Who is Sara Chalke?

Fans of the comedy series “Scrubs” which was broadcast from 2001 until 2010 are certainly familiar with the character of Doctor Elliot Reid, a neurotic intern who often tells seemingly pointless stories, but is also one of the funniest characters in the series. The actress who portrayed this character is Sarah Louise Christine Chalke, known simply as Sarah Chalke, and if you ever wanted to know more about her, let us tell you the naked truth about this talented actress, model, and health care activist.

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Sarah has over 70 acting credits to her name, and besides the aforementioned role, is perhaps known best for her part as Becky in the series “Roseanne”, in which she replaced Alicia Goranson, and is also well-known for her guest role as Stella Zinman in the series “How I Met Your Mother”. Speaking of her movie roles, she’s been seen starring in several TV movies, while one of her most notable roles was her portrayal of Paula Crowe in “Chaos Theory”, also starring Ryan Reynolds, Stuart Townsend and Emily Mortimer.

Early life and education

Sarah Chalke was born under the zodiac sign of Virgo on 27 August 1976, in Ottawa, Ontario Canada, thus she holds Canadian nationality, although in April 2008 she also became a naturalized American citizen.

She was raised in Vancouver, Canada, by her parents; her father Douglas Chalke is a lawyer, but about her mother, Angie Chalke, little is known, except that she’s from Rostock, Germany, so Sarah’s ethnicity is of mixed English and German descent. Her parents are both mediators, and run a child adoption agency.

Sarah has two sisters, Natasha and Piper, but the two prefer to keep their lives away from media attention, thus they are only known as Sarah’s sisters.

Sarah had an interest in music from an early age, and learnt to play the cello. When she was eight years old, she made her theatre debut in a local production. She attended Handsworth Secondary School, then upon matriculating in 1994, she didn’t enroll in college, but pursued her acting career.

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Roles in series

Sarah made her acting debut portraying a Realtor in an episode of the series “The Odyssey” in 1992, followed by her role as Annie in “Neon Rider”, and then from 1993 until 2018, she portrayed Becky in “Roseanne”.

Concurrently with this role, from 1999 until 2000, she was cast as Gloria Hobson in “Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy”, and then in 2001, Sarah began playing Doctor Elliot Reid in “Scrubs”, also starring Zach Braff and Donald Faison. The series had 135 award nominations and won 33, including two Primetime Emmys, while Sarah won the Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) Award for Best Actress in a New Comedy Series in 2001, and was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress-Comedy in 2003.

Sarah was also seen starring in “Clone High” (2002), “The ‘Bu” (2004), “How I Met Your Mother” (2008-2014), “Mad Love” (2011), “Cougar Town” (2012), and “Backstrom” (2015), and she was seen as Melanie in “Speechless” from 2017 until 2019, when she was cast to play Merrill Morgan in “Friends from College”, followed by her role as Gina Jabowski in “Paradise PD” in 2021.

Her most recent role was in the romantic drama series “Firefly Lane” in which she portrayed Kate Mularkey, also starring Katherine Heigl, Ali Skovbye and Yael Yurman – the first season was broadcast in 2021, while the second season is announced to be premiered on Netflix in 2022.

Roles in movies

Sarah made her first movie appearance as Angelica in the 1992 movie “City Boy”, followed by her roles in TV movies such as “Relentless: Mind of a Killer” and “Woman on the Ledge” in 1993.

In the following year, she was seen in “Beyond Obsession”, before she was cast to play Maisy in the 1994 movie “Ernest Goes to School”, which was her big-screen debut.

In the following years, Sarah starred in several TV movies, including “A Child’s Wish”, “Our Mother’s Murder”, and “I’ve Been Waiting for You”. In 1999 she was cast to play Myra Soljev in “Y2K”, followed by her role as Katy Dudston in “All Shook Up”, then in 2000 she played the title role in “Cinderella: Single Again”, and was seen as Tess in “Spin Cycle”.

In 2001, Sarah was cast to play Linda in “Kill Me Later”, followed by her role as Jane Bennett in “XCU: Extreme Close Up”, while her next role came in the 2005 movies “Alchemy” and “Cake”.

In the biographic drama “Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy”, Sarah portrayed Geralyn Lucas, and as she said, this role meant so much for her, because her aunt and grandmother died from breast cancer, and she’s since encouraged early detection and prevention.

In 2007, the movie was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, while Sarah was nominated for the Gold Derby Award for TV Movie/Mini Actress, and OFTA Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries.

