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Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) and as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero franchise, starting with the film The Avengers (2012), through the television miniseries Secret Invasion (2023).
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entertainment · Canadian actress (born 1982) · film actor · stage actor · television actor · model · actor · also Cobie Smulders, Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders, Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders–Killam, Smulders, Cobie, Smulders
Born 3 April 1982 · Q200566
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Smulders reprised her role as Maria Hill, voicing the character in the Disney Channel animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur and appearing in the Disney+ limited series Secret Invasion
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Reprised her role of Robin Scherbatsky in the first season finale of the HIMYM spinoff How I Met Your Father, which aired on Hulu
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Starred in the Amazon Freevee coming-of-age drama series High School, based on the 2019 memoir of the same name by Tegan and Sara
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Portrayed media pundit Ann Coulter in the FX true crime anthology series Impeachment: American Crime Story, which received positive reviews from critics
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Smulders announced that she had become an American citizen, while still retaining her Canadian citizenship
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In 2020, Smulders announced that she had become an American citizen, while still retaining her Canadian citizenship.
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Smulders starred in the romantic drama film Cicada and voiced a guest appearance in the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons
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Guest starred as Young Lucille Bluth in three episodes of the Netflix sitcom Arrested Development and appeared in an episode of the HBO anthology series Room 104
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Starred in the lead role of Joanne Skye in the comedy-drama film Songbird, also alternatively titled Alright Now
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Made her Broadway debut portraying Joanna Lyppiatt in the revival of Noël Coward's comedy Present Laughter opposite Kevin Kline
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Portrayed the recurring character of "Mother", also known as Mrs
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Appeared in the comedy-drama The Intervention starring Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, and Alia Shawkat as well as the action adventure film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the latter opposite Tom Cruise
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Smulders starred in the drama film Unexpected and the romantic comedy Results
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Smulders revealed she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 25, while shooting season three of How I Met Your Mother in 2007
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After nine seasons, winning ten Emmy Awards throughout its run
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Appeared in an episode of the comedy series Comedy Bang
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Appeared in the comedy film The Slammin' Salmon
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Smulders was cast as television reporter and former teen pop star Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother
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With a supporting role in the action film Walking Tall
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With guest appearances in the UPN science fiction comedy series Special Unit 2 and the Showtime science fiction drama series Jeremiah
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Born 1982-04-03.
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