Cobie Smulders facts for kids
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Cobie Smulders
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Smulders in 2019 at the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home
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Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders
April 3, 1982 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is famous for playing Robin Scherbatsky in the TV show How I Met Your Mother. She also played S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Her first Marvel movie was The Avengers in 2012.
Cobie Smulders has been in many other movies and TV shows. These include Safe Haven (2013) and the The Lego Movie series. She also appeared in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016). On TV, she starred in A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017) and Friends from College (2017–2019). She also played a detective in Stumptown (2019–2020).
Cobie also performs on stage. She made her first theater appearance in 2010. This was in an off-Broadway play called Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Later, in 2017, she made her Broadway debut. She starred in the play Present Laughter and won an award for it.
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Early Life and Education
Cobie Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Her father was Dutch, and her mother was British. She grew up in White Rock, British Columbia. Later, she moved to West Point Grey for high school. She went to Lord Byng Secondary School. Her nickname "Cobie" comes from her great-aunt, who had the same name. Cobie says she understands French very well. She has four sisters. As a child, Cobie was also a member of the Girl Guides of Canada. She was a Brownie, which is for kids aged 7 to 10.
When she was younger, Cobie wanted to be a marine biologist. But she became very interested in acting during high school. She briefly studied at the University of Victoria. However, she soon returned to acting.
Modeling Career
Before acting, Cobie worked as a model. She later said she "kind of hated" it. This experience made her unsure about becoming an actress. She felt that modeling was all about how you looked. But acting meant she had to perform and use her voice.
Acting Career Highlights
Early Roles and Big Break (2002–2016)
Cobie Smulders started her acting career in 2002. She had small roles in TV shows like Special Unit 2 and Jeremiah. She also appeared in Tru Calling and Smallville in 2003. Her first regular role was in the show Veritas: The Quest in 2003. She made her movie debut in 2004 in Walking Tall.
In 2005, Cobie got a main role in the CBS show How I Met Your Mother. She played Robin Scherbatsky, a TV reporter. The show was very popular and ran for nine seasons until 2014. It won many awards. Cobie became widely known for this role. In 2010, she performed in the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore.
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Cobie became even more famous for playing Maria Hill. This character is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She first appeared as Maria Hill in The Avengers in 2012. She even trained with a SWAT team to learn how to handle guns for the role. She played Maria Hill again in the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. She also appeared in several other Marvel movies. These include Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). She also appeared in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019). Her last appearance as Maria Hill in a movie was Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019).
In 2014, Cobie voiced Wonder Woman in The Lego Movie. This was the first time Wonder Woman appeared in a movie. In 2016, she starred with Tom Cruise in the action movie Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.
Broadway Debut and Recent Roles (Since 2017)
In 2017, Cobie made her first appearance on Broadway. She played Joanna Lyppiatt in the play Present Laughter. Critics praised her performance. She won a Theatre World Award for her excellent Broadway debut.
Also in 2017, she joined the Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events. She played the recurring character "Mother," also known as Mrs. Quagmire. From 2017 to 2019, she starred in the Netflix comedy series Friends from College. In 2019, she voiced Wonder Woman again in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
From 2019 to 2020, Cobie starred in the ABC crime drama Stumptown. She played Dex Parios, a private detective. She received an award nomination for this role. The show was canceled after one season due to delays from the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, she played Ann Coulter in the TV series Impeachment: American Crime Story. She also voiced Maria Hill in the animated series What If...?.
In 2022, Cobie returned as Robin Scherbatsky in the show How I Met Your Father. This is a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother. She also starred in the drama series High School. In 2023, she continued to voice Maria Hill in the animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. She also appeared as Maria Hill in the Disney+ series Secret Invasion.
Personal Life
Cobie Smulders got engaged to actor Taran Killam in 2009. They had met four years earlier. They got married on September 8, 2012, in California. They have two daughters together. In January 2025, their home in Los Angeles was destroyed by a wildfire.
In 2015, Cobie shared that she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer when she was 25. This happened in 2007 while she was filming How I Met Your Mother. She had surgery to remove tumors. The cancer had spread, so she needed more operations over two years. In August 2019, Cobie announced that her cancer was in remission.
In 2020, Cobie became an American citizen. She still kept her Canadian citizenship. She said she wanted to be able to vote in the 2020 presidential election. She is a big fan of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team.
Charity Work
Cobie Smulders supports ocean conservation. In 2014, she filmed a public service announcement for Oceana. In May 2020, she made a fun video called "Let's All Stay at Home." It was a parody of a song from How I Met Your Mother. She made it to encourage people to stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cobie also asked fans to donate to charities like Save the Children and the Daily Bread Food Bank.
Images for kids
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Smulders in 2019 at the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home
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Cobie Smulders at a CBS event in 2008
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Cobie Smulders at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con
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Cobie Smulders at the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con
See also
In Spanish: Cobie Smulders para niños
