Yvonne Strahovski

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Yvonne Strahovski
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Strahovski at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Yvonne Jacqueline Strzechowski

(1982-07-30) 30 July 1982 (age 39)
Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)Tim Loden (m. 2017)
Children1

Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski[1][2] (born 30 July 1982), known professionally as Yvonne Strahovski (/strəˈhɒvski/), is an Australian actress of television, film, and theatre. Primarily noted for her roles in dramatic television, she has received numerous awards and nominations,[3] including two Primetime Emmy Award nominations and three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

She is best known for roles as CIA agent Sarah Walker in the NBC spy drama series Chuck (2007–2012), Hannah McKay in the Showtime drama series Dexter (2012–2013), and CIA Agent Kate Morgan in the Fox event series 24: Live Another Day (2014). She stars as Serena Joy Waterford in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present), for which she has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

Strahovski's other notable works include Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010), Killer Elite (2011), I, Frankenstein (2014), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), Manhattan Night (2016), He's Out There (2018), The Predator (2018) and The Tomorrow War (2021). She also voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and Batwoman in the animated superhero film Batman: Bad Blood (2016).

Early life[]

Strahovski was born in Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia[4] the daughter of Piotr and Bożena Strzechowski;[5] her parents emigrated from Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.[6] Her father is an electronic engineer, and her mother is a lab technician.[7] Strahovski began acting lessons at age 12[8] and spent her high school years attending Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. She attended the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean in 2003 and co-founded a small theater company.[9][10]

Career[]

Strahovski about the beginning of her acting career

Strahovski started acting at school when she played Viola in the school production of Twelfth Night.[11] She appeared in film and television roles in Australia, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and as Freya Lewis in the Australian drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine's Sea Patrol.

Strahovski sent in her audition tape for the TV series Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC's 2007 series Bionic Woman.[12] After running lines with Zachary Levi she was cast as Sarah Walker. Six months later, she moved to the United States.[13] Strahovski adopted the more phonetic spelling of Strahovski as her stage name in place of Strzechowski at this time,[3] at producer Josh Schwartz's behest.

Strahovski at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

Strahovski is fluent in Polish and English, and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" and again in the episodes "Chuck Versus the Three Words" and "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in a "Hollywood" Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus the Ex".

Strahovski appears in Mass Effect Galaxy, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3 as the voice of Miranda Lawson. She had her face scanned and animated so she could portray Lawson in Mass Effect 2.

Strahovski voices Aya Brea in the English version of the Parasite Eve spinoff, The 3rd Birthday. She appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in April 2011, parodying the music styles of Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Lady Gaga, and Justin Bieber.[14]

Strahovski appeared in the 2011 film Killer Elite, alongside Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro.[15] She appeared in the 2012 comedy The Guilt Trip, opposite Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.[16]

Strahovski at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con

In 2010, Strahovski received the Teen Choice Award for Choice Action TV Actress for Chuck, as well as a nomination for Spike Video Game Awards for Best Performance by a Human Female for Mass Effect 2. In 2011, Strahovski was nominated again for the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Action TV Actress. In 2011, Cosmopolitan Magazine (Australia) named Strahovski the Fun Fearless Female of the Year, along with Favorite TV Actress.

In November 2011, Strahovski was cast as the female lead in I, Frankenstein (2014).[17] In March 2012, she featured in a new SoBe Life commercial. In May 2012, Strahovski ranked No. 35 in Maxim Hot 100. In June 2012, Showtime announced Strahovski had joined the cast for the seventh season of Dexter portraying Hannah McKay, a woman involved with an investigation following the death of her former lover, a spree killer whom she accompanied when she was a teenager.[18] She reprised the role in the eighth season of Dexter.[19]

In December 2012, she made her Broadway debut in a revival of Clifford Odets' Golden Boy,[20][21] for which she won a Theatre World Award.[22] Strahovski was honored along with Liam Hemsworth for their work in international roles with the 2012 Australians in Film Breakthrough Award.[23]

