Sarah Chalke - Biography

Last Editor: Olianna				Sarah Chalke Biography -   Name : Sarah Chalke Profession : Actress Birth Details : born August 27, 1976 Birth name : Sarah Cassandra Chalke Height : 5' 6" (1.68 m) Personal quotes : "When I first opened the script and read the pilot, I was laughing out loud. I just hadn't seen anything on the air like it and I wanted to be a p

Sarah Chalke Trivia -

Took over the role of Becky on "Roseanne" (1988) from Alicia Goranson in 1993. Said she would like to take a break from acting and attend college. [2001] Played older sister of Sara Gilbert on "Roseanne" (1988), but is younger in real life. [1993-1997] Attended the 1999 CCMA award ceremony, and presented an award for the best single of the year. [13 September 1999] Appeared in local Vancouver theater productions, at age 8. Is fluent in French and German. She volunteers at a hospice for terminally ill children and works for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund. In her leisure time, Chalke prefers cooking with friends (especially Thai and sushi), playing the guitar, hiking, skiing (she's an instructor), snowboarding, kayaking and reading. Her father is a lawyer and both her parents are mediators who also run a child adoption agency. Two years ago, she accompanied her parents to China to coordinate the adoption of several orphans there. She is vegetarian. Initially her father was not, but he eventually gave in due to family pressure. Sarah grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has dogs named Harley and Tankers. Played Markie Post's daughter in the horror film _I've been waiting for You (1998)_ and Markie Post also plays her mom as a guest star on Sarah's sitcom, "Scrubs" (2001). At times on the set of "Scrubs" (2001), Sarah is referred to as "Becky #2" in response to her being the second "Becky" on "Roseanne" (1988). When she was a few credits short of a college degree, she decided to commit to acting full time. She has a brown Labrador named Lola, which the Scrubs cast bought her at a charity auction.

Sarah Chalke Detailed Biography -

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). The highlight of her career so far has been her casting as Elliot Reid of Scrubs since the show began in 2001. 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, 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.