What is Cobie Smulders’ net worth and salary?

Cobie Smulders, a Canadian actress, has accumulated a net worth of $25 million. She started her acting career with a minor role on “Jeremiah” and later appeared on various TV shows, including “Tru Calling,” “Veritas: The Quest,” “Smallville,” and “The L Word.”

Smulders rose to fame after being cast as Robin Scherbatsky on “How I Met Your Mother.” She also acted in films like “The Long Weekend” and “The Slammin’ Salmon.” However, her most significant achievements include starring in several films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Cobie Smulders Earned $6 Million for a Single Season of “How I Met Your Mother”

During her time on the hit show “How I Met Your Mother,” Cobie Smulders was earning a peak salary of $225,000 per episode. This translated to a whopping $6 million for just one season of the show.

Early Life and Education

Cobie Smulders was born on April 3, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She grew up in the White Rock neighborhood before moving to West Point Grey where she attended Lord Lyng Secondary School. Her father was Dutch and her mother was British. Smulders has four sisters. She was a member of the Girl Guides of Canada during her youth and worked as a model. However, she did not enjoy modeling and was hesitant to enter show business. She participated in theater while in high school and later enrolled at the University of Victoria. Smulders dropped out of university to pursue acting.

Cobie Smulders’ Acting Career

Cobie Smulders began her professional acting career with minor roles in TV shows such as “Jeremiah,” “The L Word,” and “Veritas: The Quest.” In 2005, she gained widespread recognition for her role as Robin Scherbatsky in the highly successful CBS sitcom, “How I Met Your Mother,” which ran for nine seasons and won 10 Emmy Awards. During her time on the show, Smulders also acted in an off-Broadway play called “Love, Loss, and What I Wore.”

Smulders’ big break in films came in 2012 when she was cast as Maria Hill in the Marvel movie, “The Avengers.” She trained with a Los Angeles SWAT team to prepare for the role and went on to reprise it in several other Marvel productions, including “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Avengers: Endgame,” and “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”

Smulders has also appeared in other movies such as “Safe Haven,” “Delivery Man,” “They Came Together,” and “Jack Reacher: Never Go Back.” She did voice acting for the character Wonder Woman in “The Lego Movie” and played the role of a mother in the Netflix series, “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” She was also cast as one of the main characters, Lisa Turner, in the Netflix original series, “Friends from College.” In 2019, she played the main character in the ABC crime drama, “Stumptown.”

Cobie Smulders: Personal Life and Philanthropy

Cobie Smulders met Taran Killam in 2005 and the two got engaged in 2009 before getting married in 2012. They have two daughters together and reside in Pacific Palisades, California.

In 2007, Smulders was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and underwent multiple surgeries over the next two years to fight the disease. She announced in 2019 that she was in remission.

Smulders is involved in various charitable causes. She has worked with organizations such as Oceana, Save the Children, and National CleanUp Day. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she released a parody video of a song from “How I Met Your Mother” to encourage people to stay home. She has also supported organizations like Canada Helps and the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Cobie Smulders’ Real Estate Investments

In 2009, Cobie Smulders invested $990,000 in a three-unit income property located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of LA. She sold the property in 2017 to comedian Demitri Martin for $1.4 million.

Three years later, in 2012, Cobie Smulders and her husband Taran Killam purchased a condo in New York City for $2 million.

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