Sarah Chalke
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Sarah Chalke is the actress who plays Dr. Elliot Reid on Scrubs.
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Bio
Sarah Chalke was born in Ottawa, Canada on 27th August, 1976. Her family later moved to Vancouver B.C. where she was raised. Her parents are Angie and Doug Chalke, and she has two siblings (an older sister Natasha and a younger sister Piper). At the age of 8 she had auditioned for Vancouver Youth Theatre, but only got in because they wanted her older sister Natasha and the two negotiated for all or nothing. She appeared as a reporter on the Canadian series Kids Zone throughout 1990-1993. In 1992 she made her debut in acting, starring in the television-movie City Boys. A year later she auditioned for the role of Rebecca “Becky” Conner-Healy on the famous ABC sitcom Roseanne, after the first Becky (Lecy Goranson) left the show to attend college. This became Sarah’s big break. She replaced Lecy’s role in 1993-1995, before Lecy returned. Sarah once again replaced Lecy in the middle of 8th season and finally in the whole last season of the show. This switching became a running gag of the show in season 8 [1]. Sarah graduated from high-school in 1994, during the recording of Rosanne.
In 1998 she returned to Vancouver where she co-starred in the CBC-TV’s Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, which lasted for two years and which she received a Gemini nomination for. She also starred in many different made-for-television movies around this time. In September 2000, she moved to Los Angeles. A few months later she had auditioned and gotten her major role on Scrubs.
During her Scrubs period Sarah starred in several movies. To name a few, it was Alchemy, a romantic comedy starring Tom Cavanagh (known for his recurring role as Dan Dorian), Cake, starring Heather Graham and Taye Diggs, also a romantic comedy, and some more.
Sarah also appeared on two theatre-plays on summer 2005, Create Fate, and the Off-Broadway production Modern Orthodox, filling in for Molly Ringwald.
In 2008 she guest starred as Stella Zinman in CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She has appeared in 6 more episodes during seasons 3 and 4 of the show, but it became clear in season 4 that her character is not "the" mother and Stella's arc is pretty much over now.
Sarah engaged to entertainment lawyer Jaime Afifi and expecting her first child this coming winter.
Trivia
- She has naturally blond hair and blue eyes, and is 5'8" (173 cm) tall.
- She speak French and German fluently (which was exploited by Scrubs writers several times throughout the series).
- She is one of the few from the Scrubs-cast who can’t sing (Something she and her older sister found out when they played in musicals at an early age).
- When she was 12, she fell under impression of Diet For a New America by John Robbins, which is a book on vegetarianism, and went overnight from carnivore to vegan. However, much later, living at LA she reconsidered her diet when she felt she needs more proteine to keep up with all the work. Since then she gone back to fish, chicken and red meat.
- She was referred to as "Second Becky" for the first couple of years on Scrubs set due to her replacement role in Roseanne. Another common nickname is "Chalkie".
- She decided to commit to full-time acting when she was a few credits short of a degree in college.
- She loves her brown Labrador Lola, bought to her by Scrubs cast at some charity auction.
- Sarah has a very special talent: she can write with her "freakishly long finger toes," as she calls them.
- She shares some traits with her Scrubs character, Elliot Reid. She often speaks very fast just as Elliot sometimes do. Besides, she's klutzy and has managed to get injured a lot of times (sprained ankles, torn ankle tendons, torn ligaments, broken bones etc)
- Her first on-camera kiss was in the 1992 TV movie City Boy.
- Soon after she was proposed by Jaime she accidently lost her wedding ring. Jamie gave her a new one with his cell phone number engraved inside.
- She became a naturalized American citizen in April 2008.
- She lost her aunt and grandmother to cancer and she's obsessed about this issue. She wears sunscreen every day and never gets tan. And this is one of the reasons she participated in Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy Lifetime's movie.
- Unlike many other Hollywood stars who use fake tear drops, Sarah cries with her own real tears in dramatic scenes. In order to catch the mood she listens some collection of sad compositions on her iPod. Zach Braff speculated that it may be Joshua Radin's Winter but most likely it's some records connected to Sarah's personal emotional expiriences.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Media | Character |
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| 1992 | City Boy | TV Movie | Angelica |
| Neon Rider | TV | Annie (1 episode) | |
| The Odyssey | TV | Estate Agent (1 episode) | |
| 1993 | Relentless: Mind of a Killer | TV Movie | Carrie |
| Woman on the Ledge | TV Movie | Elizabeth | |
| Rosanne | TV | Becky Conner-Healy (69 episodes) | |
| 1994 | Ernest Goes to School | Film | Maisy |
| Beyond Obsession | TV Movie | Laura Sawyer | |
| 1996 | Robin of Locksley | TV Movie | Marion Fitzwater |
| Dead Ahead | TV Movie | Heather Loch | |
| Stand Against Fear | TV Movie | Krista Wilson | |
| 1997 | Daughters | TV Movie | Annie Morrell |
| A Child's Wish | TV Movie | Melinda | |
| Dying to Belong | TV Movie | Drea Davenport | |
| Dead Man's Gun | TV | Murial Jakes (1 episode) | |
| 1998 | Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy | TV Movie | Gloria McIntosh |
| Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy | TV | Gloria McIntosh Hobson (9 episodes) | |
| I've Been Waiting for You | TV Movie | Sarah Zoltanne | |
| 1999 | All Shook Up | Film | Katy Dudston |
| Y2K | Film | Myra | |
| First Wave | TV | Chloe Wells | |
| 2000 | Spin Cycle | Film | Tess |
| Cinderella: Single Again | Film | Cinderella | |
| 2001 | Kill Me Later | Film | Linda |
| XCU: Extreme Close Up | Film | Jane Bennett | |
| Scrubs | TV | Elliot Reid | |
| 2002 | It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | TV Movie | Elliot Reid |
| Clone High | TV | X-Stream Erin / Marie Antoinette (3 episodes) | |
| 2005 | Awesometown | TV Movie | Melissa |
| Alchemy | Film | Samantha Rose | |
| Cake | Film | Jane | |
| 2006 | Channel 101 | TV Movie | Melissa |
| Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy | TV Movie | Geralyn Lucas | |
| 2007 | Chaos Theory | Film | Paula Crowe |
| SNL | TV | Elliot Reid (1 episode) | |
| Mama's Boy | Film | Maya | |
| 2008 | How I Met Your Mother | TV | Stella Zinman (9 episodes) |
| Prop 8: The Musical | Video | Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell | |
| 2009 | Maneater | TV | Clarissa (2 episodes) |
| Prep & Landing | TV Movie | Magee |
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | For |
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| 2000 | Gemini Awards | Gemini | Nominated | Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role - Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy |
| 2003 | Teen Choice Awards | Teen Choice Award | Nominated | Choice TV Actress - Comedy - Scrubs |
| 2004 | TV Land Awards | TV Land Award | Nominated | Irreplaceable Replacement - Roseanne |
| 2006 | TV Land Awards | TV Land Award | Nominated | The Most Irreplaceable Replacement - Roseanne |
| 2008 | TV Land Awards | Innovator Award | Won | Roseanne |
