Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Strahovski

Strahovski at the 2014 Nerd HQ
Born Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski
(1982-07-30) 30 July 1982
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 known for portraying CIA Agent Sarah Walker in the NBC television series Chuck (2007–2012) and Hannah McKay in the Showtime series Dexter (2012–2013). She is also known for her roles in the action adventure film Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010) and the fantasy action film I, Frankenstein (2014), is the voice and model of Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series, and appeared as CIA agent Kate Morgan in 24: Live Another Day. She also voiced Batwoman in the Batman: Bad Blood (2016) animated film.

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 Plex, TheThe Plex Sarah
2009 Persons of Interest Lara Short film
2009 Canyon, TheThe 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 Outback, TheThe 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
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

References

  1. ↑ Yvonne Strahovski (10 December 2012). "Middle name". Twitter. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Aubrey, Marika. "How We Do What We Do…Yvonne Strahovski with Marika Aubrey". Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  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 2010-07-28.
  4. ↑ "Only child". Virgin Media. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
  5. ↑ "From Sydney's west to role in US drama series". Penrith City Gazette. 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Yvonne Strahovski". NBC. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  7. ↑ Ferri, Josh (2012-12-13). "Yvonne Strahovski on Her Comical Golden Boy Inspiration and Seth Rogen's 'Amazing' Laugh". Broadway.com.
  8. ↑ "Acting bug". Virgin Media. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
  9. ↑ Special features of disc 3 of Chuck Season 1 "Chuck's World"
  10. ↑ "Hemsworth and Strahovski to share award".
  11. ↑ "Three Pop Stars, One Song (with Yvonne Strahovski) – CollegeHumor Video". CollegeHumor.com. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  12. ↑ Michael Bodey (28 April 2010). "Elite signed up for killer roles". The Australian. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
  13. ↑ Kit, Borys (13 May 2011). "'Chuck' Actress Joins Barbra Streisand Road Trip Comedy 'Guilt Trip' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (17 November 2011). "'Chuck' Star Yvonne Strahovski to Play Scientist in 'I, Frankenstein' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  15. ↑ Seat42f. "Yvonne Strahovski Joins Dexter". Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "'Dexter': Yvonne Strahovski Set to Return". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  17. ↑ Isherwood, Charles (2012-12-06). "The Sweet Science vs. the Stradivarius". The New York Times.
  18. ↑ Kennedy, Mark (2012-12-06). "Review: 'Golden Boy' returns with golden touches". Google News. Associated Press.
  19. ↑ "Tom Hanks, Bertie Carvel, Valisia LeKae, Rob McClure and More Are Theatre World Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
  20. ↑ "Australians in Film Breakthrough Awards". Australiansinfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  21. ↑ "Yvonne Strahovski Joins '24' Limited Series".
  22. 1 2 "Yvonne Strahovski to Co-Star in ABC's 'Astronaut Wives Club'". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  23. ↑ "Hot 100 Details". Maxim. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  24. ↑ "Yvonne Strahovski's Charity Work, Events and Causes". Looktothestars.org. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  25. ↑ "Yvonne Strahovski Is an 'Angel for Animals'". Secure.peta.org. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
  26. ↑ Sands, Rich (15 July 2015). "Yvonne Strahovski and Gaius Charles Get Animated for Batman: Bad Blood". TV Insider. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  27. ↑ http://variety.com/t/edge/

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