Biographies

Strahovski currently stars on the third season of NBC’s action-comedy CHUCK, from executive producers Josh Schwartz and McG, about a computer geek (played by Zachary Levi) who inadvertently becomes the government's most vital secret agent. Strahovski plays Sarah Walker, the CIA's top agent who is sent to protect Chuck but finds herself getting more personally involved with him than she ever expected.

In addition to her film and television roles, Strahovski also lends her voice as the female lead Peg in LEGO: THE ADVENTURES OF CLUTCH POWERS and in the action role-playing game, MASS EFFECT 2, which was released in January 2010 by Electronic Arts. Strahovski will also soon appear in the Nadia Tass directed romantic drama MATCHING JACK opposite James Nesbitt, Richard Roxburgh, and Jacinda Barrett.

Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, Strahovski studied theater at the renowned Theatre Nepean, the prestigious actor training institution within the School of the Contemporary Arts at the University of Western Sydney. After graduating in 2003, Strahovski began a successful run on Australian television with roles on Channel 7's HEADLAND in the made-for-television film BLACKJACK DEAD MEMORY and on the Channel 9 series, SEA PATROL.

Strahovski also has a passionate interest in the theater, where she did most of her early, intensive training. Prior to her move to Los Angeles in early 2007, she co-founded a Theatre Company in Sydney called Sauna productions where she acted in and co-produced the productions Kieslowski's Neck and Finn City.

Character: Alice

Alice is aged in her early 30s and met Jim in a bar three and a half years ago during a backpacking holiday in Australia. Capable and together, she quickly found work as a recruitment consultant in a high-powered city corporate office. She is warm, funny and likeable. For years she has lived temporarily in a room rented from her co-worker, Rebecca. Alice is close to her family in the UK and misses home. So whilst she loves Jim, she is frustrated by his inability to grow up and take responsibility with his life and is now wondering where her life is going and whether her long-term plans she should include him.