Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to you,

Happy Birthday to Yvvvvvvoooooonnnnnneeeeee!!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

There we go.  Another year older, but more beautiful than ever, eh?  A lady doesn’t reveal her age, so we won’t talk about it here (hint: it’s one more than last year).

Comment below to express your birthday wishes to Ms. Strahovski!

June 2nd: Hi everyone!

June 5th: This is it. I finally did it. This is me, the real Yvonne Strahovski and I have joined twitter. Now, how do I use this thing?

I was hesitant at first, but it looks like Adam Baldwin has stepped in to vouch for the new Twitter user:

June 5th: Welcome Aboard! | RT @Y_Strahovski”This is me, the real Yvonne Strahovski and I have joined twitter…” | I promise it’s really her!

Adam Baldwin’s word is good enough for me.  He’s about as upstanding of a fella as Hollywood’s got.

I’m pretty excited! I hope that everyone on Twitter treats her with the same respect and grace that we try to treat her with here at Strahotski.com.

So go follow Yvonne.  She already had almost 2000 followers, but I think we can do better than that.  Strahotski.com readers unite!

With so many screen caps and reviews scrolling by, the front page just can’t hold it all!

We still have a few days before the next episode so there’s still time to go back and comment on the reviews and caps for each episode.

Yvonne wins E! Online’s Girl On Top Poll

With a lot of effort and determination, Yvonne Strahovski fans managed to pull out a narrow victory over Smallville’s Allison Mack.  The forums were alight with fervor over getting the win and the dedication paid off.

This particular win is perhaps a tad bit more poignant than some online polls because Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin both campaigned for Yvonne.

Little Bailey’s Strahovski Showdown

Here at Strahotski.com, we’re fans of Bailey who managed to catch Yvonne Strahovski’s eye with her awesome Sarah Walker costume which led to some autographed gear for Bailey.

That wasn’t the end of the story, though!  Turns out Bailey got a chance to attend ChuckFest where she met Yvonne Strahovski.  Bailey shared a nice video of the meet-up on her Twitter account.

NBC Press Tour Party

To promote Chuck, Yvonne attended the NBC Press Tour Party.  A lot of great pictures have poured in over the days of Yvonne in her beautiful white dress.

You can check a lot of those out in our forums, mostly thanks to bzzg and her mad photo finding skills.

Chuck Season 3

If you’re at all visiting this site, then surely you already know that Chuck Season 3 premiered this week with astounding numbers.

To help recap the fun that was the season 3 premiere, here are some quick links to all of Strahotski.com’s coverage:

• Review | Screen Caps | Music — Chuck Versus the Pink Slip
• Review | Screen Caps | Music — Chuck Versus the Three Words
• Review | Screen Caps | Music — Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte

Whew.  I don’t know if that’s all of the Yvonne news for the week, but I think it should cover the highlights.  At the very least it should keep you busy until next week’s episode , Chuck Versus Operation Awesome.

What do you guys think?  Good week?

The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Chuck will be back for its 3rd season starting on Sunday, January 10th for a 2 hour premiere of back to back episodes.

The third episode will then play the very next night at Chuck’s old slot on Mondays at 8pm.   Heroes will shift back to its old 9pm time-slot.

Check out the Season 3 Teaser below:

Welcome news indeed!  Not too much longer without our weekly Yvonne fix.  I, for one, can’t wait!

Available for pre-order on Amazon.com:

Special features will include:

• Truth, Spies and Regular Guys: Exploring the Mythology of Chuck
• Dude in Distress: Explore Some of This Season’s Best Action Sequences
• Chuck Versus the Webisodes: Web-Originated Minifeaturettes
• Chuck: A Real-Life Captain Awesome’s Tips for Being Awesome
• John Casey Presents: So You Want to Be a Deadly Spy?
• Declassified Scenes
• Gag Reel

I don’t know about you, but I think A Real-Life Captain Awesome’s Tips for Being Awesome sounds pretty hilarious.

Also, don’t forget that Yvonne will be appearing (albeit in digital form) in Mass Effect 2, which will be hitting PC and Xbox 360 on January 26th. I think that’s her on the cover.

UPDATE: Reader Mike pointed out that if you zoom in on the Mass Effect 2 cover on Amazon’s site, you can clearly see that it is in fact Yvonne on the cover:

While Yvonne Strahovski herself isn’t scheduled to appear at Screamfest, her new movie, The Canyon, will be showing tomorrow night, October 20 at 9:30pm at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in LA.

Ticket prices are a reasonable $11.50 when ordered online. If any of you Strahotski-ites are in the area and get to check out Yvonne, we’d love to here any reports of Yvonne’s performance!

