1. Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders was born on April 3,1982 and is a Canadian actress.
36 Facts About Cobie Smulders
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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.
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Cobie Smulders made her theater debut in the off-Broadway production of the Nora Ephron play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in 2010.
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Cobie Smulders then made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Noel Coward comedy Present Laughter earning a Theater World Award.
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Cobie Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to a Dutch father and a British mother.
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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.
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Cobie Smulders was named after her great-aunt, from whom she gained the nickname "Cobie".
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Cobie Smulders was a member of the Girl Guides of Canada as a child, participating as a Brownie.
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Cobie Smulders took an interest in theatre throughout high school and briefly studied at the University of Victoria before returning to acting.
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Cobie Smulders made her professional acting debut in 2002, with guest appearances in the UPN science fiction comedy series Special Unit 2 and the Showtime science fiction drama series Jeremiah.
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Cobie Smulders subsequently made multiple appearances on television, including in the Fox supernatural drama series Tru Calling, the WB superhero series Smallville, and the Global space opera series Andromeda.
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Cobie Smulders made her film debut in 2004 with a supporting role in the action film Walking Tall.
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Cobie Smulders then had a supporting role in the 2005 comedy film The Long Weekend.
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In 2005, Cobie Smulders was cast as television reporter and former teen pop star Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother.
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Cobie Smulders then appeared in the 2010 pilot episode of the HBO comedy-drama series How to Make It in America.
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In June 2010, Cobie Smulders made her off-Broadway debut in Delia and Nora Ephron's play Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the Westside Theatre.
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Cobie Smulders went on to star in the 2012 political comedy film Grassroots.
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Cobie Smulders received training from a Los Angeles SWAT team trainer to handle guns to portray the character.
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Cobie Smulders starred in the romantic drama Safe Haven, the comedy-drama Delivery Man and the romantic comedy They Came Together.
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Cobie Smulders voiced a Lego version of Wonder Woman in the 2014 animated film The Lego Movie.
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In 2015, Cobie Smulders starred in the drama film Unexpected and the romantic comedy Results.
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Cobie Smulders appeared in the documentary film Being Canadian and guest starred in the NBC variety series Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris.
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Cobie Smulders had guest voice roles in the HBO animated series Animals and the PBS Kids animated series Nature Cat.
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Cobie Smulders's performance was filmed with Great Performances and shown on PBS.
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Cobie Smulders then reprised her role as Wonder Woman in the 2019 animated sequel film The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
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Cobie Smulders starred as Dexedrine "Dex" Parios, a PTSD-stricken military veteran turned private detective, in the ABC crime drama series Stumptown, which premiered on September 25,2019 to positive reviews.
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Cobie Smulders received a Critics' Choice Super Award for Best Actress in a Superhero Series nomination for her performance.
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In 2020, Cobie Smulders starred in the romantic drama film Cicada and voiced a guest appearance in the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons.
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In 2023, Cobie Smulders reprised her role as Maria Hill, voicing the character in the Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and appearing in the Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion.
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Cobie Smulders became engaged to Taran Killam in January 2009 after meeting him at a mutual friend's party four years earlier.
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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.
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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.
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In 2020, Cobie Smulders announced that she had become an American citizen, while still retaining her Canadian citizenship.
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Cobie Smulders stated that part of her motivation to become an American citizen was due to the 2020 presidential election.
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Cobie Smulders filmed a public service announcement with Oceana, an international ocean-conservation organization, in 2014.
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Cobie Smulders encouraged fans to donate to Save the Children, Canada Helps and the Daily Bread Food Bank amidst the pandemic.