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Sarah Chalke

Sarah Chalke

Actor, also producer · Born August 27, 1976 (50) · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Louise Christine Chalke (born August 27, 1976) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Kate Mularkey on Netflix's Firefly Lane, Gabi in the movie Mother's Day, Paula Crowe in Chaos Theory, Dr. Elliot Reid on the NBC/ABC sitcom Scrubs, Gloria Macintosh in the movie Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy and on the subsequent CBC series, Muriel Jake's on Showtime's series Dead Man's Gun, Annie on CTV's series Neon Rider, and "Second Becky" Conner on Roseanne. She's had recurring roles as Merrill Morgan on Netflix's Friends from College, Melanie Hertzal on ABC's sitcom Speechless, Amy Gazanian on FOX's series Backstrom, and Stella Zinman on CBS's sitcom How I Met Your Mother. She's also voiced a number of roles including The Professor on Disney Channel's Hailey's on It!, Stella on Netflix's Dogs in Space, Gina Jabowski on Netflix's Paradise PD, Beth Smith on [adult swim]'s Rick & Morty, and Magee in Prep & Landing series of animated shorts. In December 2006, she became engaged to Canadian lawyer Jamie Afifi, after three years of dating. In September 2022, she announced that they had called off the engagement and "separated some time ago". They have two children together, a son born in December 2009, and a daughter born in May 2016. Her son was diagnosed at two years old with Kawasaki disease. (​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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Born
August 27, 1976 (50)
From
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
48 on MovieCove · 71 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 16% in 30 days

What are Sarah Chalke's films like?

Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 35th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 13th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
36%
Self
31%
Morality
12%
Survival
10%
Society
7%
Power
2%
Ideas
1%
Friendship10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth9 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 2 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 14 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 11 · Charged 7 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 8

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 19 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

16 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 7 of 16 analyzed roles.

Ally
7 of 16
Hero
4 of 16
Threshold guardian
2 of 16
Shadow
2 of 16
Shapeshifter
1 of 16
Show the 16 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
14
Warm
14
Tense
12
Joyful
11
Hopeful
10
Other
22

How their films linger

Feel-good22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy13
  • Bittersweet13
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sarah Chalke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 38 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Sarah Chalke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

71 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 16 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Scrubs(2026)

    Show 12 episodes · Executive Producer · as Elliot Reid

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol(2025)

    as Magee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Playdate(2025)

    as Emily

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Hailey's on It!(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as The Professor (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • Animal Control(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Yazmin

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • Dogs in Space(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · as Stella (voice)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Firefly Lane(2021)

    Show 26 episodes · as Kate Mularkey

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Eat Wheaties!(2020)

    as Frankie Riceborough

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Psych 2: Lassie Come Home(2020)

    as Dolores O'Riordan

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Wrong Missy(2020)

    as Julia

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Conners(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Andrea

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • Paradise PD(2018)

    Show 40 episodes · as Gina Jabowski (voice)

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows

  • Olaf's Frozen Adventure(2017)

    as Additional Voices (voice)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Friends from College(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Merrill Morgan

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • Speechless(2016)

    Show 8 episodes · as Melanie Hertzal

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • Mother's Day(2016)

    as Gabi

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • After the Reality(2016)

    Producer · as Kate

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Angie Tribeca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Parsons

  • Bummed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Denise

  • Backstrom(2015)

    Show 6 episodes · as Amy Gazanian

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Really (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Lori

  • Undateable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Sarah Chalke

  • Rick and Morty(2013)

    Show 91 episodes · as Beth Smith (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life)(2013)

    Show 13 episodes · as Polly Green-Tatham

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Magee (voice)

  • The Fresh Beat Band: Wizard of Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Glinda the Good Witch

  • Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice(2011)

    as Magee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Prep & Landing: Tiny's Big Adventure(2011)

    as Magee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Mad Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Kate Swanson

  • Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa(2010)

    as Magee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Prep & Landing(2009)

    as Magee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Cougar Town(2009)

    Show 4 episodes · as Angie

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Maneater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Clarissa Alpert

  • Scrubs: Interns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Elliot Reid

  • Prop 8: The Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Scary Catholic School Girls From Hell

  • Chaos Theory(2007)

    as Paula Crowe

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Mama's Boy(2007)

    as Maya

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy(2006)

    as Geralyn Lucas

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Awesometown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Melissa

  • How I Met Your Mother(2005)

    Show 10 episodes · as Stella Zinman

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Cake(2005)

    as Jane

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Alchemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Samantha Rose

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Casey Hedges

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • American Dad!(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Cam (voice) · as Meredith (voice) · as Photographer (voice)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • The 'Bu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · as archive footage · as Melissa

  • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie(2002)

    as Dr. Elliot Reid

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Clone High(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Marie Antoinette (voice) · as X-Stream Erin (voice)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Scrubs(2001)

    Show 172 episodes · as Elliot Reid

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Kill Me Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Linda

  • XCU: Extreme Close Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Jane Bennett

  • Y2K(1999)

    as Myra Soljev

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 27 episodes · as Gloria Hobson

  • First Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Chloe Wells

  • I've Been Waiting for You(1998)

    as Sarah Zoltanne

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy(1998)

    as Gloria McIntosh

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Our Mother's Murder(1997)

    as Annie Morrell

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Dying to Belong(1997)

    as Drea Davenport

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • A Child's Wish(1997)

    as Melinda

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Stand Against Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Krista Wilson

  • Dead Ahead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Heather Loch

  • Robin of Locksley(1996)

    as Marion Fitzwater

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Ernest Goes to School(1994)

    as Daisy

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • City Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as angelica

  • Beyond Obsession (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Laura Sawyer

  • Woman on the Ledge(1993)

    as Elizabeth

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Relentless: Mind of a Killer(1993)

    as Carrie MacDonald

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Odyssey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 1 episode · as Realtor

  • Roseanne(1988)

    Show 77 episodes · as Becky Conner

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Live with Kelly and Mark(1988)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all shows

  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Elliot Reid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • The Marshmallow Experiment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Colleen

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 71 titles, 70 of them dated from 1975 to 2026; peak year 2009.

Biggest box office

Mama's Boy (2007)

$688K worldwide

Highest rated

Rick and Morty (2013)

Midcredits 99th

Film career

19752026

Peak 2009 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 11 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting71 of 71: 69 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thProducing2 of 71: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s2 · acting1990s17 · acting2000s20 · acting2010s20 · 20 acting · 1 crew2020s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 11% of 19 roles
940919

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Sarah Chalke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 27; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 48 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th11

Shape of the crowd

18 of their 48 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive2
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser16
  • Mixed18

Most divisive · actor

Hailey's on It! (2023)

81st percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Rick and Morty (2013)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 20 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Sarah Chalke's work okay for kids?

Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore8 titles29–90 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity9 titles30–70 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles34–93 · median 71 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs8 titles35–87 · median 50 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense8 titles26–68 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Sarah Chalke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sarah Chalke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Kevin Deters shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers