Acting bug". Virgin Media. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ Special features of disc 3 of Chuck Season 1 "Chuck's World"
- ^ "Hemsworth and Strahovski to share award".
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski". gq.com.au. 14 January 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "Three Pop Stars, One Song (with Yvonne Strahovski) – CollegeHumor Video". CollegeHumor.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ^ Michael Bodey (28 April 2010). "Elite signed up for killer roles". The Australian. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ Kit, Borys (13 May 2011). "'Chuck' Actress Joins Barbra Streisand Road Trip Comedy 'Guilt Trip' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- ^ Kit, Borys (17 November 2011). "'Chuck' Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in 'I, Frankenstein' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski Joins Dexter". Seat42f. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
- ^ "'Dexter': Yvonne Strahovski Set to Return". The Hollywood Reporter. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ Isherwood, Charles (6 December 2012). "The Sweet Science vs. the Stradivarius". The New York Times.
- ^ Kennedy, Mark (6 December 2012). "Review: 'Golden Boy' returns with golden touches". Google News. Associated Press.
- ^ "Tom Hanks, Bertie Carvel, Valisia LeKae, Rob McClure and More Are Theatre World Award Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ^ "Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards". Australiansinfilm.org. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski Joins '24' Limited Series".
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski to Co-Star in ABC's 'Astronaut Wives Club'". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ^ "Hot 100 Details". Maxim. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ "Emmy Nominations 2018: The Complete List of Nominees". TheWrap. 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Handmaid's Tale Yvonne Strahovski Reveals She Secretly Married Boyfriend Tim Loden Over the Summer". People.com. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Yvonne Strahovski on Instagram: "My heart has melted into a billion pieces a thousand times already ❤️ We have been blessed with the greatest joy of our lives, our baby…"". Instagram. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Blessed Be the Fruit! The Handmaid's Tale Star Yvonne Strahovski Welcomes First Child, a Son". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ Sands, Rich (15 July 2015). "Yvonne Strahovski and Gaius Charles Get Animated for Batman: Bad Blood". TV Insider. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ McNary, Dave (28 March 2018). "Yvonne Strahovski Joins Noomi Rapace in Thriller 'Angel of Mine'". Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^ https://www.safilm.com.au/news/latest-news/?newsid=168
- ^ "Three Pop Stars, One Song (with Yvonne Strahovski)", CollegeHumor, 12 April 2011, retrieved 28 August 2017
- ^ "Teen Choice Awards Winners List". MTV. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees & Recipients". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "70th Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Golden Globe Awards Winners & Nominees". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Critics' Choice Awards: 'The Favourite' Leads With 14 Nominations". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "The 25th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees & Recipients". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "The 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominees & Recipients". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
Further reading
- Bodey, Michael (2 June 2007). "Unknown Aussie lands TV lead in US". The Australian. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
External links
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- Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
- Australian film actresses
- Australian people of Polish descent
- Australian television actresses
- Australian video game actresses
- Australian voice actresses
- Living people
- Actresses from Sydney
- 21st-century Australian actresses
- Western Sydney University alumni
- 1982 births
- Theatre World Award winners