• Canadian actress Cobie Smulders plays the cynical, gun toting reporter "Robin Scherbatsky" on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Before her success on Mother, Smulders was a fashion model and played bit roles on television shows such as The L Word, Tru Calling and Jericho.

  Smulders and boyfriend Taran Killam became engaged in late December 2008. The couple are expecting their first child together in the spring of 2009.People: Cobie Smulders Flashes Her New Engagement Ring (January 28, 2009)

• 1. Born: April 3, 1982TV Guide: Cobie Smulders Bio
  2. Birthplace: Vancouver, BC, Canada
  3. Full name: Jacoba Fransisca Maria Smulders
  4. Modeled prior to acting
  5. First television role: Jeremiah
  6. Appeared in ABC's Veritas: The Quest
  7. November 2008: Pregnancy with first child announcedPeople: Cobie Smulders Is Expecting (November 26, 2008)
  8. December 2008: Became engaged to actor Taran Killam
  9. Resides in Los Angeles, California

• Pregnancy

  People Magazine reported on November 26, 2008, that Smulders is pregnant. This will be the first child for Smulders and her fince Taran Killam. The baby is due in the spring of 2009. Smulders' rep announced the pregnancy.People: Cobie Smulders Is Expecting (November 26, 2008)

• Robin Sparkles

  Smulders plays "Robin Scherbatsky" in How I Met Your Mother. Before Scherbatsky moved to the United States, she was a Canadian pop princess who used the stage name of Robin Sparkles. The show highlighted two of the fictional character's hit videos, "Let's Go To The Mall" and "Sandcastles in the Sand." "Sandcastles" featured cameo performances by Alan Thicke and James Van Der Beek.

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