Katee Sackhoff

Katee Sackhoff
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Portrays:	Kara Thrace
Date of Birth:	April 08, 1980
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Age:	44
Nationality:	USA
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Kathryn Ann Sackhoff, credited as Katee Sackhoff, is an American actress who portrays Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the Re-imagined Series.

Biographical Notes

Sackhoff was born April 8, 1980 and raised in and around St. Helens, Oregon. She took up swimming and planned to continue with the sport when she got to college, hoping to have a career as a competitive swimmer, but a knee injury ended those plans (just as a knee injury ended her character's plans of being a professional pyramid player). After this, she took up acting when she was 16.

Sackhoff starred opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden in the CBS series, The Education of Max Bickford. On the big screen, she appears in Dimension Films' Halloween: Resurrection. She was also featured in the films My First Mister with Christine Lahti and The Glass House with Diane Lane.

Upon graduating from high school in Portland, Oregon, Sackhoff moved to Los Angeles, where she landed the lead role in the MTV pilot Locust Valley. She went on to star in the Fox Family Channel series The Fearing Mind. Sackhoff's other television credits include a recurring role on MTV's Undressed, guest spots on ER; Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She also had a supporting role in the USA Network film Hefner: Unauthorized. She recently appeared in the TV movie How I Married My High School Crush and the films White Noise 2 and The Last Sentinel.

Battlestar alumni Executive Producer David Eick and castmember Mark Sheppard, who played Romo Lampkin, are working with her on her most recent project: the new NBC series Bionic Woman in which she plays the villain Sarah Corvus.

According to Ron Moore and David Eick, in the podcast for "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", Sackhoff is no longer dating a tackle from the Kansas City Chiefs.

Interesting facts about Katee Sackhoff:
She has a dog named "Meatball" and another named Nelly B after her The Education of Max Bickford character, she is 5'6" tall, and she wears a thumb ring on one of her hands. This piece of jewelry was written into the series and is said to be an engagement ring from Zak Adama.

Tattoos

Sackhoff has three known tattoos. She has a crucifix tattoo on her left shoulder blade. As Christianity is not practiced in the Battlestar Galactica universe, it is covered up in the show by bandages in scenes when her skin is exposed (her scene with Anders at the beginning of "The Farm", for example). Since "Unfinished Business" it has been inked over with a large stepped pyramid.

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She also has a tattoo of the Japanese character for "choice" on the back of her neck. In Season 1, they usually tried to avoid using camera shots that caught her at that angle, but observant viewers will still notice it. Her hair was longer in Season 2, but when tied in a ponytail, it is nonetheless visible.

Her third tattoo is on the inner side of her right forearm, just below the elbow. It consists of the words "bona fiscalia", which is Latin for "public property". This tattoo is actually visible in numerous episodes. At the beginning of the show, they tried to avoid showing it, for example by having her tuck her arm slightly behind her back in wide-shots, but it is still visible on many occasions, and over time, they gave up trying to hide it.

Re-imagined Series definition: popular Colonial ball game, see: pyramid

Original Series definition: a card game, similar to poker (see: pyramid)