24 Facts About Cobie Smulders

Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders was born on April 3,1982 and is a Canadian actress.

Cobie Smulders starred in the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Netflix comedy series Friends from College, the ABC crime drama series Stumptown, and the FX true crime series Impeachment: American Crime Story.

Cobie Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and a British mother.

Cobie Smulders was raised in White Rock, British Columbia, and later moved to the affluent West Point Grey neighbourhood to attend high school at Lord Byng Secondary School.

Cobie Smulders was named after her great-aunt, from whom she gained the nickname "Cobie".

Cobie Smulders was a member of the Girl Guides of Canada as a child, participating as a Brownie.

Cobie Smulders took an interest in theatre throughout high school and briefly studied at the University of Victoria before returning to acting.

Cobie Smulders' first acting role was as a guest in the Showtime science-fiction series Jeremiah; she subsequently made multiple appearances on television, including a recurring role on The L Word.

In June 2010, Cobie Smulders made her off-Broadway debut in Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre.

Cobie Smulders played Maria Hill in the 2012 film The Avengers.

Cobie Smulders received training from a Los Angeles SWAT team trainer to handle guns to portray the character.

In 2013, Cobie Smulders had a supporting role in the romance film Safe Haven.

Cobie Smulders starred in the comedy-drama Delivery Man and They Came Together.

Cobie Smulders voiced a Lego version of Wonder Woman in the 2014 animated film The Lego Movie.

In July 2015, Cobie Smulders was reported to have exited the made-for-TV film Confirmation because she had broken her leg; Zoe Lister-Jones was then confirmed to replace her in the role of Harriet Grant.

Cobie Smulders starred as Dexedrine "Dex" Parios, a PTSD-stricken military veteran turned private detective, in the ABC crime drama Stumptown, which premiered on September 25,2019.

In 2023, Cobie Smulders is set to reprise her role as Maria Hill in the upcoming Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion.

Cobie Smulders became engaged to Taran Killam in January 2009 after meeting him at a mutual friend's party four years earlier.

In 2015, Cobie Smulders revealed she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 25, while shooting season three of How I Met Your Mother in 2007.

Cobie Smulders had surgery to remove two tumors from her ovaries, but the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes, resulting in the need for multiple operations over the course of two years.

In 2020, Cobie Smulders announced that she became an American citizen, while still retaining her Canadian citizenship.

Cobie Smulders stated that part of her motivation to become an American citizen was due to the 2020 presidential election.

Cobie Smulders filmed a public service announcement with Oceana, an international ocean-conservation organization, in 2014.

Cobie Smulders encouraged fans to donate to Save the Children, Canada Helps and the Daily Bread Food Bank amidst the pandemic.