In the same year, Sarah starred in “Chaos Theory” and “Mama’s Boy”, and then in 2010, she was seen in the TV movies “Team Spitz” and “Freshmen.

Her next role came in the 2015 movie “48 Hours ‘til Monday”, followed by her roles in “Mother’s Day” and “After the Reality” in 2016, while her most recent movie roles were in “The Wrong Missy” and “Eat Wheaties!” in 2020.

Love life and relationships

There have been various rumors concerning Sarah’s love life – it’s known that from 1995 until 1996 she was in a relationship with Canadian actor Devon Sawa, and in 2000 she was dating American actor Will Forte, best known as a cast member of the show “Saturday Night Live”.

From 2001 until 2003, Sarah was in a relationship with Zach Braff, her co-star from the series “Scrubs”, but they remained good friends after they broke up, although rumors soon started about Sarah dating Jamie Afifi, a Canadian entertainment lawyer, which later were confirmed as true.

The two became engaged in December 2006, and on 24 December 2009, Sarah gave birth to their son Charlie Rhodes Afifi, who was later diagnosed with Kawasaki Disease; their daughter Frances was born on 28 April 2016.

As of June 2022, Sarah and Jamie are still together, and are raising their children in their residence in Vancouver.

Age, height, and net worth

Sarah’s age is 45, an has blonde hair and blue eyes. She weighs around 140lbs (65kgs) and is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall, with vital statistics of 36-26-37.

According to sources, as of June 2022, her net worth has been estimated at $15 million, most of the income she’s earned through her acting career.

Who is Robin Givens?

A director, model, and actress with over 100 credits to her name, whose breakthrough role was her portrayal of Darlene Merriman in the series “Head of the Class”, Robin Simone Givens came into the limelight after she married famous boxer Mike Tyson.

However, Robin continued her acting career, and made a name for herself as a successful and talented actress, but many people still remember her as the ex-wife of the boxer, especially after their acrimonious divorce.

Early life and education

Robin was born under the zodiac sign of Sagittarius on 27 November 1964, in New York City USA, a daughter of Ruth Roper and Reuben Givens, who divorced when she was two, after which her mother raised Robin and her sister Stephanie in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, New York State .

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Her ethnicity is African-American, and she was raised Catholic.

She attended a private school, New Rochelle Academy, (which closed in 1987), and aged 15, she enrolled at Sarah Lawrence College, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Science (pre-medical) in 1984 – in one of her interviews, she said that she dropped out of Harvard Medical School, and focused on her acting career.

Roles in movies

Although she made her acting debut in the 1978 movie “The Wiz”, her role was uncredited, but she got her chance portraying April Baxter in the 1986 movie “Beverly Hills Madam”, and next, she was seen starring in “The Penthouse” in 1989.

In 1991, Robin was cast to play Imabelle in the crime comedy “A Rage in Harlem”, also starring Forest Whitaker and Gregory Hines, followed by her roles in “Boomerang” (1992), “Angel Street” (1993), and “Foreign Student” and “Blankman” both in 1994.

In the late ‘90s, Robin acted in several TV movies, and then in 2000 she was seen in “Everything’s Jake” and “The Expendables”. Some of her notable roles in the decade were in movies such as “The Elite” (2001), “Love Chronicles” (2003), “Flip the Script” (2005), “Restraining Order” (2006), and “The Family That Preys” in 2008.

From 2010 until 2020, Robin was seen starring in numerous movies, and since the list of her roles is too long to enumerate, we will mention some of her most notable, including in the “Enemies Among Us” (2010), “Four Seasons” (2014), “The Perfect Match” (2016), and in 2017 she was cast as Prosecuting Attorney in the drama “Dreams I Never Had”, which had 22 award nominations and won 16, while Robin won the We Inspire New Directions (WIND) International Film Festival Jury Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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In the following years, she was cast to play Shala Davis in the 2018 movie “Never Heard”, followed by her role as Irma in “Gully” in 2019, and then in 2020, Robin was seen in “The Sin Choice”, while her most recent roles were in “Last Looks” in 2021, and “Kimi” in 2022.

Roles in series

Robin made her first television appearance as Susanne in an episode of “The Cosby Show” in 1985, followed by her guest roles in series such as “Guiding Light” and “Sonny Spoon”, before she was cast to play Darlene Merriman in the Primetime Emmy nominated comedy “Head of the Class” which was broadcast from 1986 through 1991, which as mentioned is her most significant television role.

