Yvonne Strahovski

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Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski at Nerd HQ 2014 (cropped).jpg
Strahovski at the 2014 Nerd HQ
Born Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski
(1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 41)
Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation Actress
Years active 2004–present

Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski[1] (born 30 July 1982), known professionally as Yvonne Strahovski (/strəˈhɒv.ski/), is an Australian actress. She is best known for her roles as CIA Agent Sarah Walker in Chuck (2007–2012) and Hannah McKay in the Showtime series Dexter (2012–2013).

Her other notable works include Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010), I, Frankenstein (2014), 24: Live Another Day (2014), and The Astronaut Wives Club (2015). She has also voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and Batwoman in the animated film Batman: Bad Blood (2016) and plays Ms.Crowley in Manhattan Night (2016) .

Early life

Strahovski was born in Werrington Downs, New South Wales,[2] the daughter of Bożena and Piotr Strzechowski;[3] her parents emigrated from Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland. Her father is an electronic engineer, and her mother is a lab technician.[4] Strahovski began acting lessons at age 12[5] and spent her high school years attending Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. She graduated from University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean in 2003 and co-founded a small theater company.[6][7]

Career

Strahovski about the beginning of her acting career

Strahovski started acting when she played Viola in a school production of Twelfth Night.[8] She appeared in film and television roles in Australia, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and a part as Freya Lewis in the Australian drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine's Sea Patrol.

She sent in her audition tape for the show Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC's 2007 series Bionic Woman.[9] She was contacted by the producers of Chuck the next day to come in and run lines with Zachary Levi. The producers called her back a week later letting her know she had been cast as Sarah Walker. Six months later, she moved to the United States.[10] She adopted the more phonetic spelling of Strahovski as her stage name at this time, at producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation.

Strahovski at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011

Strahovski speaks fluent Polish, and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" and again in the episodes "Chuck Versus the Three Words" and "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in a "Hollywood" Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus the Ex".

Strahovski appears in Mass Effect Galaxy, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 as the voice of Miranda Lawson. Strahovski had her face scanned and animated so she could portray Lawson in Mass Effect 2.

Strahovski voices Aya Brea in the English version of the Parasite Eve spinoff, The 3rd Birthday, which was released on March 2011 for the PlayStation Portable. She also appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in April 2011, parodying the music styles of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.[11]

Strahovski appeared in the 2011 film Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.[12] She also appeared in the 2012 comedy The Guilt Trip, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.[13]

In 2010, 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. In 2011, Strahovski was nominated again for the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Action TV Actress. In 2011, Cosmopolitan Magazine (Australia) awarded Strahovski the Fun Fearless Female of the Year along with Favorite TV Actress.

In November 2011, she was cast as the female lead in I, Frankenstein (2014).[14] In March 2012, she was featured in a new SoBe Life commercial. And in May 2012, Strahovski ranked #35 in Maxim Hot 100. In June 2012, Showtime announced Strahovski had joined the cast for the seventh season of Dexter in which she plays the role of 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.[15] She reprised her role as Hannah McKay in the eighth season of Dexter.[16]

In December 2012, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy,[17][18] for which she won a Theatre World Award.[19] Strahovski was honored along with Liam Hemsworth for their work in international roles with the 2012 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.[20]

In 2014, Strahovski joined Fox's TV series 24: Live Another Day cast as Kate Morgan, CIA agent.[21] Later that year, she was cast as Rene Carpenter on ABC's Astronaut Wives Club.[22]

She was featured in Maxim Hot 100 from 2009 to 2013.[23]

Charity work

Strahovski is a supporter of PETA and appeared in an ad for their "Adopt, Don't Buy" campaign.[24][25]

Filmography

Film

Strahovski at WonderCon 2009
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Gone Sondra
2008 The Plex Sarah
2009 Persons of Interest Lara Short film
2009 The Canyon Lori
2010 I Love You Too Alice
2010 Matching Jack Veronica
2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Peg Mooring Voice
2011 Killer Elite Anne
2012 The Outback Miranda Voice
2012 The Guilt Trip Jessica
2014 I, Frankenstein Terra Wade
2016 Batman: Bad Blood Kate Kane/Batwoman Voice[26]
2016 Manhattan Night Caroline Crowley Direct-to-VOD
2016 All I See Is You Karen

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Double the Fist Suzie Episode: "Fear Factory"
2005–2006 headLand Freya Lewis 26 episodes
2007 Sea Patrol Martina Royce Episode: "Cometh the Hour"
2007–2012 Chuck Sarah Walker 91 episodes

Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action (2010)
TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress
TV Guide Award for Favorite Couple Who Have (Shared with Zachary Levi)
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action (2011 & 2012)
2012–2013 Dexter Hannah McKay 17 episodes

Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television
2014 Louie Blake Episode: Season 4, Episode 2 "Model"
2014 24: Live Another Day Kate Morgan 12 episodes
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Rene Carpenter[22] 10 episodes
2015 Edge Beth [27] Pilot

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Mass Effect Galaxy Miranda Lawson Voice
2010 Mass Effect 2 Miranda Lawson Voice and likeness
2011 The 3rd Birthday Aya Brea Voice
English dub
2012 Mass Effect 3 Miranda Lawson Voice and likeness

Other appearances

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Three Pop Stars, One Song Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha and Justin Bieber Collegehumor YouTube video
2015 Princess Rap Battle Daenerys Targaryen YouTube video series; 1 episode

Further reading

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References

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