Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders (born April 3, 1982) is a Canadian-American actress. She is known for portraying Juliet Droil on Veritas: The Quest, Robin Scherbatsky on How I Met Your Mother, Lisa Turner on Friends from College, Dexadrine "Dex" Parios on Stumptown, and Simone Bates on High School.