In 1992, Robin portrayed Detective Anita King in “Angel Street”, and three years later, she was seen as Suzanne Graham in “Courthouse”, followed by her role as Alex Peterson in “In the House” in 1996.

Next she stared as Wilma Cuthbert in “Sparks” until 1998, and then in the following years, she guest-starred in “Cosby”, “Chicken Soup for the Soul”, and “DAG”.

In the early 2000s, it seems that Robin focused on her movie roles, thus she mostly guest-starred in series such as “The Game”, “Saint & Sinners”, and “Burn Notice”, while in 2010, she was cast to play Keela Goldman in “My Parents, My Sister & Me”, followed by her role as Cheryl Harwood in “90210” in 2013.

In the following years, Robin appeared in an episode or two of various series, including “Twisted”, “Man Seeking Woman”, and “Lucifer” before 2017, when she portrayed Doctor Alfeni Henderson in “About Him 2: The Revolution”, and the same year, she was cast to play her recurring role as Sierra McCoy in “Riverdale”, which was broadcast until 2021.

Concurrently with this role, in 2018, she was Doctor Phillips in “The Bold and the Beautiful”, while in 2019, she was seen as Julianne Johnson in “The Fix”, and the same year, Robin portrayed Stephanie Carlisle Lancaster in “Ambitions”, while her most recent television role was her portrayal of Jada Jet in “Batwoman” in 2022.

Marriage with Mike Tyson

Robin and Mike Tyson started dating in 1987, and the two married on 7 February 1988, and after Robin suffered a miscarriage, as they both claimed, their marriage began to fall apart. Mike Tyson spoke that he believes that her pregnancy and later miscarriage was the oldest trick in a book to rush him to the wedding altar, noting that she didn’t gain a pound for all that time when she was pregnant.

At the time of their marriage, Mike Tyson’s net worth was estimated at over $50 million, and they didn’t have a prenuptial agreement.

Robin filed for divorce in October 1988 citing spousal abuse, and before that, in her interview with Barbara Walters, she was saying about life with her then-husband, describing it as ‘torture, pure hell, worse than anything I could possibly imagine’, talking about Mike’s volatile temper.

Mike sought an annulment, accusing Robin of manipulating the public and stealing millions of dollars from his brokerage account, however, her response was filing a $125 million libel suit for defamation, since after their split, she was described as a ‘gold digger’, and the headlines in various newspapers cited her as ‘the most hated woman in America’, particularly by the African-American and sports community.

Their divorce was finalized on 14 February 1989, and according to sources, she received a divorce settlement of over $10 million from her ex-husband.

Brad Pitt Affairs

During their divorce, as Mike Tyson claims in his memoir “Undisputed Truth”, he and Robin would occasionally meet up for ‘quickies’, and in his book, he recalled that one day, when he was heading to her house, he discovered Robin and Brad Pitt, who back in 1989, wasn’t as famous as today.

Apparently, Robin and Brad Pitt met on the set of the series “Head of the Class”, and were having an affair, and once, Mike Tyson caught them in the bed together, and reportedly Brad said to him: ‘Dude, don’t strike me!’. In his book, Mike wrote: ‘You had to see the look on his face, he looked like he was ready to receive his last rites. He also looked stoned out of his gourd.’

However, Robin claimed that the part saying that he saw them in the car is true, while the part of being caught in bed never happened, and the truth is that they dated for a while, but as she said, Brad never begged Mike not to hurt him.

After the saga with Mike Tyson and Brad Pitt ended, in 1993, Robin adopted her first son, Michael ‘Buddy’ Givens, and in 1997, she married her tennis instructor, Svetozar Marinkovic but filed for divorce after just a few months.

In 1999, she dated a tennis player, Murphy Jensen, with whom she had a second son, William ‘Billy’ Jensen, and after she broke up from Murphy, she was in relationships with Howard Stern (1999-2000), Marcus Schenkenberg (2005-2006), and was engaged to Hosea Sanchez (2008-2009).

How rich is Robin Givens?

After hers and Mike Tyson’s divorce, Robin claimed that she didn’t get the money, and then in 2009, it was reported that the Internal Revenue Service was suing her for unpaid federal taxes totaling $290,000, so people assumed that she might be having financial issues.

However, it is known that while she was in a marriage with Mike Tyson, she bought a mansion valued at $4 million worth, but it isn’t clear if she still owns and lives in this house. According to sources, as of June 2022, despite her long-lasting acting career and numerous movie and television roles, her net worth has been estimated at just $2 million.