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Yvonne Strahovski
Strahovski at WonderCon 2009
Born
Yvonne Strzechowski
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Yvonne Strahovski (born Strzechowski on 30 July 1982) is an Australian actress. Born in Australia to Polish immigrant parents, Strahovski speaks Polish and English. After graduating from University of Western Sydney she acted in three Australian television shows. She then auditioned for and won the role as Sarah Walker in the American television series Chuck. Her film career includes both Australian and American movies.

Early life

Strahovski was born in Maroubra, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, as Yvonne Strzechowski to Peter and Bozena Strzechowski.[1] Her parents had emigrated from Warsaw, Poland. She adopted the more phonetic spelling of Strahovski as her stage name at Chuck producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation. Strahovski's father is an electronics engineer, and her mother works as a lab technician.[2] Strahovski started acting when she played Viola in a school production of Twelfth Night.[3]

She spent her high school years attending Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. She graduated from University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean in 2003[4] with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance and received straight A's in her subjects.[5]

Career

Strahovski first started her career in Australia appearing in film and TV roles, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and a part in Aussie drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine's show 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.[6] 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.

Strahovski speaks fluent Polish and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" and again during the character's return in "Chuck Versus the Three Words". She used it again in "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in her real Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus The Ex". Her audition footage, which is included in the DVD set Chuck: The Complete First Season, can be seen on YouTube.[7][8]

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

In 2009, Strahovski was rated #94 on Maxim's 2009 Hot 100 Women of the World.[9] In 2010, Strahovski moved up seventeen spots to #77.[10]

In 2010, Strahovski received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress for Chuck.

Personal life

Strahovski's parents emigrated to Australia from Warsaw, Poland. Strahovski moved to Los Angeles in 2007, although she has returned to Australia to work. She has acknowledged that one of the more difficult aspects of relocating to the U.S. is living there without the support of family and friends. After her acting success, her parents moved to the USA to be near her. All of Strahovski's remaining relatives reside in Poland.[citation needed]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2007 Gone Sondra as Yvonne Strzechowski
2007 Persons Of Interest Lara as Yvonne Strzechowski
2008 The Plex Sarah
2008 The Canyon Lori Release date: October 23, 2009[11]
2009 I Love You Too Alice Theatrical Release: May 6, 2010 (Australia)[12][13]

DVD Release: October 6, 2010 (Australia)[14]

2009 Shadows from the Sky Jill pre production
2010 Matching Jack[15] Veronica Theatrical Release: August 19, 2010 (Australia)[16]
Previously "Love and Mortar"
2010 LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers[17] Peg Mooring Straight-To-DVD
2010 The Killer Elite[18] In production (as of May 9, 2010)
Television
Year Title Role Episodes Notes
2004 Double the Fist Suzie 1 Episode name: "Fear Factory"
2005–
2006 		headLand Freya Lewis 26
2007 Sea Patrol Fed Agent Martina Royce 1 Episode name: "Cometh the Hour"
2007–
present 		Chuck Special Agent Sarah Walker 55
Video Games

References

  1. ^ Simone Casey (2010-05-30). "10 Minutes With ... I Love You Too's Yvonne Strahovski — Who Magazine — Yahoo!7 Lifestyle". Au.lifestyle.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  2. ^ "Only child". Virgin Media. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Acting bug". Virgin Media. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Yvonne Strahovski". NBC. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Early breaks". Virgin Media. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  6. ^ Special features of disc 3 of Chuck Season 1 "Chuck's World"
  7. ^ "IGN: Yvonne Strahovski Biography". Stars.ign.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  8. ^ Michael Bodey (2 June 2007). "Unknown Aussie lands TV lead in US". The Australian. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
  9. ^ "2009 Hot 100". Maxim.com. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  10. ^ "2010 Hot 100". Maxim.com. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  11. ^ "First Look: Yvonne Strahovski in The Canyon". ShockTillYouDrop.com. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  12. ^ "I Love You Too — In Cinemas May 6". YouTube. 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  13. ^ "In Cinemas Now". I Love You Too Movie. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  14. ^ http://twitter.com/pjhelliar/status/22124833628
  15. ^ "A new film from Nadia Tass and David Parker". Matching Jack. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  16. ^ "The Australian Film Institute | 2010 Film Schedule". Afi.org.au. 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  17. ^ "LEGO: The Adventures of Clutch Powers at imdb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  18. ^ REEL TIME: Michael Bodey (2010-04-28). "Elite signed up for killer roles". The Australian. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
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