Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders[1] (born April 3, 1982)[2] is
a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin
Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005â€"2014) and
as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
superhero films The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter
Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War
(2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far From Home
(2019), as well as several guest appearances in ABC's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.Smulders' other films include Safe Haven (2013), They Came
Together (2014), Results (2015), and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
(2016). She stars as Dex Parios in the ABC crime drama series
Stumptown (2019).Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to
a Dutch father and a British mother. She was raised in White Rock,
British Columbia and later moved to the affluent West Point Grey
neighborhood in Vancouver to attend high school at Lord Byng Secondary
School. She was named after her great-aunt, from whom she gained the
nickname "Cobie."[3] Smulders describes herself as "a fluent listener"
of French.[4] She has four sisters: Melissa, Amy, Fiona and Julie.[5]
a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Robin
Scherbatsky in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005â€"2014) and
as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
superhero films The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter
Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War
(2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far From Home
(2019), as well as several guest appearances in ABC's Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.Smulders' other films include Safe Haven (2013), They Came
Together (2014), Results (2015), and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
(2016). She stars as Dex Parios in the ABC crime drama series
Stumptown (2019).Smulders was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to
a Dutch father and a British mother. She was raised in White Rock,
British Columbia and later moved to the affluent West Point Grey
neighborhood in Vancouver to attend high school at Lord Byng Secondary
School. She was named after her great-aunt, from whom she gained the
nickname "Cobie."[3] Smulders describes herself as "a fluent listener"
of French.[4] She has four sisters: Melissa, Amy, Fiona and Julie.[5]
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