Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke (pronounced /ˈtʃɔːk/; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy Scrubs. She is also known for her roles"Second Becky" Conner Healy on Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

Early life

Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of the three daughters of Douglas and Angie Chalke. Her mother is originally fromRostock, 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 Frenchfairly well and German fluently. This was later incorporated to her character Elliot Reid in Scrubs, who also speaks German fluently and French well. 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 theatreproductions. 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. Chalke will star in the upcoming CBS television series Mad Love, set to air as a midseason replacement for the 2010-11 season.

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. She is an ambassador for theAudrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video lampooning the National Organization for Marriage's "Gathering Storm" advertisement opposing same-sex marriage. 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.

Personal life

She is engaged to lawyer Jamie Afifi, with whom she has a son Charlie Rhodes Afifi, born December 24, 2009.

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Ernest Goes to School	Maisy
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
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	Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	City Boy	Angelica	TV film
1993	Neon Rider	Annie	1 episode
1993	The Odyssey	Estate Agent	1 episode
1993	Relentless: Mind of a Killer	Carrie	TV film
1993	Woman on the Ledge	Elizabeth	TV film
1993–1997	Roseanne	Becky Conner-Healy	Recurring role; 70 episodes
1994	Beyond Obsession	Laura Sawyer	TV film
1996	Robin of Locksley	Marion Fitzwater	TV film
1996	Dead Ahead	Heather Loch	TV film
1996	Stand Against Fear	Krista Wilson	TV film
1997	Daughters	Annie Morrell	TV film
1997	A Child's Wish	Melinda	TV film
1997	Dying to Belong	Drea Davenport	TV film
1997	Dead Man's Gun	Murial Jakes	1 episode
1998	I've Been Waiting for You	Sarah Zoltanne	TV film
1999	Y2K	Myra Soljev	TV film
1999	First Wave	Chloe Wells	1 episode
1999–2000	Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy	Gloria Hobson	Main role; 23 episodes
2001–2010	Scrubs	Dr. Elliot Reid	Main role; 173 episodes
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Dr. Elliot Reid	TV film
2002–2003	Clone High	Marie Antoinette	4 episodes
2006	Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy	Geralyn Lucas	TV film
2007	Saturday Night Live	Dr. Elliot Reid
2008–2009	How I Met Your Mother	Stella Zinman	9 episodes
2009	Maneater	Clarissa Alpert	Mini-series
2009	Prep and Landing	Magee	Voice; TV special on ABC
2010	Freshman	Jane	Pilot on ABC
2010	Team Spitz	Guidance Counsellor	Pilot on CBS
2011	Prep and Landing: Naughty vs. Nice	Magee	Voice; TV Special on ABC
2011	Mad Love	Kate Swanson	Main role

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