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Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian television and movie actress of partly German descent, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC sitcom Scrubs , portraying the second Becky Conner-Healy on Roseanne and as Ted's love interest in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She is currently engaged to Jamie Afifi. A bubbly, comedically-gifted performer and a veteran of two major network TV series, Sarah Chalke’s first claim to fame was as Lecy Goransen’s replacement as the troubled daughter, Becky Conner, on the seminal sitcom, “Roseanne” (ABC, 1988-1997). Chalke would later shine even brighter on another popular sitcom – a one-two punch most television actors experience just once if they are lucky. As the deadpan and adoringly lovelorn Dr. Elliot Reid of the NBC medical dramedy “Scrubs” (NBC, 2001- ), Chalke mastered the deadpan delivery and goofy antics the hit medical comedy was known for, as well as held her own alongside such seasoned comic actors as Ken Jenkins (Dr. Kelso) and John C. McGinley (Dr. Cox). Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of the three daughters of Douglas and Angie Chalke. Her mother is from Rostock, Germany. Sarah Cassandra Chalke was the middle child of three. Raised by their parents to enjoy culture and have an appreciation for the arts, Chalke and her two sisters participated in local stage shows and musical theater productions throughout her childhood. At 16, she got her first job in front of the cameras as an on-air reporter for a popular television show in Canada called KidZone (CBC, 1992). Chalke’s screen acting debut, a small role in a made-for-TV movie called “City Boy” (1992), was enough to establish her credentials in casting circles. Chalke maintains contact with her German relatives. 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 fluently and German fairly well. Her father is an attorney in private practice in Vancouver, BC. Her parents also operate an adoption agency that specializes in placing foreign orphans (primarily Chinese) with Canadian families. Her older sister Natasha is also an attorney, and she has a younger sister named Piper. 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 Becky (Conner) Healy on Roseanne from Lecy Goranson; she also 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). After “Roseanne,” Chalke appeared in a handful of television movies; the most notable being “Stand Against Fear” (1996), in which she played a teenage cheerleader who must stand up alone against sexual harassment. In 1997, Chalke returned to Canada to shoot a made-for-TV film called “Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy,” based on the book by author Richmond P. Hobson. Chalke was singled out by critics for her performance as lovelorn teen Gloria McIntosh and the movie did well enough to spawn a brief weekly CBC series of the same name. Chalke reprised her role, but the show lasted only one season and went off the air in 1999. In 2000, the actress seriously considered taking a break from acting to attend college. As fate would have it, at that same moment of indecision, Chalke landed the biggest role of her career to date – Dr. Eliot Reed in the medical comedy-drama “Scrubs.” The story of three interns learning the ways of love, life, and medicine in a fictional hospital, “Scrubs” was an immediate hit with critics and fans alike. By the end of its first year, its audience had grown exponentially, making it one of NBC’s most popular shows and one of the last of the peacock network’s successful 90’s holdover sitcoms. In 2001, she was cast as Dr. Elliot Reid in the NBC comedy series Scrubs. She has appeared in several feature films, starting with Ernest Goes to School (1994), as well as an episode of How I Met Your Mother. She also 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". Chalke lost her aunt and grandmother to breast cancer because they weren't diagnosed while the disease was in its early stages. As a result, Chalke decided to encourage breast cancer awareness, and starred in Lifetime's movie Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy. |
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