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Attending film premieres, appearing on ‘most beautiful women’ lists, and starring on a hit television show, is living the dream of many aspiring actresses. But it wasn’t that long ago Yvonne Strahovski was a student at UWS where she studied a Bachelor of Arts in Performance.
Born in the inner west of Sydney, Yvonne attended Santa Sabina College in Strathfield before beginning her degree at UWS. After graduating, Yvonne (then known as Yvonne Strzechowski – she was later urged to adopt the new spelling as her stage name for easier pronunciation) began her career in Australia appearing in TV and film roles.
This included a stint on satirical show Double the Fist, parts in Sea Patrol and Headland, and TV movie Blackjack – Dead Memory. She also starred in director Tim Boyle’s low budget film The Plex, before deciding to try her luck at auditions during the US TV pilot season.
Within a few days of arriving in the US, Yvonne landed a starring role in NBC action comedy series, Chuck. Yvonne plays top CIA agent Sarah Walker, who is charged with protecting her boyfriend Chuck (played by Zachary Levi). Looking comfortable holding a gun was reportedly one of the reasons she was hired for the role.
Along the way, Yvonne, now 27, has built up a considerable following – at last count, her Facebook fan page had over 43,000 members and she was named as one of Forbes Magazine’s ‘Next Breakout Stars’ in 2009.
Australians can catch her next in Peter Helliar’s film, I Love You Too, starring alongside Brendan Cowell and Megan Gale. Yvonne’s character Alice is a complete change of pace from Sarah Walker, she told the Macarthur Advertiser. “Alice is very normal, has a normal job and like, most girls, wants to meet the right guy and settle down, have a family,” Yvonne says.
She also appears in another Australian film, Matching Jack, directed by Nadia Tass and starring Jacinda Barrett and Richard Roxburgh, which is expected to be released in Australia later this year.
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