- Born
- Birth nameSarah Louise Christine Chalke
- Nickname
- Chalky
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Sarah Chalke was born on 27 August 1976 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Angie Chalke and Doug Chalke. She is the middle child, having one older sister, Natasha Chalke, and one younger, Piper Chalke. Sarah made her acting debut in a made-for-TV movie, City Boy (1992). In 1993, after her first film, she auditioned for the role of "Becky" on the TV series Roseanne (1988). The show was looking for a replacement after Alicia Goranson quit the show to go to college. Sarah graduated from high school in 1995, while shooting the 1994-1995 season of Roseanne (1988). Also, in 1994, Sarah co-starred in the film, Ernest Goes to School (1994), along with Jim Varney. Then, in 1996, she starred in 2 films, including Robin of Locksley (1996), and also Stand Against Fear (1996), where she played a cheerleader, "Krista Wilson". In 1998, a year after Roseanne (1988) ended, Sarah was asked to act in a show called Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998). The show was based on the TV movie with the same name, Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (1998), which Sarah was also in.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- ChildrenCharlie Rhodes AfifiFrances Afifi
- ParentsDoug Chalke
- RelativesNatasha Chalke(Sibling)Piper Chalke(Sibling)
- She volunteers at a hospice for terminally ill children and works for the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund.
- Is fluent in French and German.
- She has a brown Labrador named Lola, which the Scrubs (2001) cast bought her at a charity auction.
- Son, Charlie, was diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease, #1 cause of congenital heart disease, in 2009.
- Can write with her toes.
- "When I first opened the script and read the pilot, I was laughing out loud. I just hadn't seen anything on the air like it and I wanted to be a part of it" - on Scrubs (2001).
- "Before getting Scrubs (2001), I had always threatened myself I'd have to become a dental hygienist if I quit acting - to me, that would be the hardest job. I would tell myself, 'Just stick it out for a little longer'. It definitely was a turning point" - about how Scrubs (2001) changed her life.
- I believe that dessert is a very important part of life, and guilt is a useless emotion, so combining the two would be wrong.
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