In 2014, Strahovski joined Fox's TV series 24: Live Another Day cast as Kate Morgan, CIA agent.[24] Later that year, she was cast as Rene Carpenter on the ABC limited series The Astronaut Wives Club.[25] In 2016, she starred, along with Adrien Brody, as Caroline Crowley in the film noir Manhattan Night. She was featured in Maxim Hot 100 from 2009 to 2013.[26]

Since 2017, she has starred as Serena Joy Waterford in the acclaimed Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale. For her performance, Strahovski earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2018.[27] She also starred as Sofie Werner in the limited series Stateless (2020).[28]

Personal life[]

At the 2017 Emmy Awards, Strahovski revealed that she had married Tim Loden (born June 9, 1982), her partner of six years.[29] Their first child, a boy named William, was born in October 2018.[30] On July 1, 2021, she revealed that she is expecting her second child, a boy.[31]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Gone Sondra
2008 The Plex Sarah
2009 Persons of Interest Lara Short film
2009 The Canyon Lori Conway
2010 I Love You Too Alice
2010 Matching Jack Veronica
2010 Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers Peg Mooring Voice
2011 Killer Elite Anne Frazier
2012 The Outback Miranda Voice
2012 The Guilt Trip Jessica
2014 I, Frankenstein Terra Wade
2015 Edge Beth
2016 Batman: Bad Blood Kate Kane/Batwoman Voice[32]
2016 Manhattan Night Caroline Crowley
2016 All I See Is You Karen
2018 He's Out There Laura
2018 The Predator Emily McKenna
2019 Angel of Mine Claire [33]
2021 The Tomorrow War Colonel Muri Forester

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Double the Fist Suzie Episode: "Fear Factory"
2005–2006 headLand Freya Lewis 33 episodes
2006 BlackJack: Dead Memory Belinda TV Movie
2007 Sea Patrol Martina Royce Episode: "Cometh the Hour"
2007–2012 Chuck CIA Agent Sarah Walker Main role (91 episodes)
2012–2013 Dexter Hannah McKay Main role (17 episodes)
2014 Louie Blake Episode: "Model"
2014 24: Live Another Day CIA Agent Kate Morgan Main role (12 episodes)
2015 The Astronaut Wives Club Rene Carpenter Main role (10 episodes)
2015 Edge Beth Pilot
2017–present The Handmaid's Tale Serena Joy Waterford Main role (31 episodes)
2018 Tangled: The Series Stalyan (voice) 2 episodes
2020 Stateless Sofie Werner 6 episodes[34]

Video games[]

Year Title Voice role Notes
2009 Mass Effect Galaxy Miranda Lawson
2010 Mass Effect 2 Also likeness
2011 The 3rd Birthday Aya Brea English dub
2012–2013 Mass Effect 3 Miranda Lawson Also likeness

Web[]

Year Title Role Notes
2011 Three Pop Stars, One Song Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha and Justin Bieber CollegeHumor YouTube video[35]
2015 Princess Rap Battle Daenerys Targaryen YouTube video series; 1 episode

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2010 Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action Chuck Won [36]
2011 TV Guide Awards TV Guide Award for Favorite Actress Won
TV Guide Award for Favorite Couple Who Have (Shared with Zachary Levi) Won
Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action Nominated
2012 Teen Choice Awards Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Action Nominated
2013 Saturn Award Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television Dexter Won
2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series The Handmaid's Tale Nominated [37]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated [38]
2019 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated [39]
Critics' Choice Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Nominated [40]
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated [41]
2020 Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominated [42]
AACTA Awards Best Lead Actress in a Television Drama Stateless Won [43]
2021 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series The Handmaid's Tale Pending [44]

References[]

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  2. ^ Polish pronunciation: [iˈvɔn ˈdʐaklin stʂɛˈxɔfskʲi]; Polish: Strzechowska [stʂɛˈxɔfska]
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