Sarah Chalke Biography

Sarah Cassandra Chalke  was born in Ottawa, Canada on 27th August, 1976.  Her family later moved to Vancouver B.C. where she was raised.

Her parents are Angie and Doug Chalke, and she has two siblings (an older and a younger sister). She got interested in performing at an early age, and she starred in musical theatre productions from the age of eight.

She appeared as a reporter on the Canadian series “Kids Zone” throughout 1990-1993. In 1992 she made her debut in acting, starring in the television-movie “City Boys”. A year later she auditioned for the role of Rebecca “Becky” Conner-Healy on the famous ABC sitcom “Roseanne”, after the first Becky (Lecy Goranson) left the show to attend college. This became Sarah’s big break. She replaced Lecy’s role in 1993-1995, before Lecy returned. Sarah once again replaced Lecy in the last season of the show. She graduated from high-school in ’94, during the recording of “Rosanne”.

In 1998 she returned to Vancouver where she co-starred in the CBC-TV’s “Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy”, which lasted for two years and which she received a Gemini nomination for. She also starred in many different made-for-television movies around this time. In September 2000, she moved to Los Angeles. A few months later she had auditioned and gotten a major role on “Scrubs”, a show created by Bill Lawrence (one of the guys behind the series “Spin City”). “Scrubs” is now in its fifth season and has received many nominations. The show was recently nominated for four Emmy’s, and won one. Sarah Chalke plays a young, neurotic doctor named Elliot Reid.

For more information about the show and Sarah’s character, please visit the Scrubs-section on this site.

During “Scrubs” hiatus in 2005, Sarah starred in two movies. “Alchemy”, a romantic comedy starring Tom Cavanagh (“Ed”, also known for his recurring role as Dan Dorian, J.D’s brother on “Scrubs”). The other movie, “Cake”, starring Heather Graham and Taye Diggs, also a romantic comedy and is directed by Nisha Ganatra. (More information about this movie will come when it’s finished and available.)

Sarah also appeared on two theatre-plays last summer. “Create Fate”, and the Off-Broadway production “Modern Orthodox”, filling in for Molly Ringwald.