The daughter of Polish immigrants, Strahovski was born Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski and later adopted the professional spelling of her surname. She studied performance at the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean, graduating in 2003. After small roles in Australian television, she moved to the United States to pursue acting.
Her breakthrough came in 2007 when she was cast as Sarah Walker, a CIA agent, in the NBC action-comedy Chuck. The series ran for five seasons and made her a familiar face on American television. During that period she also voiced Miranda Lawson in the video games Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. In 2012 she joined the cast of Dexter as Hannah McKay, a role that extended her range into darker drama.
Strahovski played counterterrorism agent Kate Morgan in the 2014 limited series 24: Live Another Day. Beginning in 2017, she portrayed Serena Joy Waterford in Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series. Her film credits include The Predator (2018). She married actor Tim Loden in 2017, and the couple have children.
Yvonne Strahovski was born on July 30, 1982 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. In Cardology (Destiny Cards), July 30, 1982 corresponds to the Jack of Hearts, making the Jack of Hearts her Birth Card.
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