Cobie Smulders trivia: 50 facts about the Canadian actress!

Cobie Smulders is a Canadian actress who rose to fame after she was cast in the hit TV series, How I Met Your Mother!

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about her life and career!

1. Her full name is Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders
2. She was born in April 3, 1982
3. She is a Canadian actress and model
4. She is best known for starring as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005- 2014)
5. Smulders has also portrayed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in six Marvel Cinematic Universe films
6. Beginning with The Avengers (2012)
7. Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia
8. To a Dutch father and a British mother
9. She was named after her great-aunt
10. From whom she gained the nickname “Cobie”
11. Smulders describes herself as “a fluent listener” of French
12. She has four sisters: Melissa, Amy, Fiona, and Julie
13. Smulders worked in modeling
14. In her youth, Smulders aspired to be a marine biologist
15. Smulders’ first acting role was as a guest in the Showtime science fiction series Jeremiah
16. She has appeared in several television series since
17. Including a recurring role on The L Word
18. Her first permanent series role was in the short-lived ABC series Veritas: The Quest
19. Which ran for one season
20. After the cancellation of Veritas, Smulders was cast as television reporter Robin Scherbatsky on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother in 2005
21. Remaining on the show for its entire nine-season run
22. In June 2010, Smulders made her Off-Broadway debut in Love, Loss, and What I Wore at The Westside Theatre
23. Smulders played Maria Hill in the 2012 film The Avengers
24. She received training from a Los Angeles SWAT team trainer to handle guns in order to portray the character
25. Smulders reprised the role in three episodes of the television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
26. And in the films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
27. Joss Whedon has suggested he had considered her for the role of Wonder Woman in his draft of the eponymous film
28. The film did not go into production
29. Smulders did voice a Lego version of Wonder Woman in the 2014 animated film The Lego Movie
30. It was the first time the Wonder Woman character had a theatrical film appearance
31. In 2013, Smulders had a supporting role in the romance film Safe Haven
32. She also starred in the comedy-drama Delivery Man and They Came Together
33. In July 2015, it was reported that Smulders had exited the made-for-TV film Confirmation because she had broken her leg
34. Zoe Lister-Jones was then confirmed to replace her in the role of Harriet Grant
35. In 2016, she appeared in the comedy-drama The Intervention
36. And with Tom Cruise in the action-adventure film Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
37. In 2017, she played the recurring character “Mother” in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events
38. From 2017 to 2019, she starred in the Netflix original series, Friends from College, in the main role of Lisa Turner
39. Smulders became engaged to Taran Killam in January 2009
40. They married on September 8, 2012, in Solvang, California
41. The couple reside in New York City, New York
42. They have two daughters together
43. In 2015, Smulders revealed she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 25
44. While shooting season three of How I Met Your Mother in 2007
45. She had surgery to remove two tumors from her ovaries
46. But the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes
47. Resulting in the need for multiple operations over the course of two years
48. Smulders filmed a PSA with Oceana
49. An international ocean conservation organization
50. This happenned in 2014