Cobie Smulders

Jacoba Francisca Maria “Cobie” Smulders was born on April 3, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has four sisters, Amy, Julie, Melissa, and Fiona, and three brothers, Mark, Adam and Scott. She studied at Lord Byng Secondary School and later graduated from the University of Victoria.

Coming to the actress’ love life, she married her longtime boyfriend Taran Killam in 2012. As of now, the couple has two daughters, including Shaelyn Cado Killam. Currently, the family lives in New York, USA.

In 2007, Smulders was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She initially underwent a surgery to remove two tumors from her ovaries. Unfortunately, the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes for which she had to undergo many surgeries over the course of two years. She is healthy and cancer-free now.

Cobie Smulders first appeared in the TV series ‘Jeremiah’ in 2002. The following year, she was cast in the main role of Juliet Droil in the drama ‘Veritas: The Quest’. In 2004, she did the movie ‘Walking Tall’. After this, she played guest roles in the dramas ‘Andromeda’ and ‘The L Word’. Smulders next joined the cast of ‘How I Met Your Mother’ in 2005. That year, she also appeared in the flick ‘The Long Weekend’. Soon after this, she did the short films ‘Escape’ and ‘Dr. Miracles,’ both in 2006.

From 2009 to 2012, the actress did a few big screen projects including ‘The Slammin' Salmon’ and ‘The Avengers’. She next played Maria Hill in ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ between 2013 and 2015. During this time, Smulders also acted in the films ‘Safe Haven’, ‘Delivery Man’, ‘They Came Together’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘Unexpected’ and ‘Results’. After this, she voiced Anni in an episode of ‘Animals’.

She played Ruby in the comedy-drama flick ‘The Intervention’ in 2016. A year later, the Canadian beauty appeared in eight episodes of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ as well as in the movies ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ and ‘Killing Gunther’. That year, she also performed on stage in the play ‘Present Laughter’. Smulders began playing the role of Lisa Turner in ‘Friends from College’ in 2017.