Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders, born April 3, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is an actress. She plays Maria Hill in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. She is a guest cast member in the first season. She reprises the role from the film The Avengers (2012), and reappears in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). She has been active since 2001 and has starred in the series How I Met Your Mother and appeared in the films Grassroots (2012) and played Jo in Safe Haven (2013).