Cobie Smulders

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Biography

A former model, she turned to acting at the dawn of the new millennium, experiencing near misses as a cast member on a pair of quickly canceled series - "Special Unit 2" (UPN, 2001-02) and "Veritas: The Quest" (ABC, 2003). More television work and the occasional small role in such feature films as "Walking Tall," (2004) trickled in, but nothing substantial. That was until Smulders joined the ensemble cast of the relationship sitcom "How I Met …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders on April 3, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Career Milestones

2012

Appeared in the Marvel superhero ensemble feature "The Avengers" opposite Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson

2005

Cast in breakthrough role as Robin Scherbatsky on the CBS comedy "How I Met Your Mother"

2005

Landed recurring role on the Showtime series "The L Word"

2004

Made feature film debut in "Walking Tall" opposite Dwayne Johnson

2003

First regular series role, the short-lived ABC series "Veritas: The Quest"

2002

Made TV acting debut with a small part on the Canadian series "Special Unit 2"

2001

Played the lead in the short film "Candy from Strangers"

Began modeling in her teens