Katee Sackhoff Biography

Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known mainly for playing Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica.

In 2004, she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for her work in the Battlestar Galactica mini-series. In May 2006, she won the Saturn Award for the same role.

She has also starred in the horror-thriller White Noise: The Light and the eighth season of 24 as Dana Walsh. She currently co-stars in the A&E series Longmire as Deputy Sheriff Vic Moretti.

Early life

Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother Mary was an ESL program coordinator and her father Dennis is a land developer.

Her brother Erick is co-owner of a vehicle modification shop near Portland. She graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1998. She began swimming at an early age and by high school was planning to pursue a career in the sport until her right knee was injured. This led her to begin practicing yoga - which she continues today - and to pursue an interest in acting.

Career

Her first role was in the Lifetime movie Fifteen and Pregnant in which she played a teenager with a baby. The movie starred Kirsten Dunst and motivated her to move to Hollywood and pursue a career in acting after graduating high school. Sackhoff's first recurring role was Annie in MTV's Undressed, next gaining a supporting role as Nell Bickford in The Education of Max Bickford. Katee made her motion picture debut in My First Mister, and next appeared in film as Jenna "Jen" Danzig in Halloween: Resurrection.

Sackhoff's most notable role is as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the miniseries and follow-up TV series Battlestar Galactica, for which she won a Saturn Award in 2006 for Best Actress on Television. The actress's persona led the writers to develop the character of Starbuck as a more volatile and complex character. Galactica executive producer Ron Moore described her as having magnetism while producer David Eick expanded stating: "We saw this whole other side that was all because of Katee: vulnerability, insecurity, desperation. We started freeing ourselves up to explore the weakness of the character, because we knew Katee could express those things without compromising the character's strength." Sackhoff said her performance was inspired by Linda Hamilton's portrayal of Sarah Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day: "I think that was the one character that I kind of looked to as far as body image and strength. I think I looked to her character and said, 'OK, that's kind of what you need to embody. Toward the end of the filming of Battlestar Galactica, Sackhoff began feeling physically weak. Soon after filming wrapped, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. After surgery to remove her thyroid, she required no radiation treatments and by February 2009 was in remission. In 2007, Sackhoff was cast as the evil cyborg Sarah Corvus in the short-lived NBC series Bionic Woman. David Eick, executive producer for the show, stated, "She's a very special find. Those actors who can combine the qualities of strength and vulnerability"?they usually call those people movie stars." Sackhoff plays the female lead in the action/sci-fi movie The Last Sentinel and the supernatural thriller White Noise: The Light.

Sackhoff also appears as the main character in the Lifetime Original Movie How I Married My High School Crush. She has also made guest appearances in Cold Case, ER, Law & Order, and Robot Chicken. Sackhoff provided the voice of a female marine in the video game Halo 3 and is also featured in the viral marketing campaign for Resistance 2. In 2011, she provided the voice for Black Cat 2099 in Spider-Man: Edge of Time. She voiced Sarah Essen in the DC Comics animated film, Batman: Year One. She appears in four episodes of the fifth season of the series Nip/Tuck playing a new doctor, Dr. Theodora Rowe. However, for the sixth season Sackhoff was later replaced by Rose McGowan for the role due to scheduling conflicts. Sackhoff headlined NBC's Dick Wolf-produced cop drama Lost and Found as Tessa, "an offbeat female LAPD detective who, after butting heads with the higher-ups, is sent as a punishment to the basement to work on John Doe and Jane Doe cases." The pilot was filmed in January 2009. NBC decided not to pick up the series. In 2009, she appeared as herself in "The Vengeance Formulation" episode of the CBS situation comedy The Big Bang Theory. In the episode, she is fantasized as Howard Wolowitz's dream girl. She appears again in season 4, in the same role. Sackhoff appeared as a series regular in the eighth season of the TV series 24, playing Dana Walsh, a CTU data analyst with a secret. In February 2010, Sackhoff signed on to play the lead in an ABC crime drama pilot, Boston's Finest. ABC decided not to pick up the series.

