Kathryn Ann Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980 in Portland, Oregon), better known as Katee Sackhoff, is an American actress. She currently stars as Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on the Sci Fi Channel television program Battlestar Galactica.

Sackhoff grew up in St. Helens, Oregon, her mother Mary is an English as a second language program coordinator and her father Dennis is a land developer. She graduated from Sunset High School in Portland in 1998. She has had roles in films such as Halloween: Resurrection, and the television program The Education of Max Bickford and television guest appearances on American television programs such as ER and Cold Case.

Currently she has 3 tattoos:

1) On the back of her neck is a japanese kana symbol for 'choice' which is rarely seen in the series and one of the reasons she grew her hair longer between the mini-series and Season 2.

2) She has another tattoo on her back that is covered by large bandages which can be seen in the episode "The Farm",

3) She has one tattoo on her right forearm that partially reads "fiscalia" which translates to 'office of the public prosecutor' in Spanish. In short form it means protection but in other languages such as Latin it could mean property. This tattoo can be viewed in the Season 1 episode "Six Degrees of Seperation" when she's climbing into the Cylon Raider that is on the deck of the Galactica, to try to get it to work again.