Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke' born August 27, 1976 is a Canadian-American actress known for portraying Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC comedy Scrubs,"Second Becky" Conner Healyon Roseanne, and Stella Zinman in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother''. She most recently had a recurring guest-starring role in season three of ABC's sitcom Cougar Town.

Early life
Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and 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, but she speaks German fluently and French fairly well; this was incorporated into her Scrubs character, Elliot Reid, who also speaks German and French at the same skill levels. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.

Personal life
She is engaged to lawyer Jamie Afifi, with whom she has a son, Charlie Rhodes Afifi, born December 24, 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 elder sister Natasha is also a lawyer, and she has a younger sister named Piper.

Filmography
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