Yvonne Strahovski (born 30 July 1982) is an Australian actress. She appeared in some roles in Australian film and television and currently appears as Sarah Walker in the American television series Chuck.
Yvonne strahovski was born in Maroubra, a suburb of Sydney, as 'Yvonne Strzechowski to Polish parents who had emigrated from Poland. She adopted the more phonetic spelling of Yvonne Strahovski as her stage name at Chuck producer Josh Schwartz's behest for the sake of easier pronunciation.Yvonne spent her high school years attending Santa Sabina College, Strathfield. She is a graduate of University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean with a Bachelor of Arts in Performance.
Strahovski speaks fluent Polish and employed it in a brief exchange in the Chuck episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee". Although she portrays an American in the series, she briefly spoke in her real Australian accent in the episode "Chuck Versus The Ex". Her audition footage, which is included in the DVD set Chuck: The Complete First Season, can be seen on YouTube.
She sent in her audition tape for the show "Chuck" while in the United States doing an audition for two other shows(see special features of disk 3 of Chuck 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 the next day to come in to "run lines" with Zachery Levi A.K.A.
Chuck Bartowski/Charles Carmichael. The chemistry was undeniable and the producers of Chuck 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”
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