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Yvonne Strahovski
Yvonne Strahovski at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012
Strahovski at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2012
Born
Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski

(1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 42)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian, Polish
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Known forCIA Agent Sarah Walker (Chuck)
Hannah McKay (Dexter)
Miranda Lawson (Mass Effect series)

Yvonne Strahovski (born Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski;[1] 30 July 1982) is an Australian actress. After graduating from the University of Western Sydney, she featured in a number of Australian television shows. She then starred as CIA Agent Sarah Walker in the American television series Chuck,[2] a role for which she is widely known. She is also noted as the voice and model of Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect trilogy. She is featured in season 7 & 8 of the Showtime series Dexter as Hannah McKay.

Early life

Strahovski was born in Campbelltown, a suburb of Sydney, as Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski, to Bożena and Piotr Strzechowski.[3] Her parents had emigrated from Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. Strahovski speaks Polish and English. She adopted the more phonetic spelling of Strahovski as her stage name at Chuck, which was at producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation. Strahovski's father is an electronic engineer, and her mother works as a lab technician.[4] Strahovski started acting when she played Viola in a school production of Twelfth Night.[5]

She 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 at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011

Strahovski started her career in Australia appearing in film and TV roles, 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.[8] She sent in an audition tape while waiting to hear from the other two jobs. She was contacted by the producers of Chuck the next day to come in to "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.[citation needed]

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 .[9]

Strahovski appeared in the 2011 film Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.[10] She also appeared in the 2012 comedy The Guilt Trip, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.[11]

Strahovski at the Chuck panel at WonderCon 2009 in San Francisco.

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.[12] In March 2012, she was featured in a new SoBe Life commercial. And in May 2012, Strahovski ranked #35 in Maxim Hot 100 2012. 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.[13] In December 2012, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy[14][15] for which she won a Theatre World Award.[16] Yvonne Strahovski is a supporter of PETA and appeared in an ad for their "Adopt, Don't Buy" campaign.[17][18] Yvonne Strahovski was honored along with Liam Hemsworth for their work in international roles with the 2012 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.[19] She is set to reprise her role as Hannah McKay in the eighth season of Dexter.[20]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2007 Gone Sondra As Yvonne Strzechowski
2009 Persons of Interest Lara Short film
As Yvonne Strzechowski
2008 The Plex Sarah
2008 The Canyon Lori[21]
2009 I Love You Too[22][23][24] Alice
2010 Matching Jack[25][26] Veronica
2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers[27] Peg Mooring Voice
Straight-to-DVD
2011 Killer Elite[10][28] Anne
2012 The Outback Miranda Voice
2012 The Guilt Trip[29] Jessica
2013 I, Frankenstein[30] Terra Wessex Finished
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Double the Fist Suzie 1 episode: "Fear Factory"
2005–2006 headLand Freya Lewis Main Cast; 26 episodes
2007 Sea Patrol Martina Royce 1 episode: "Cometh the Hour"
2007–2012 Chuck Sarah Walker Main Role
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action
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
2012–2013 Dexter Hannah McKay Recurring (Season 7)
Pending-Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television
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[31] Aya Brea Voice (English version)
2012 Mass Effect 3 Miranda Lawson Voice and likeness

References

  1. ^ Yvonne Strahovski (10 December 2012). "Middle name". Twitter. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ^ Bodey, Michael (2 June 2007). "Unknown Aussie lands TV lead in US". The Australian. Retrieved 15 October 2007.
  3. ^ Simone Casey (30 May 2010). "10 Minutes With ... I Love You Too's Yvonne Strahovski — Who Magazine — Yahoo!7 Lifestyle". AU.LifeStyle.Yahoo.com. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Only child". Virgin Media. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Acting bug". Virgin Media. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Yvonne Strahovski". NBC. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  7. ^ Ferri, Josh (13 December 2012). "Yvonne Strahovski on Her Comical Golden Boy Inspiration and Seth Rogen's 'Amazing' Laugh". Broadway.com.
  8. ^ Special features of disc 3 of Chuck Season 1 "Chuck's World"
  9. ^ "Three Pop Stars, One Song (with Yvonne Strahovski) – CollegeHumor Video". CollegeHumor.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  10. ^ a b Michael Bodey (28 April 2010). "Elite signed up for killer roles". The Australian. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  11. ^ Kit, Borys (13 May 2011). "'Chuck' Actress Joins Barbra Streisand Road Trip Comedy 'Guilt Trip' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
  12. ^ Kit, Borys (17 November 2011). "'Chuck' Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in 'I, Frankenstein' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  13. ^ Seat42f. "Yvonne Strahovski Joins Dexter". Retrieved 12 June 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Isherwood, Charles (6 December 2012). "The Sweet Science vs. the Stradivarius". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Kennedy, Mark (6 December 2012). "Review: 'Golden Boy' returns with golden touches". Google News. Associated Press.
  16. ^ "Tom Hanks, Bertie Carvel, Valisia LeKae, Rob McClure and More Are Theatre World Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  17. ^ "Yvonne Strahovski's Charity Work, Events and Causes". Looktothestars.org. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  18. ^ "Yvonne Strahovski Is an 'Angel for Animals'". Secure.peta.org. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  19. ^ "Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards". Australiansinfilm.org. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  20. ^ "'Dexter': Yvonne Strahovski Set to Return". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  21. ^ "First Look: Yvonne Strahovski in The Canyon". ShockTillYouDrop.com. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  22. ^ "I Love You Too — In Cinemas May 6". YouTube. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  23. ^ "In Cinemas Now". I Love You Too Movie. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  24. ^ "Twitter / PETER HELLIAR: When does it come out on D". Twitter. 25 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  25. ^ "A new film from Nadia Tass and David Parker". Matching Jack. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  26. ^ "The Australian Film Institute | 2010 Film Schedule". AFI.org.au. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  27. ^ "LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers". IMDb. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  28. ^ "In Theaters Sept 23 | Open Road Films". Killer Elite. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  29. ^ Stewart, Andrew (9 March 2011). "Date set for Mother's Curse release – Entertainment News, Top News, Media". Variety. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  30. ^ Kits, Borys. "'Chuck' Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in 'I, Frankenstein' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
  31. ^ "Yvonne Strahovski will be in 'The 3rd Birthday'". Twitter. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
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