Elliot Reed
Sarah was born in Ottawa, Canada on August 27th 1976, but was raised in Vancouver, the middle of the three daughters to Douglas and Angie Chalke. ...
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Sarah was born in Ottawa, Canada on August 27th 1976, but was raised in Vancouver, the middle of the three daughters to Douglas and Angie Chalke.
Her mother is originally from Rostock, Germany, while her father is a private practice lawyer in Vancouver. Her parents also run an adoption agency that specialises in placing foreign orphans with Canadian families.
While her older sister followed the family business to become a lawyer like their Dad, Sarah went down the route of child star, first appearing in local musical theatre productions when she was just eight years old.
A few years later she became an environmental reporter for the Canadian series Kid Zone.
Her big break came however in 1993 when she was cast as Becky Conner on the hit series Roseanne, playing daughter to Roseanne Barr and John Goodman.
Not content with confining her career to the small screen, Sarah has recently appeared in the film Chaos Theory alongside Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer as well as the comedy Mama's Boy opposite Diane Keaton, Jeff Daniels and Jon Heder.
On stage Sarah has landed starring roles in the New York off-Broadway production of Modern Orthodox and the drama Create Fate.
More recently she had a recurring role in sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
When she’s not acting, Sarah enjoys playing the guitar, hiking, snowboarding, and skiing – she’s also an instructor don’t you know! She also speaks French and German fluently.