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Born Jacoba Francisca Maria Smulders, “Cobie” Smulders is known for her work portraying agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the films The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Spider-Man: Far From Home. She grew up wanting to be a doctor or a marine biologist, but started to explore acting after appearing in several high school productions. She was one of the stars of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, playing the role of Robin Sherbatsky, which ran for nine seasons ending in 2014. The show was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, a People’s Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy and a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Show: Comedy. Spotted by a modelling agency when she was in her teens, Smulders began her career working internationally in such exotic destinations as France, Italy, Greece, and Germany. She now lives in Los Angeles. Cobie Smulders played the role of Dex Parios in 18 episodes of the series Stumptown alomng with fellow Canadian actress Tantoo Cardinal.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Candy from Strangers (2002)
Walking Tall (2004)
Ill Fated (2004)
The Long Weekend (2005)
Escape (2005)
The Storm Awaits (2007)
The Slammin’ Salmon (2009)
Grassroots (2011)
The Avengers (2012)
Safe Haven (2013)
Delivery Man (2013)
The Lego Movie (voice, 2014)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
They Came Together (2014)
Unexpected (2015)
Results (2015)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
The Intervention (2016)
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)
Literally, Right Before Aaron (2017)
Why We’re Killing Gunther (2017)
Songbird (2018)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (voice, 2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Cicada (2020)
TV Series – Cast:
Veritas: The Quest (2003)
How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014)
A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
Friends from College (2017-2019)
Stumptown (2019)
High School (2022)
Secret Invasion (2023, mini-series)
TV Series – Guest appearances:
Special Unit 2 (2002)
Jeremiah (2002)
Tru Calling (2003)
Smallville (2004)
Andromeda (2005)
The L Word (2005)
How to Make It in America (2010)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
Hunt the Truth (2015)
Nature Cat (voice, 2017, 2018)
Arrested Development (2019)
Room 104 (2019)
The Simpsons (voice, 2020)
What If…? (2021)
American Crime Story (2021)
How I Met Your Father (2022)
Lightening Wolves (voice, 2022)
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