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My Take
Katee Sackhoff earned my permanent respect with Starbuck. Taking a role originally written for a man, she made Kara Thrace so definitive that the early controversy now seems absurd, and she widened what women in science fiction were allowed to be: reckless, broken, brilliant. Then she did something rarer, voicing Bo-Katan in animation for years and carrying the character into live action on The Mandalorian without losing what fans loved. Add Longmire, Another Life, and her podcasting, and you get a performer who builds worlds patiently. Genre television keeps trusting her with its icons for a reason, and so do I.
Overview
Katee Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on Battlestar Galactica (2003–2009), Niko Breckenridge on Another Life (2019–2021), Victoria "Vic" Moretti on Longmire and Bo-Katan Kryze on The Mandalorian (2020–2023).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Katee Sackhoff
- Name (Japanese)
- ケイティー・サッコフ
- Reading
- けいてぃー・さっこふ
- Born
- April 8, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Portland, Oregon, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / television actor / voice actor / podcaster
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Sunset High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.