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Sarah Chalke

Sarah ChalkeAKA Sarah Cassandra Chalke

Born: 27-Aug-1976
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: Canada
Executive summary: Dr. Reid on Scrubs

Sarah Chalke was the second actress to play Becky on Roseanne, replacing Lecy Goranson in the show's sixth season. In a strange casting quirk, Goranson returned to the role of Becky for Roseanne's eighth season, but shared the part, with Chalke and Goranson each playing Becky in alternating episodes. Goranson left again at the start of the show's final season, leaving Chalke as Becky until the end. For quick-reference Roseanne purposes, Chalke is usually referred to as "the fake Becky". She later played the cowgirl Gloria on the Canadian drama Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy, and came to moderate fame playing the neurotic Dr Elliot Reid on the long-running American hospital sitcom Scrubs.

Sarah Chalke grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and began appearing in local stage productions at the age of eight. While she was in junior high school, she reported environmental news for the Canadian series, KidZone, and she was still in high school when she started on Roseanne. Her first film role was a brief bit in Jim Varney's ninth outing as Ernest P. Worrell, Ernest Goes to School.

Father: Doug Chalke (lawyer)
Mother: Angie (adoption agency manager)
Sister: Piper
Sister: Natasha
Boyfriend: Jamie Afifi (media attorney, together since 2003, engaged since 2006, one son)
Son: Charlie Rhodes Afifi (b. 24-Dec-2009)

    High School: (graduated 1994)

    German Ancestry Maternal
    Risk Factors: Vegetarian

    TELEVISION
    Rick and Morty Beth Smith (2013-)
    Mad Love Kate Swanson (2011)
    Scrubs Dr. Elliot Reid (2001-10)
    Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy Gloria Hobson (1999-2000)
    Roseanne Becky (1993-97)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Mother's Day (13-Apr-2016)
    Mama's Boy (30-Nov-2007)
    Chaos Theory (13-Feb-2007) · Paula Crowe
    Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy (23-Oct-2006)
    Cake (12-May-2005) · Jane
    Alchemy (25-Apr-2005) · Samantha Rose
    It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (29-Nov-2002)
    Kill Me Later (2-Mar-2001) · Linda
    Y2K (15-Sep-1999)
    I've Been Waiting for You (22-Mar-1998)
    Dying to Belong (24-Feb-1997)
    A Child's Wish (21-Jan-1997)
    Our Mother's Murder (1997)
    Stand Against Fear (16-Dec-1996)
    Dead Ahead (17-Apr-1996)
    Robin of Locksley (26-Feb-1996)
    Ernest Goes to School (1994)
    City Boy (1992)


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