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Sarah Chalke Biography

Sarah 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.

Biography

Sarah 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 Sarah Chalke's career so far has been has 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, Sarah Chalke stated: “I don’t smoke, I try to eat right, and I love doing yoga and going for hikes with my dog.

Television

Scrubs (2001-present)
The 'Bu (2003-2005)
Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998)
I've Been Waiting for You (1998)
Daughters (1997)
Dying to Belong (1997)
A Child's Wish (1997)
Stand Against Fear (1996)
Dead Ahead (1996)
Robin of Locksley (1996)
Beyond Obsession (1994)
Roseanne (1993)
Woman on the Ledge (1993)
Relentless: Mind of a Killer (1993)
City Boy (1992)

Film

Chaos Theory (filming)
Cake (Canadian release Dec. 2005, U.S. release planned for Feb. 2006)
Alchemy (2005)
XCU: Extreme Close Up (2001)
Kill Me Later (2001)
Spin Cycle (2000)
Cinderella: Single Again (2000)
All Shook Up (1999)
Y2K (1999)
Ernest Goes to School (1994)