Cobie Smulders

Biography

Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her starring role as Robin Scherbatsky in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014) and as S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero franchise, starting with the film The Avengers (2012). Smulders' other films include Safe Haven (2013), The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Results (2015), The Intervention (2016), and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016). She also starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017), the Netflix comedy series Friends from College (2017–2019), the ABC crime drama series Stumptown (2019–2020), and the FX true crime series Impeachment: American Crime Story (2021). Smulders made her theatre debut in the off-Broadway production of the Nora Ephron play Love, Loss, and What I Wore in 2010. She then made her Broadway debut in the revival of the Noël Coward comedy Present Laughter (2017), earning a Theatre World Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cobie Smulders, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Simpsons

Smallville

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

The Graham Norton Show

How I Met Your Mother

Late Show with David Letterman

All Movies (35)

• Easy's Waltz2025
• Sharp Corner2025 · as Rachel Davis-McCall
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion2023 · as Self - 'Maria Hill'
• Cicada2021 · as Sophie
• Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee2019 · as Self
• Spider-Man: Far From Home2019 · as Maria Hill
• Avengers: Endgame2019 · as Maria Hill
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part2019 · as Wonder Woman (voice)
• Songbird2018 · as Joanne
• Avengers: Infinity War2018 · as Maria Hill (uncredited)
• Noël Coward's Present Laughter2017 · as Joanna Lyppiatt
• Killing Gunther2017 · as Lisa McCalla
• Literally, Right Before Aaron2017 · as Allison
• Jack Reacher: Never Go Back2016 · as Maj. Susan Turner
• The Intervention2016 · as Ruby
• Being Canadian2015 · as Self
• Unexpected2015 · as Samantha Abbott
• Results2015 · as Kat
• Avengers: Age of Ultron2015 · as Maria Hill
• They Came Together2014 · as Tiffany
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier2014 · as Maria Hill
• The Lego Movie2014 · as Wonder Woman (voice)
• Delivery Man2013 · as Emma
• Safe Haven2013 · as Jo
• Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe2012 · as Self
• Grassroots2012 · as Clair
• The Avengers2012 · as Agent Maria Hill
• The Slammin' Salmon2009 · as Tara
• Escape2006 · as Psychotic Brunette
• The Long Weekend2005 · as Ellen
• Ill Fated2004 · as Mary
• Walking Tall2004 · as Exotic Beauty
• Cupid & Me—
• Jill Takes a Break— · as Jill
• How I Met The Robin— · as Robin Scherbatsky

All TV Shows (46)

• Super Team Canada2025 · as Niagara Falls (voice)
• Secret Invasion2023 · as Maria Hill
• Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur2023 · as Agent Hill (voice)
• Shrinking2023 · as Sofi
• Accused2023 · as Val
• High School2022 · as Simone Bates
• How Not to Draw2022 · as Animator (voice)
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib2022 · as Stella Chimeric
• The Lincoln Lawyer2022 · as Allison
• Lightning Wolves2022 · as Manitoba (voice)
• How I Met Your Father2022 · as Robin Scherbatsky
• What If...?2021 · as Maria Hill (voice)
• Marvel Studios Legends2021 · as Maria Hill (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Stumptown2019 · as Dex Parios
• Room 1042017 · as Scientist
• Friends from College2017 · as Lisa Turner
• A Series of Unfortunate Events2017 · as Mother
• The $100,000 Pyramid2016 · as Self
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Animals.2016 · as Anni (voice)
• American Crime Story2016 · as Ann Coulter
• Nature Cat2015 · as Nature Dog (voice)
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.2013 · as Maria Hill
• Hollywood Game Night2013 · as Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang!2012 · as Self
• How to Make It in America2010 · as Hayley (uncredited)
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Robin Scherbatsky
• The L Word2004 · as Leigh Ostin
• Arrested Development2003 · as Young Lucille
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Veritas: The Quest2003 · as Juliet Droil
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Jeremiah2002 · as Deborah
• Smallville2001 · as Shannon Bell
• Special Unit 22001 · as Zoe
• Andromeda2000 · as Rhade's Wife
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Top Ten Presenter
• The Simpsons1989 · as Hydrangea (voice)
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self