Sarah Chalke Biography

Sarah Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series Scrubs, Rebecca "Becky" Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She has also had a recurring role in the third season of ABC sitcom Cougar Town.

Early life

Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of three daughters born to Douglas and Angela 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, but she speaks German fluently and French "fairly well." This was incorporated into her Scrubs character, Elliot Reid, who also speaks German and French at the same levels. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.

Career

Chalke's acting career began at the age of eight when she began appearing in musical theatre 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) after Goranson returned. Chalke would later return to the role of Becky after Goranson departed for a second time. After the show ended, Chalke 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 fellow Canadian 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. In 2008 and 2009 she made appearances in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Stella Zinman. In the spring of 2011, she starred in the CBS television series Mad Love, a romantic comedy which debuted as a midseason replacement and was cancelled after only one season was produced.

Chalke was signed by former Scrubs, and Cougar Town executive producer, Bill Lawrence to play the love interest of Bobby Cobb in the series Cougar Town. She appeared in multiple episodes in the third season. Chalke starred in the ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), which premiered April 3, 2013, and which was canceled one month later. She played Polly, a single and very uptight divorced mother who finds herself moving back in with her parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) due to the economic downturn.

Personal life

Chalke is engaged to lawyer Jamie Afifi. The couple have a son, Charlie Rhodes Afifi, born December 24, 2009. Her son was diagnosed at the age of 2 years with Kawasaki's Disease.

Activism

Chalke lost her aunt and grandmother to breast cancer that was undiagnosed while in its early stages. She has since encouraged breast cancer detection and prevention, and starred in the Lifetime movie Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. She is an ambassador for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video parodying the National Organization for Marriage's "Gathering Storm" advertisement opposing same-sex marriage. She was the 2009 ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure(R) program, for which she also designed a T-shirt.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1992	City Boy	Angelica
1993	Relentless: Mind of a Killer	Carrie
1993	Woman on the Ledge	Elizabeth
1994	Ernest Goes to School	Maisy
1994	Beyond Obsession	Laura Sawyer
1996	Robin of Locksley	Marion Fitzwater
1996	Dead Ahead	Heather Loch
1996	Stand Against Fear	Krista Wilson
1997	Daughters	Annie Morrell
1997	A Child's Wish	Melinda
1997	Dying to Belong	Drea Davenport
1998	I've Been Waiting for You	Sarah Zoltanne
1999	Y2K	Myra Soljev
1999	All Shook Up	Katy Dudston
2000	Spin Cycle	Tess
2000	Cinderella: Single Again	Cinderella
2001	Kill Me Later	Linda
2001	XCU: Extreme Close Up	Jane Bennett
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Dr. Elliot Reid
2005	Alchemy	Samantha Rose
2005	Cake	Jane
2006	Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy	Geralyn Lucas
2007	Chaos Theory	Paula Crowe
2007	Mama's Boy	Maya
2008	Prop 8: The Musical	Catholic schoolgirl from Hell

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Neon Rider	Annie	1 episode
1993	The Odyssey	Estate agent	1 episode
1993"1997	Roseanne	Becky Conner-Healy	70 episodes
1997	Dead Man's Gun	Murial Jakes	1 episode
1999	First Wave	Chloe Wells	1 episode
1999"2000	Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy	Gloria Hobson	23 episodes
2001"2010	Scrubs	Dr. Elliot Reid	173 episodes
2002"2003	Clone High	Marie Antoinette	4 episodes
2007	Saturday Night Live	Dr. Elliot Reid
2008"2009	How I Met Your Mother	Dr. Stella Zinman	9 episodes
2009	Maneater	Clarissa Alpert
2009	Prep and Landing	Magee (voice)
2010	Freshman	Jane
2010	Team Spitz	Guidance counsellor
2011	Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice	Magee (voice)
2011	Mad Love	Kate Swanson	13 episodes
2011	American Dad!	Cami (voice)	1 episode
2012	Cougar Town	Angie LeClaire	4 episodes
2012	The Fresh Beat Band	Glinda	"The Wizard of Song"
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	Polly	Main Role
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Casey Hedges	Season 9, Episode 19
2013	Hollywood Game Night	Herself	Episode: "Don't Kill My Buzz-er"