Yvonne Strahovski

Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski, known professionally as Yvonne Strahovski, is an Australian actress. She is best known for roles as CIA agent Sarah Walker in the NBC spy comedy drama series Chuck (2007–2012), Hannah McKay in the Showtime drama series Dexter (2012–2013), and CIA Agent Kate Morgan in the Fox event series 24: Live Another Day (2014). She stars as Serena Joy Waterford in the Hulu drama series The Handmaid's Tale (2017–2022), for which she has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Strahovski's other notable works include Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers (2010), The Guilt Trip (2012), Killer Elite (2011), I, Frankenstein (2014), The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), Manhattan Night (2016), All I See Is You (2016), He's Out There (2018), The Predator (2018) and The Tomorrow War (2021). She voiced Miranda Lawson in the Mass Effect video game series and Batwoman in the animated superhero film Batman: Bad Blood (2016). Early life and education Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski was born in the Sydney suburb of Werrington Downs, New South Wales, Australia the daughter of Piotr and Bożena Strzechowski; her parents had emigrated from Warsaw, Poland. Her father is an electronic engineer, and her mother is a lab technician. The family lived in Werrington Downs until Yvonne was five, and then moved to Bass Hill, and later to the coastal suburb of Maroubra. Strahovski began acting lessons at age 12. Straight after high school she went to the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean, graduating with a degree in arts in performance in 2003. She then worked professionally in theatre in Australia for three years before landing a role in the American TV series Chuck.