The Canyon is nearing release on DVD on November 17, and has been in the making for a long time.  For previous Strahotski news on the subject, check out the following links:

* Impressions of Yvonne from Karina, wife of Screenwriter Steve Allrich

* Watch the trailer of The Canyon

The Canyon is a tale of a pair of newlyweds who get lost without their guide in the Grand Canyon wilderness.  It’s been compared to movies such as Open Water as a story of survival.

ShockTillYouDrop recently posted an short interview with Yvonne about the movie, specifically focusing on her fun with the wolves in the film.

You can discuss Yvonne’s role in the movie on our forums in the thread dedicated to her role.  If you get a chance to see the movie, let us know!

EDIT: According to a Facebook post on the Horror Festival Page, Yvonne Strahovski will be attending the showing of the Canyon at Screamfest on Tuesday night. All the more reason to get your tickets and watch!

I was lucky enough to have contact information for her agent, so I lovingly crafted a cover letter and addressed an envelope.  I went to the post office and I bought two stamps — one for the trip to Cali and one for the trip back.  With photos, letter and S.A.S.E. stuffed safely away, I dropped it in the box.

Then on the way home, I realized that I had made a fatal mistake.  I had written the wrong zip code on the outer envelope.  Worse, I typed the wrong zip code in when I bought the stamp.  My chances of getting an autograph were doomed.

But today — after many months lost in the postal system I’m sure — I found a brown envelope on my doorstep when returning from running some errands.  At first I was confused.  Had my mom sent me photos?  It looked sort of like her handwriting, but not quite.

Then it hit me — that was my handwriting.  And my envelope; with a neat crease down the center from having been folded up and put into another envelope.  Written and stamped on the outside were the warnings, “PHOTOS – DO NOT BEND.”

Abandoning the rest of the items in the car, I tore open the envelope with excitement (apologies to my wife for having to bring in the rest of the groceries by herself).  Inside I found both of my photos; not only autographed but personalized as well.

Here at Strahotski.com, we follow Ms. Strahovski’s career and we talk endlessly at how great we all think she is.  Though I needed no more confirmation to cement my opinion of Yvonne, this kind gesture from her means the world to me and I’m extremely grateful that she could take the time to do this.

So a special thanks to Ms. Strahovski!  And thank you to all of the readers out there who put this site on the map.  You’re all awesome.

Though we don’t receive permission to put all photos in our official gallery, the forums keep’em coming in the New Pictures thread.  Be sure to check that out if you’re not a forum regular.

It may be a cold dark time for those of us jonesing for some Yvonne Strahovski, but with Chuck Season 3 filming underway and a few side projects of Ms. Strahovski on the way there’s sure to be a light at the end of the tunnel.

The most immediate thing to watch out for is Yvonne in a small film called The Canyon.  We’ve mentioned in before on the site, but Amazon has it listed finally with a current release date of November 17.

Some of you may also remember that Yvonne has provided her voice and face to Mass Effect 2, due out on all the major consoles in January.  The resemblance is certainly uncanny.

You can also get some Yvonne when Chuck Season 2 hits DVD and Blu-ray.  The release date hasn’t been finalized yet, but we can probably expect it a couple of weeks before the start of Season 3 in March.

Other than that, we sit and wait.  There’s always stuff to discuss in the forums, whether Yvonne Strahovski related or not.  And, of course, the gallery never gets old — full of beauty with over 2,000 photos.

I miss Yvonne!  How ’bout you guys?

Mass Effect is a game from Bioware released in 2007. Fast forward two years later, and a new game in the series is coming out for the iPhone called Mass Effect Galaxy, which introduces the character of Miranda.

The game is intended to serve as a narrative bridge between the first Mass Effect and the upcoming Mass Effect 2 in 2010.

Yvonne provides the voice for Miranda, whom was also modeled after Ms. Strahovski. The screenshot above makes it incredibly clear; the profile looks exactly like Yvonne.

Though Miranda is slated to appear in Mass Effect 2, there is no confirmation as to whether Yvonne will reprise the role.

If you’re into gaming, it might be worth a look to get a digital Yvonne Strahovski fix.  I might have to check out Mass Effect 2 next year!

Edit by Rob: Here’s a link to Mass Effect Galaxy on the app store for you iPhone and iPod Touch people out there…

I just got a tip from Karina, the Gluten-Free Goddess that the trailer for The Canyon has finally been released!

The movie stars Yvonne Strahovski and will be premiering at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal.

Check out the trailer below for some Yvonne in a pretty different role than Sarah Walker. You can read more about the film over at Twitch Films.

I should point out that Yvonne looks amazing in the trailer, though she seems to have failed to escape from doing scenes in her underwear.

Be sure to check out our original article on the movie from a couple of years ago, where we got some great words about Yvonne Strahovski from Karina.  Sounds like Ms. Strahovski is every bit as delightful as she seems.

Here’s hoping we see a relatively wide distribution in the US so that we can all get an Yvonne fix on the silver screen.