Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke
Chalke in December 2008
Born	Sarah Cassandra Chalke August 27, 1976 (1976-08-27) (age 32) 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-American actress, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the ABC comedy Scrubs, Becky Conner Healy on Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.^[1]

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. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.

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. She is engaged to Jamie Afifi, an attorney whom she met while snowboarding.^[2]

Acting 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 Becky (Conner) Healy on Roseanne from Lecy Goranson; 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, as well as several episodes of How I Met Your Mother. 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.^[3][4]

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.^[5] She is an ambassador for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video lampooning the National Organisation for Marriage's anti-gay marriage public service announcement.^[6]

Filmography

References

External links

• Sarah Chalke at the Internet Movie Database
• Sarah Chalke at TV.com