Early life

Chalke was born in Ottawa, Ontario, and was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is the middle of three daughters born to Douglas and Angela Chalke. Her mother is 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 spoke German and French at the same levels. Chalke graduated from Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver in 1994.

Career

Chalke's acting career began at age 8 when she began appearing in musical theater productions. At 12, she became a reporter on the Canadian children's show KidZone. In 1993, she took over the role of Rebecca Conner-Healy on Roseanne after Lecy Goranson left the series; she made a cameo appearance as a different character in the Roseanne episode "Halloween: The Final Chapter" (#178, originally aired October 31, 1995) after Goranson returned. Chalke would later return to the role of Becky after Goranson departed for a second time. After the show ended, Chalke returned briefly to Canada, where she starred in the CBC Television drama Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998-1999).

In 2001, she was cast as Dr. Elliot Reid in the NBC comedy series Scrubs. She has appeared in several feature films, including Ernest Goes to School and Cake. She appeared in Channel 101's The 'Bu with The Lonely Island, a parody of the hit show The O.C., but was credited as "Pamela Fenton". In 2007, she appeared as a supporting character in Chaos Theory, which starred fellow Canadian Ryan Reynolds. In 2008, Chalke became the spokesperson for a line of women's underwear by Hanes that included a series of commercials directed by her Scrubs co-star Zach Braff. In 2008 and 2009 she made appearances in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Stella Zinman. In the spring of 2011, she starred in the CBS television series Mad Love, a romantic comedy which debuted as a midseason replacement and was cancelled after only one season was produced.

Chalke was signed by former Scrubs executive producer Bill Lawrence to play the love interest of Bobby Cobb in the series Cougar Town. She appeared in multiple episodes in the third season. Chalke starred in the ABC comedy series How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), which premiered April 3, 2013, and which was canceled one month later. She played Polly, a single and very uptight divorced mother who found herself moving back in with her parents (Elizabeth Perkins and Brad Garrett) because of the economic downturn. Also in 2013, she played a frantic mother named Casey Hedges in the Grey's Anatomy Season 9 episode "Can't Fight This Feeling." Chalke also voices Beth on the show Rick and Morty.

Personal life

Chalke is dating lawyer Jamie Afifi. The couple have a son, Charlie Rhodes Afifi, born December 24, 2009. Her son was diagnosed at age 2 with Kawasaki disease. In April 2016, the couple announced that they were expecting their second child.

Activism

Chalke lost her aunt and grandmother to breast cancer that was undiagnosed while in its early stages. She has since encouraged breast cancer detection and prevention, and starred in the Lifetime movie Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy. She is an ambassador for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Foundation. Chalke also made an appearance in a short video parodying the National Organization for Marriage's "Gathering Storm" advertisement opposing same-sex marriage. She was the 2009 ambassador for the Susan G. Komen Passionately Pink for the Cure(R) program, for which she also designed a T-shirt.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Ernest Goes to School	Maisy
1999	Y2K	Myra Soljev
1999	All Shook Up	Katy Dudston
2000	Spin Cycle	Tess
2000	Cinderella: Single Again	Cinderella	Short Film
2001	Kill Me Later	Linda
2001	XCU: Extreme Close Up	Jane Bennett
2005	Alchemy	Samantha Rose
2005	Cake	Jane
2007	Chaos Theory	Paula Crowe
2007	Mama's Boy	Maya
2016	Mother's Day	Gabi

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	City Boy	Angelica	Television movie
1993	Relentless: Mind of a Killer	Carrie	Television movie
1993	Woman on the Ledge	Elizabeth	Television movie
1993	Neon Rider	Annie	Episode: "Labour Day"
1993	The Odyssey	Estate agent	Episode: "A Place Called Nowhere"
1993-1997	Roseanne	Becky Conner-Healy	39 episodes
1994	Beyond Obsession	Laura Sawyer	Television movie
1996	Robin of Locksley	Marion Fitzwater	Television movie
1996	Dead Ahead	Heather Loch	Television movie
1996	Stand Against Fear	Krista Wilson	Television movie
1997	Daughters	Annie Morrell	Television movie
1997	A Child's Wish	Melinda	Television movie
1997	Dying to Belong	Drea Davenport	Television movie
1997	Dead Man's Gun	Murial Jakes	Episode: "The Bounty Hunters"
1998	I've Been Waiting for You	Sarah Zoltanne	Television movie
1999	First Wave	Chloe Wells	Episode: "The Channel"
1999-2000	Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy	Gloria Hobson	26 episodes
2001-2010	Scrubs	Dr. Elliot Reid	171 episodes
2002	It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie	Herself/Dr. Elliot Reid	Television movie
2003	Clone High	Marie Antoinette (voice)	2 episodes
2006	Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy	Geralyn Lucas	Television movie
2007	Saturday Night Live	Dr. Elliot Reid	Episode: "Zach Braff/Maroon 5"
2008-2014	How I Met Your Mother	Dr. Stella Zinman	10 episodes
2009	Maneater	Clarissa Alpert	2 episodes
2011	Mad Love	Kate Swanson	13 episodes
2011	American Dad!	Cami	Episode: "Stanny Boy and Frantastic"
2012	Cougar Town	Angie LeClaire	4 episodes
2012	The Fresh Beat Band	Glinda	Episode: "The Wizard of Song"
2013	How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life)	Polly	13 episodes
2013	Grey's Anatomy	Casey Hedges	Episode: "Can't Fight This Feeling"
2013-2014	Hollywood Game Night	Herself	2 episodes
2013-present	Rick and Morty	Beth (voice)	21 episodes
2014	Really	Lori	Episode: "Pilot"
2015	Backstrom	Amy Gazanian	6 episodes
2016	Angie Tribeca	Mrs. Parsons	Episode: "The Famous Ventriloquist Did It"
2016	Milo Murphy's Law	Mrs. Murawski (voice)

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