Katee Sackhoff
IMDB Entry Katee Sackhoff
"Lietenant/Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace"
Katee Sackhoff brings a modern twist to 'Battlestar Galactica.' Starring as "Starbuck," Commander Adama's best pilot, she is flight partner and closest comrade to "Apollo," Adama's estranged son.
Sackhoff most recently starred opposite Richard Dreyfuss and Marcia Gay Harden in the CBS series, "The Education of Max Bickford". On the big screen, she appeared opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in Dimension Films' "Halloween 8: 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".
Sackhoff was born and raised in and around Portland, Oregon.
Sackhoff originally took up swimming and planned to swim in college, and then be in a competitive swimming career, but a knee injury ended those plans (just as a knee injury ended her character's plans of being a pyramid player. After this, Sackhoff took up acting when she was 16.
According to Ron Moore and David Eick in the podcast for "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", Katee is no longer dating a tackle from the Kansas City Chiefs.