Chalke made her film debut in the romantic comedy ?Cake.? The film co-starred Heather Graham and Taye Diggs with Nisha Ganatra directing. Sarah then segued into the comedy ?Alchemy? alongside Tom Cavanagh and Illeana Douglas.

A native of Ottawa, Canada, Chalke was raised in Vancouver and began appearing in local musical theatre productions when she was eight. A few years later she became a environmental reporter for the Canadian series ?Kid Zone,? and her big break came in 1993 when she was cast as daughter Becky Conner on the series ?Roseanne.?

When ?Roseanne? ended in 1997 Sarah headed back to her hometown of Vancouver where she starred as the cowgirl on the Canadian series ?Nothing too Good For a Cowboy.? Additional television credits include ?I've been Waiting For You,? ?Stand Against Fear,? ?A Child?s Wish,? ?Dying to Belong,? ?Our Mother?s Murder,? ?Dead Ahead,? and ?Woman on the Ledge.?

In her free time, Sarah enjoys cooking with friends, playing the guitar, hiking, snowboarding, and skiing (she is an instructor). She also speaks French and German fluently and volunteers at a hospice for terminally ill children. Her birthday is August 27.