Birth name: Kathryn Ann Sackhoff
Height: 5′ 6½” (1.69 m)
Has 2 dogs, one named “Meatball” and a newly adopted puppy she named “Nelly B” after her character on “The Education of Max Bickford” (2001).
Her “Battlestar Galactica” (2004) co-star Tricia Helfer is one of her best friends.
Practices yoga regularly and goes on 10-mile runs every Sunday.
Decided to quit smoking when she received fan mail from little girls saying they wanted to be like ‘Starbuck’ when they grew up.
Currently she has 3 tattoos:
01. On the back of her neck is a Japanese kanji 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.
02. She has another tattoo of a cross on her back that is covered by large bandages whenever her shoulder is uncovered, such as in the episode “The Farm” (Christianity exists only in a different form in Battlestar Galactica) *Being removed.
03. She has one tattoo on her left forearm that reads “Bona fiscalia,” which means “public property” in Latin. It is visible in numerous episodes.
Katee has had long hair all of her life, until landing a role on Battlestar Galactica).
Her mother used to say that Katee used to be the class clown, who needed to be the center of attention.
She doesn’t read the SciFi.com message boards, but she does claim to read and answer all of her fan mail.
When watching the original Star Wars, she developed a crush on Han Solo.
She lives in California.
If Katee had any superpowers it would be to be able to read people’s thoughts, to figure out what guys are thinking.
She seriously turned to acting only after her knee injury kept her from competing in sports at her high school.
Katee’s favorite author is James Patterson.
Her favorite TV show is Two and a Half men
Katee’s favorite films are Indiana Jones, BioDome and Hackers.
She starred in many high school productions including: Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver, and Fiddler on the Roof.
Katee’s favourite foods are authentic Mexican & Japanese
She enjoys riding motorcycles and owns a Harley Davidson Softail fat boy
Her favourite music group is Sugarland
Katee is allergic to bees
Katee’s favourite restaurant is Cafe Delphini
She enjoys camping and likes to go fishing in her free time
She loves watching The Food Network
One of Katee’s favourite drinks is Ice Tea
Credits: tv.com, imdb.com & KateeSackhoff.com
