Yvonne Strahovski

She is best known for her role as CIA agent Sarah Walker on the show “Chuck”.

Ranked #24 in Wizard magazine’s Sexiest Women of TV list 2008.

Ranked #77 in Maxim’s Hot 100 of 2010

Ranked #97 in Maxim’s Hot 100 of 2009

She was a straight-A student in school

Had a nose ring for five years and says that the hole is still visible from close-up

Graduated from University of Western Sydney’s Theatre Nepean with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance

Sent in her audition tape for the show “Chuck” (2007) in the United States while in the states doing an audition for two other shows (see special features of disk 3 of “Chuck” (2007) Season 1 “Chuck’s World”. She sent in an audition tape while waiting to hear from the other two jobs. She was contacted by the producers of “Chuck” (2007) the next day to come in to “run lines” with Zachary Levi A.K.A. Chuck Bartowski/Charles Carmichael. The chemistry was undeniable and the producers of “Chuck” (2007) called her back a week later letting her know she got the job. Six months later, she moved to the United States and was cast as the leading lady on “Chuck” (2007) two days later.

Strahovski first started her career in Australia appearing in film and TV roles, including a turn on satirical show Double the Fist and a part in Aussie drama series headLand. She has also appeared in Channel Nine’s show Sea Patrol.

She sent in her audition tape for the show Chuck while in the United States auditioning for roles in other shows, namely NBC’s 2007 series Bionic Woman. She sent in an audition tape while waiting to hear from the other two jobs. She was contacted by the producers of Chuck the next day to come in to “run lines” with Zachary Levi. The producers called her back a week later letting her know she had been cast as Sarah Walker. Six months later, she moved to the United States.

Strahovski speaks fluent Polish and employed it in a brief exchange with a colleague in the Chuck episode “Chuck Versus the Wookiee” and again during the character’s return in “Chuck Versus the Three Words”. She used it again in “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”.

Her audition footage can be seen on YouTube here, it is also included in the DVD set Chuck: The Complete First Season.

There is a movement to get her an Emmy nomination at http://emmy4yvonne.com, so don’t be a dick, help the gal out.

I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I’d never held one before and I’m physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.

Filmography:

2007-2011

Chuck (TV series)

Sarah Walker

2010

Matching Jack

Veronica

2010

I Love You Too

Alice

2010

A Clutch Powers 4D Adventure (short)

Peg Mooring

2010

Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers

Peg Mooring (voice)

2010

Mass Effect 2 (Video Game)

Miranda Lawson (voice)

2009

The Canyon

Lori

2009

Persons of Interest (short)

Lara (as Yvonne Strzechowski)

2008

The Plex

Sarah

2007

Sea Patrol (TV series)

Fed Agent Martina Royce

2007/III

Gone

Sondra (as Yvonne Strzechowski)

2006

BlackJack: Dead Memory (TV movie)

Belinda (as Yvonne Strzechowski)

2005-2006

Headland (TV series)

Freya Lewis

2004

Double the Fist (TV series)

Suzie

I get why they put me in skimpy outfits, I understand. But most of the time the outfits feel right and not gratuitous.

Yeah, right. To emphasise the above, here’s a gif of the two reasons why Yvonne is the next bis thing in Hollywood.

And of course I can’t keep this one for myself