Born to a Dutch father and a British mother. She was named after her Dutch aunt, 'Jacoba', for which she developed the nickname 'Cobie.'

As a child Smulders wanted to be either a doctor or a marine biologist but started to gain an interest in acting in high school, appearing in several school productions. Discovered by a modeling agency in her teens, she started to model internationally, Read more...

Her first role was as a guest in the Showtime sci-fi series Jeremiah, and she has guest starred in numerous television series since, including a recurring part in The L Word.

Her first permanent series role was in the short-lived ABC series Veritas: The Quest; her second would be the series for which she is most well-known, the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, where she plays television reporter Read more...

Jacoba Fransisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an actress and former international model.