Sarah Chalke

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Sarah Chalke
File:SarahChalkeDec08.jpg
Chalke in December 2008.
Born (1976-08-27) August 27, 1976 (age 47)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Other names Sarah Louise Christine Chalke
Sarah Cassandra Chalke
Occupation Actress
Years active 1992–present
Partner(s) Jamie Afifi
Children 1

Sarah Chalke (/ˈtʃɔːk/; born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American actress known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy series Scrubs, the second Rebecca "Becky" Conner on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, Stella Zinman on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and Beth on Adult Swim's adult animated science fiction series Rick and Morty. She also had a recurring role on the third season of the ABC/TBS sitcom Cougar Town.

Early life

Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of three daughters born to Douglas and Angela Chalke. Her mother is 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 spoke 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 age 8 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) 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.[1] 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.[2]

Chalke was signed by former Scrubs 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.[3] 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 found herself moving back in with her parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) because of the economic downturn. Also in 2013, she played a frantic mother named Casey Hedges in the Grey's Anatomy Season 9 episode "Can't Fight This Feeling." Chalke also voices Beth on the show Rick and Morty.

Personal life

Chalke is dating lawyer Jamie Afifi. The couple have a son, Charlie Rhodes Afifi, born December 24, 2009.[4][5] Her son was diagnosed at age 2 with Kawasaki disease.[6]

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1992 City Boy Angelica Television movie
1993 Relentless: Mind of a Killer Carrie Television movie
1993 Woman on the Ledge Elizabeth Television movie
1994 Ernest Goes to School Maisy
1994 Beyond Obsession Laura Sawyer Television movie
1996 Robin of Locksley Marion Fitzwater Television movie
1996 Dead Ahead Heather Loch Television movie
1996 Stand Against Fear Krista Wilson Television movie
1997 Daughters Annie Morrell Television movie
1997 A Child's Wish Melinda Television movie
1997 Dying to Belong Drea Davenport Television movie
1998 I've Been Waiting for You Sarah Zoltanne Television movie
1999 Y2K Myra Soljev
1999 All Shook Up Katy Dudston
2000 Spin Cycle Tess
2000 Cinderella: Single Again Cinderella Short Film
2001 Kill Me Later Linda
2001 XCU: Extreme Close Up Jane Bennett
2002 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie Herself/Dr. Elliot Reid Television movie
2005 Alchemy Samantha Rose
2005 Cake Jane
2006 Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Geralyn Lucas Television movie
2007 Chaos Theory Paula Crowe
2007 Mama's Boy Maya
2016 Mother's Day Gabi Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Neon Rider Annie Episode: "Labour Day"
1993 The Odyssey Estate agent Episode: "A Place Called Nowhere"
1993–1997 Roseanne Becky Conner-Healy 39 episodes
1997 Dead Man's Gun Murial Jakes Episode: "The Bounty Hunters"
1999 First Wave Chloe Wells Episode: "The Channel"
1999–2000 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Gloria Hobson 26 episodes
2001–2010 Scrubs Dr. Elliot Reid 171 episodes
2003 Clone High Marie Antoinette 2 episodes
2007 Saturday Night Live Dr. Elliot Reid Episode: "Zach Braff/Maroon 5"
2008–2014 How I Met Your Mother Dr. Stella Zinman 10 episodes
2009 Maneater Clarissa Alpert 2 episodes
2011 Mad Love Kate Swanson 13 episodes
2011 American Dad! Cami Episode: "Stanny Boy and Frantastic"
2012 Cougar Town Angie LeClaire 4 episodes
2012 The Fresh Beat Band Glinda Episode: "The Wizard of Song"
2013 How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) Polly 13 episodes
2013 Grey's Anatomy Casey Hedges Episode: "Can't Fight This Feeling"
2013–2014 Hollywood Game Night Herself 2 episodes
2013–present Rick and Morty Beth 13 episodes
2014 Really Lori Episode: "Pilot"
2015 Backstrom Amy Gazanian 6 episodes

References

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  7. ↑ Why I Wore Lipstick Archived October 14, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
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