How I Met Your Mother's Becki Newton: Quinn Has Gotten to Barney's Heart

When Becki Newton wants something, she makes it happen herself.

The Ugly Betty alum and lifelong Neil Patrick Harris admirer has wanted to work with the How I Met Your Mother star for "as long as I can remember," she says. So, six months ago, she met with Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.

"I was watching the show and I thought to myself, 'I would love to play a female version of ...