Sackhoff is set to star in the action-werewolf thriller Growl. She also made a special appearance in the Futurama episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences". In the fall of 2010, Sackhoff joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Detective Reed, a smart investigator who does not do well with sensitivity. In 2011, Sackhoff guest starred in an episode of Workaholics as a homeless drug addict named Rachel. Sackhoff co-stars as the lead female role in Longmire, an A&E television series based on the novels by Craig Johnson. Sackhoff plays Sheriff's Deputy Vic Moretti. Sackhoff has been cast as Dahl, a Nordic mercenary hired to track down Vin Diesel's Riddick in Riddick. In August 2012, Katee became the co-host of the Schmoes Know Movies podcast on The Toadhop Network. One of her first shows was with guest Sean Astin.

Personal life

As of December 3, 2012, Sackhoff is engaged to her boyfriend of seven years, film producer Scott Niemeyer.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	My First Mister	Ashley
2002	Halloween: Resurrection	Jen
2007	White Noise: The Light	Sherry Clarke
2007	'	Girl
2011	Batman: Year One	Det. Sarah Essen (voice)	Video
2012	Campus Killer	Suzanne
2013	'	Joyce
2013	Sexy Evil Genius	Nikki Franklyn
2013	Riddick	Dahl
2013	Growl	Camden James	Announced
2014	Oculus	Marie Russell
2015	Untitled Adi Shankar Project		Announced

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Fifteen and Pregnant	Karen Gotarus	TV film
1999	Locust Valley	Claire Shaw	TV film
1999	Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane	Susan	Episode: "Sympathy for Jack"
1999	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Claire	Episode: "Starlight, Star Bright"
1999	Hefner: Unauthorized	Mary	TV film
2000	Undressed	Annie	Recurring role (four episodes)
2000"2001	'	Lenore Fearing	Main role (13 epiosdes)
2001"2002	'	Nell Bickford	Main role (22 episodes)
2002	ER	Jason's Girlfriend	Episode: "A Hopeless Wound"
2003	Battlestar Galactica	Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace	TV miniseries
2003	Boomtown	Holly	Episode: "The Big Picture"
2004	Cold Case	Terri Maxwell (1969)	Episode: "Volunteers"
2004"2009	Battlestar Galactica	Kara "Starbuck" Thrace	Main role (71 episodes)
2007	'	Sara Jacob	TV film
2007	Halo 3	Female Marine 3 (voice)	Video game
2007	Bionic Woman	Sarah Corvus	Recurring role (five episodes)
2007	Battlestar Galactica: Razor	Capt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace	TV film
2007"2012	Robot Chicken	Various (voice)	Recurring (six episodes)
2008	Resistance 2	Cassie Aklin (voice)	Video game
2008	Law & Order	Dianne Cary	Episode: "Knock Off"
2009	Lost and Found	Tessa Cooper	TV film
2009	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Theodora "Teddy" Rowe	Recurring role (four episodes)
2009	'	Katee Sackhoff	Episode: "The Vengeance Formulation"
2010	Boston's Finest	Julia Scott	TV film
2010	24	Dana Walsh	Main role (20 episodes)
2010	Futurama	Grrrl (voice)	Episode: "Lrreconcilable Ndndifferences"
2010	'	Katee Sackhoff	Episode: "The Hot Troll Deviation"
2010"2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Det. Frankie Reed	Episodes: "Cold Blooded", "Fracked", "All That Cremains"
2011	'	She-Hulk (voice)	Episode: "So Pretty When They Explode!"
2011	Spider-Man: Edge of Time	Black Cat (voice)	Video game
2011	Workaholics	Rachel	Episode: "Karl's Wedding"
2012"2013	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Bo-Katan (voice)	Recurring role (four episodes)
2012"present	Longmire	Victoria "Vic" Moretti	Main role (23 episodes)

Awards/Nominations

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Production	Result
2004	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series	Battlestar Galactica
2006	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress on Television	Battlestar Galactica
2007	Saturn Award	Best Actress in a Television Program	Battlestar Galactica
2007	SFX Award	Best TV Actress	Battlestar Galactica
2009	Saturn Award	Best Supporting Actress in Television	Battlestar Galactica
2010	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Actress: Action	24