Katee Sackhoff

Kathryn Ann “Katee” Sackhoff was born on April 8, 1980, in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother, Mary, worked as an English-as-second-language (ESL) program coordinator, and her father, Dennis, was a land developer. She graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1998. Initially aiming for a career in swimming, a knee injury shifted her focus towards acting, leading her to pursue this interest after high school. Her first acting role was in the 1998 Lifetime movie “Fifteen and Pregnant.” This experience influenced her decision to move to Hollywood to further her acting career. She later secured a recurring role as Annie in MTV’s “Undressed” and a supporting role as Nell Bickford in “The Education of Max Bickford.” Sackhoff’s motion picture debut was in “My First Mister,” followed by an appearance as Jenna “Jen” Danzig in “Halloween: Resurrection” in 2002.

Sackhoff gained significant recognition for her role as Lieutenant Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel’s television program “Battlestar Galactica” (2004-2009). For this role, she received four Saturn Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2005. Following this, she had roles in “The Fearing Mind” (2000-2001) and “The Education of Max Bickford” (2001-2002). Her career continued with recurring roles in “Bionic Woman” (2007), “Nip/Tuck” (2009), “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (2010-2011), and as Dana Walsh in the eighth season of “24” (2010). She also began voicing characters, including Bitch Pudding on Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken” (2005-present). From 2012 to 2017, she starred as Deputy Sheriff Victoria “Vic” Moretti in the A&E and Netflix series “Longmire” before taking on a recurring role as Amunet in “The Flash.”

Her voice work extends to several Star Wars animated projects, portraying Bo-Katan Kryze in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” (2012-2013; 2020), “Star Wars Rebels” (2017), and “Star Wars: Tales of the Empire” (2024). She reprised her role as Bo-Katan Kryze in the live-action Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” (2020–2023). In addition to her television work, Sackhoff has held lead roles in films such as “White Noise: The Light” (2007), “Batman: Year One” (2011), “The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia” (2013), “Sexy Evil Genius” (2013), “Riddick” (2013), “Oculus” (2013), and “Don’t Knock Twice” (2016). In 2015, she wrote and began executive-producing a new TV series project, “Rain,” through her company, Fly Free Productions. She also contributed voice-over and motion capture for the video game “Call of Duty: Black Ops III” (2015). Sackhoff co-founded the Acting Outlaws, a charity organization focused on raising awareness and funds for various causes.