Jacoba Smulders, known for Cobie Smulders, born April 3, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada), is an actress and former model Canadian International. She left Vancouver at the age of 18 years to start in modeling in New York. It interprets the particular character of Robin Scherbatsky in the hit series How I Met Your Mother, which has catapulted to the status of international star.