Sarah Chalke

Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian-American television and movie actress, best known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC sitcom Scrubs , the second Becky Conner Healy on Roseanne and Stella in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. ^[1]

halke 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 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. Chalke graduated from Handsworth High School in North Vancouver in 1994.

Her father is a lawyer in private practice in Vancouver. Her parents also 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. She is currently engaged to Jamie Afifi.^[2]

[edit] Acting career

Chalke's acting career began at the age of eight 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 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).

[edit] Activism

Chalke lost her aunt and grandmother to breast cancer that was undiagnosed while in its early stages.^[5] Chalke has since encouraged breast cancer awareness, and starred in the Lifetime movie Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy.^[6]