Cobie Smulders Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actress , Executive co-producer
Birth name Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders
Canadian nationality
Birth April 3, 1982 (Vancouver, British Columbia – Canada)

BIOGRAPHY
Born in Vancouver to a Dutch father and an English mother, Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders, nicknamed “Cobie”, was not predestined to become an actress. Although she tried her hand at acting in her high school shows, she first began a career as a model. Alongside her studies, she traveled to Europe, Africa and Japan. And she still graduated with honors in 2000.

Tired of the modeling world which she considers too superficial, Cobie begins to go to castings and finally turns to comedy. His career began with minor roles on television. She starred in the science fiction series Jeremiah in 2002 and also appeared in Tru Calling: Countdown as Sarah Webb.

It was in 2003 that she obtained a leading role in a series for the first time, playing opposite Eric Balfour in Veritas: The Quest . The show was canceled after a short season of 13 episodes. However, Cobie became known to the general public by joining the group of friends in How I Met Your Mother in 2005 where she played Robin Scherbatsky. Considered the new Friends , the sitcom was an immediate success and quickly became one of CBS’s hits.

Building on his new popularity, Cobie Smulders landed his first significant role in the cinema by playing Agent Maria Hill in Marvel blockbusters (The Avengers , Captain America the Winter Soldier ). A character that she takes up in the pilot of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, the series by Joss Whedon inspired by the Marvel franchise.