Katee Sackhoff
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| Born | Kathryn Ann Sackhoff (1980-04-08) April 8, 1980 Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Partner(s) | Karl Urban (2014–present) |
Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel's television program Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). She was nominated for four Saturn Awards for her work on Battlestar Galactica and won the award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2005.
Sackhoff has also starred in the short-lived TV series The Fearing Mind (2000–2001) and The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002); had recurring roles in the TV series Bionic Woman (2007), Nip/Tuck (2009), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010–2011), and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–2013); and had a lead role in the eighth season of 24 as Dana Walsh (2010). She voices several characters including Bitch Pudding on Adult Swim's stop motion animated series Robot Chicken. Between 2012 and 2017, she starred in the A&E and Netflix series Longmire as Deputy Sheriff Victoria "Vic" Moretti[1] before recurring on The Flash as Amunet.
She had lead roles in the films Halloween: Resurrection (2002); White Noise: The Light (2007); Batman: Year One (2011); The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia, Sexy Evil Genius, Riddick, Oculus (2013) and Don't Knock Twice (2016).
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Filmography
4.1 Film
4.2 Television
4.3 Video games
5 Awards and nominations
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon,[2] and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother, Mary, worked as an English-as-second-language (ESL) program coordinator, and her father, Dennis, is a land developer.[3] Her brother, Erick, is co-owner of a vehicle modification shop near Portland.[4][5] 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.[6]
Career
Sackhoff at the 2008 Wizard World Convention
Her first acting 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. Sackhoff 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."[7] 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.'"[8]
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.[9]
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."[7]
Sackhoff plays the female lead in the action/sci-fi movie The Last Sentinel and the supernatural thriller White Noise: The Light.
Katee Sackhoff in May 2015
Sackhoff appears as the main character in the Lifetime Original Movie How I Married My High School Crush.[10] She has 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 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.[11][12] However, for the sixth season Sackhoff was replaced by Rose McGowan for the role due to scheduling conflicts.[13][14]
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.[15]
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.[16] 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.[17]
Sackhoff is set to star in the action–werewolf thriller Growl.[18] She made a special appearance in the Futurama episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences".[19]
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.[20]
In 2011, Sackhoff guest starred in an episode of Workaholics as a homeless drug addict named Rachel.
Sackhoff co-starred as the lead female role in Longmire, an A&E/Netflix television series based on the novels by Craig Johnson. Sackhoff played Sheriff's Deputy Vic Moretti.[21][22]
Sackhoff played Dahl, a mercenary hired to track down Vin Diesel's intergalactic convict character in Riddick.[23]
In August 2012, Sackhoff became the co-host of the Schmoes Know Movies podcast on the Toad Hop Network. One of her first shows was with guest Sean Astin.[24]
Sackhoff announced in April 2015 a new TV-series project, Rain, which she wrote and is executive-producing through her Fly Free Productions.[25] She also had a role in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III, performing voice over and motion capture as Sarah Hall.[26] She portrayed Pink Ranger Kimberly in Power/Rangers, a short depicting a dystopian future in the Power Rangers universe.[27]
In 2017, Sackhoff joined The CW series The Flash in the recurring role of villainess Amunet (Blacksmith), for which she is billed as a special guest star.
Personal life
Sackhoff and her Battlestar Galactica co-star Tricia Helfer co-founded the Acting Outlaws, a motorcycle-riding charity with which they have worked to raise awareness and money for causes and organizations including the Gulf Restoration Network, the Humane Society, the Red Cross amfAR.[28][29]
She is a vegetarian.[30] Of her practice of Transcendental Meditation, begun in 2015, Sackhoff has said, "What it taught me was that you can't fail at meditation."[31]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | My First Mister | Ashley | |
| 2002 | Halloween: Resurrection | Jennifer "Jen" Danzig | |
| 2007 | White Noise: The Light | Sherry Clarke | Main role |
| 2007 | The Last Sentinel | Girl | |
| 2011 | Batman: Year One | Det. Sarah Essen (voice) | Video |
| 2012 | Campus Killer | Suzanne | |
| 2013 | The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | Joyce | |
| 2013 | Sexy Evil Genius | Nikki Franklyn | |
| 2013 | Riddick | Dahl | |
| 2013 | Oculus | Marie Russell | |
| 2014 | Tell | Beverley | |
| 2015 | Power/Rangers | Kimberly Scott (née Hart) | Short film |
| 2016 | Girl Flu | Jenny Styles | |
| 2016 | Don't Knock Twice | Jess | |
| 2018 | 2036 Origin Unknown | Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson |
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 | 4 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | The Fearing Mind | Lenore Fearing | 13 episodes |
| 2001–2002 | The Education of Max Bickford | Nell Bickford | 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 | 71 episodes |
| 2007 | The Wedding Wish | Sara Jacob | TV film |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Sarah Corvus | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Battlestar Galactica: Razor | Capt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace | TV film |
| 2007–present | Robot Chicken | Various (voice) | 10 episodes |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Dianne Cary | Episode: "Knock Off" |
| 2009 | Lost and Found | Tessa Cooper | TV pilot |
| 2009 | Nip/Tuck | Dr. Theodora "Teddy" Rowe | 4 episodes |
| 2009, 2010 | The Big Bang Theory | Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Boston's Finest | Julia Scott | TV film |
| 2010 | 24 | Dana Walsh | 20 episodes |
| 2010 | Futurama | Grrrl (voice) | Episode: "Lrreconcilable Ndndifferences" |
| 2010–2011 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Det. Frankie Reed | 3 episodes |
| 2011 | The Super Hero Squad Show | She-Hulk (voice) | Episode: "So Pretty When They Explode!" |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Rachel | Episode: "Karl's Wedding" |
| 2012–2013 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Bo-Katan Kryze (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2012–2017 | Longmire | Victoria "Vic" Moretti | 63 episodes |
| 2015 | Rain | in production(writer, exec prod) | |
| 2017 | Star Wars Rebels | Bo-Katan Kryze (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2017–present | The Flash | Amunet Black / Blacksmith | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Another Life | Niko Breckinridge |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Halo 3 | Female Marine 3 (voice) | Video game |
| 2008 | Resistance 2 | Cassie Aklin (voice) | Video game |
| 2011 | Spider-Man: Edge of Time | Black Cat 2099 (voice) | Video game |
| 2015 | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | Sarah Hall | Voice role Motion capture performance |
| 2016 | Eve: Valkyrie | Rán Kavik | Voice role |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Saturn Award | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series | Battlestar Galactica | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series | Won | ||
| 2006 | Best Actress on Television | Nominated | ||
| 2008 | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series | Nominated | ||
2010 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress: Action | 24 | Nominated |
| 2015 | Fangoria Chainsaw Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Oculus | Won |
References
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