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Sarah Chalke - Biography |
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Sarah Cassandra Chalke (born August
27, 1976) is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid
on the NBC/ABC comedy Scrubs, Becky Conner Healy on Roseanne, and Stella
Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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. This was later incorporated to her
character Elliot Reid in Scrubs, who also speaks German fluently. Chalke
graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.
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).
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.
In 2008 and 2009 she made appearances in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your
Mother as Stella Zinman, a dermatologist who the main character Ted Mosby
met when he was trying to get his tattoo removed.
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 the Audrey Hepburn
Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video
lampooning the National Organization for Marriage's anti-gay marriage
public service announcement. 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.
She is engaged to lawyer Jamie Afifi, with whom she has a son Charlie
Rhodes Afifi, born December 24th 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. In April 2008
Chalke became a naturalized American citizen. |
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Sarah Chalke - Personal Quotes |
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"When I first opened the
script and read the pilot, I was laughing out loud. I just hadn't
seen anything on the air like it and I wanted to be a part of it." -
on Scrubs
"Before getting Scrubs, I had always threatened myself I'd have to
become a dental hygienist if I quit acting - to me, that would be
the hardest job. I would tell myself, 'Just stick it out for a
little longer.' It definitely was a turning point." - about how
Scrubs changed her life |
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Sarah Chalke - Filmography |
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"Scrubs" .... Dr. Elliot Reid
/ ... (174 episodes, 2001-2010)
... aka Scrubs: Med School (USA: ninth season title)
- Our Stuff Gets Real (2010) TV episode .... Dr. Elliot Reid
- Our Couples (2010) TV episode .... Elliot
- Our White Coats (2010) TV episode .... Elliott Reid-Dorian
- Our New Girl-Bro (2010) TV episode .... Elliot
- Our First Day of School (2009) TV episode .... Dr. Elliot Reid
(169 more)
Prep & Landing (2009) (TV) (voice) .... Magee
... aka Lanny and Wayne: The Christmas Elves in Prep & Landing (USA:
long title)
"Maneater" .... Clarissa Alpert (2 episodes, 2009)
- Part 2 (2009) TV episode .... Clarissa Alpert
- Part 1 (2009) TV episode .... Clarissa Alpert
"How I Met Your Mother" .... Stella Zinman (9 episodes, 2008-2009)
... aka H.I.M.Y.M (USA: short title)
- As Fast as She Can (2009) TV episode .... Stella Zinman
- Right Place Right Time (2009) TV episode .... Stella Zinman
- Happily Ever After (2008) TV episode .... Stella Zinman
- Shelter Island (2008) TV episode .... Stella Zinman
- I Heart NJ (2008) TV episode .... Stella Zinman
(4 more)
Prop 8: The Musical (2008) .... Scary Catholic School Girls From
Hell
Mama's Boy (2007) .... Maya
"Saturday Night Live" .... Dr. Elliot Reid (1 episode, 2007)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- Zach Braff/Maroon 5 (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Dr. Elliot
Reid
Chaos Theory (2007/I) .... Paula Crowe
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (2006) (TV) .... Geralyn Lucas
... aka Lipstick (Australia)
... aka Why I Wore Lipstick (USA: informal short title)
Channel 101 (2006) (TV) .... Melissa
Cake (2005/I) .... Jane
Alchemy (2005/I) .... Samantha Rose
Awesometown (2005) (TV) .... Melissa
"Clone High" .... Marie Antoinette / ... (3 episodes, 2002-2003)
... aka Clone High U.S.A. (USA)
- Makeover, Makeover, Makeover: The Makeover Episode (2003) TV
episode (voice) .... Marie Antoinette
- A Room of One's Clone: The Pie of the Storm (2003) TV episode
(voice) .... Marie Antoinette
- Election Blu-Galoo (2002) TV episode (voice) .... X-Stream Erin
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (TV) .... Dr. Elliot
Reid
XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001) .... Jane Bennett
Kill Me Later (2001) .... Linda
Cinderella: Single Again (2000) .... Cinderella
"Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy" .... Gloria Hobson / ... (23
episodes, 1999-2000)
- No Bull (2000) TV episode .... Gloria Hobson
- Home Is the Hero (2000) TV episode .... Gloria Hobson
- For Better or for Worse (2000) TV episode .... Gloria McIntosh
Hobson
- Anything Goes (2000) TV episode .... Gloria McIntosh Hobson
- Guest House Ghost (1999) TV episode .... Gloria McIntosh Hobson
(18 more)
Spin Cycle (2000) .... Tess
"First Wave" .... Chloe Wells (1 episode, 1999)
- The Channel (1999) TV episode .... Chloe Wells
Y2K (1999) .... Myra
... aka Terminal Countdown (USA: DVD title)
All Shook Up (1999) .... Katy Dudston
I've Been Waiting for You (1998) (TV) .... Sarah Zoltanne
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998) (TV) .... Gloria McIntosh
"Dead Man's Gun" .... Murial Jakes (1 episode, 1997)
- The Bounty Hunter (1997) TV episode .... Murial Jakes
"Roseanne" .... Becky Conner-Healy / ... (70 episodes, 1993-1997)
- Into That Good Night: Part 1 (1997) TV episode .... Becky
Conner-Healy
- Into That Good Night: Part 2 (1997) TV episode .... Becky
Conner-Healy
- Arsenic and Old Mom (1997) TV episode (credit only) .... Becky
Conner-Healy
- The Truth Be Told (1997) TV episode (credit only) .... Becky
Conner-Healy
- Roseanne-Feld (1997) TV episode (credit only) .... Becky
Conner-Healy
(65 more)
Dying to Belong (1997) (TV) .... Drea Davenport
A Child's Wish (1997) (TV) .... Melinda
... aka A Fight for Justice (UK)
Daughters (1997) (TV) .... Annie Morrell
... aka Our Mother's Murder
Stand Against Fear (1996) (TV) .... Krista Wilson
... aka Moment of Truth: Stand Against Fear (USA: alternative title)
... aka Unlikely Suspects (UK)
Dead Ahead (1996) (TV) .... Heather Loch
Robin of Locksley (1996) (TV) .... Marion Fitzwater
Ernest Goes to School (1994) (as Sarah Chalk) .... Maisy
Beyond Obsession (1994) (TV) .... Laura Sawyer
... aka A Daughter's Secret: The Traci di Carlo Story
Woman on the Ledge (1993) (TV) .... Elizabeth
Relentless: Mind of a Killer (1993) (TV) .... Carrie
"The Odyssey" .... Estate Agent (1 episode, 1992)
- A Place Called Nowhere (1992) TV episode .... Estate Agent
"Neon Rider" .... Annie (1 episode, 1992)
- Labour Day (1992) TV episode .... Annie
City Boy (1992) (TV) .... Angelica |
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Sarah Chalke - Related Links |
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