Cobie Smulders

Nabbing the first starring role she auditioned for, Cobie Smulders burst onto Hollywood's radar and emerged as one of Hollywood's most comedic actresses.

In 2012, Cobie starred in the Disney/Marvel film "The Avengers" opposite Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner and Scarlett Johansson. She portrays S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Maria Hill, the second-in-command operative, alongside Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson), whose popularity exploded following her comic debut in 2005. She was also starred in the feature comedy "Grassroots" alongside Jason Biggs and Christopher McDonald. The film is about a journalist who loses his job and helps his oddball friend earn a seat on the Seattle City council. Additionally in 2012, she appeared as Jo in "Safe Haven" with Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel.

Segueing effortlessly between the big and small screen, Cobie has won over audiences as "How I Met Your Mother's" Robin Sherbatsky -- a guy's girl, a former Canadian teen pop sensation (Robin Sparkles) and the only one to ever steal womanizer Barney's heart. Additionally, Cobie has also starred in the ABC drama "Veritas," a thriller/adventure with an Indiana Jones type setting and the intrigue of an unsolved mystery. She also recurred as artist Leigh Ostin on the critcially acclaimed showtimes series "The L Word," a dramatic story of a close-knit group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles.

Cobie spent a summer performing in Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's Off-Broadway hit, "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," at the Westside Theatre. Based on Ilene Beckerman's 1995 book about clothes and the memories they trigger, the production was directed by Karen Carpenter, and featured a series of five-person casts that played in four-week cycles."

"How I Met Your Mother" ended it's nine season run in March 2014.