Sarah Chalke
Sarah Cassandra Chalke (born
August 27 1976) is a
Canadian television and
movie actress best known for playing Dr. Elliot Reid in the
NBC sitcom Scrubs and Rebecca 'Becky' Conner Healy in
ABC's
Roseanne. Chalke was born in
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada and raised in
Vancouver,
British Columbia.
Chalke's acting career began at the age of 8 when she began appearing in
musical theatre productions. At 16 she became a reporter on Canadian Children's show
KidZone. In
1993 she took over the role of Becky in
Roseanne from
Lecy Goranson; she also made a non-Becky cameo appearance in the episode
Halloween: The Final Chapter (#178, originally aired 10/31/95). She returned briefly to Canada where she starred in the CBC television comedy
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998-1999). In
2001, she was cast as Dr. Elliot Reid in the American TV show
Scrubs. She has appeared in several feature films, starting with
Ernest Goes to School (
1994), but has yet to take a leading role. She also appeared in
Channel 101's
The 'Bu with
The Lonely Island, a parody of the hit
The OC, but was credited as Pamela Fenton.
In a
February 2004 interview with
Glamour, Chalke stated: "I don't smoke, I try to eat right, and I love doing
yoga and going for hikes with my dog."
Television
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Scrubs (2001-present)
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The 'Bu (2003-2005)
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Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (
1998)
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I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
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Daughters (
1997)
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Dying to Belong (1997)
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A Child's Wish (1997)
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Stand Against Fear (
1996)
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Dead Ahead (1996)
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Robin of Locksley (1996)
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Beyond Obsession (1994)
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Roseanne (1993)
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Woman on the Ledge (1993)
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Relentless: Mind of a Killer (1993)
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City Boy (1992)
Film
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Chaos Theory (filming)
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Cake (Canadian release Dec. 2005, U.S. release planned for Feb. 2006)
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Alchemy (2005)
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(2001)
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Kill Me Later (2001)
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Spin Cycle (
2000)
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Cinderella: Single Again (2000)
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All Shook Up (
1999)
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Y2K (1999)
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Ernest Goes to School (1994)
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Sarah Chalke Web.com: Fansite with plenty of information, images, and media about Sarah Chalke and the show Scrubs
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Sarah-Chalke.co.uk: Sarah Chalke news, images and media. Includes details on current acting projects and a fan forum.
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AskMen.com - Sarah Chalke: AskMen.com feature on Sarah Chalke
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Giantmag.com - Scrubs: Giantmag.com feature on Scrubs with Sarah Chalke
