1. Yvonne Strahovski is known for roles as Sarah Walker in the spy comedy drama series Chuck, Hannah McKay in the drama series Dexter and Kate Morgan in the event series 24: Live Another Day.
29 Facts About Yvonne Strahovski
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Yvonne Strahovski voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and Batwoman in the animated superhero film Batman: Bad Blood.
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Yvonne Strahovski is the only child of Bozena, a lab technician, and Peter Strzechowski, an electronic engineer.
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The family moved to Bass Hill when Yvonne Strahovski was five years old; later, the family moved to the coastal suburb of Maroubra.
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Yvonne Strahovski began acting lessons at the age of 12.
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Straight after high school, Yvonne Strahovski went to the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in performance in 2003.
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Yvonne Strahovski then worked professionally in theatre in Australia for three years before landing a role in the American TV series Chuck.
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Yvonne Strahovski started acting at school when she played Viola in the school production of Twelfth Night.
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Yvonne Strahovski appeared in film and television roles in Australia, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and as Freya Lewis in the Australian drama series headLand.
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Yvonne Strahovski sent in her audition tape for the TV series Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC's 2007 series Bionic Woman.
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Yvonne Strahovski was cast as Sarah Walker after running lines with Zachary Levi.
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Yvonne Strahovski relocated to the United States six months later.
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Yvonne Strahovski adopted the more phonetic spelling of Yvonne Strahovski as her stage name in place of Strzechowski at this time.
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Yvonne Strahovski appears in Mass Effect Galaxy, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 as the voice of Miranda Lawson.
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Yvonne Strahovski had her face scanned and animated so she could portray Lawson in Mass Effect 2.
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Yvonne Strahovski appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in April 2011, parodying the music styles of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.
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Yvonne Strahovski appeared in the 2011 film Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.
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Yvonne Strahovski appeared in the 2012 comedy The Guilt Trip, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.
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In 2010, Yvonne Strahovski received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress for Chuck, as well as a nomination for Spike Video Game Awards for Best Performance by a Human Female for Mass Effect 2.
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In 2011, Yvonne Strahovski was nominated again for the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Action TV Actress.
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In November 2011, Yvonne Strahovski was cast as the female lead in I, Frankenstein.
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In May 2012, Yvonne Strahovski ranked No 35 in Maxim Hot 100.
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In June 2012, Showtime announced Yvonne Strahovski had joined the cast for the seventh season of Dexter portraying Hannah McKay, a woman involved with an investigation following the death of her former lover, a spree killer whom she accompanied when she was a teenager.
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Yvonne Strahovski reprised the role in the eighth season of Dexter.
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Yvonne Strahovski was honored along with Liam Hemsworth for their work in international roles with the 2012 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.
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In 2014, Yvonne Strahovski joined Fox's TV series 24: Live Another Day cast as Kate Morgan, CIA agent.
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Yvonne Strahovski was featured in Maxim Hot 100 from 2009 to 2013.
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Yvonne Strahovski starred as Sofie Werner in the limited series Stateless.
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At the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2017, Yvonne Strahovski revealed that she had married Tim Loden, her partner of six years.