American actress

Katee Sackhoff

Katee Sackhoff 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). She also provided the voice of Bo-Katan in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels (2017) and Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024), as well as the voice of Bitch Pudding on Robot Chicken (2005–present). She was nominated for four Saturn Awards for Battlestar Galactica and won Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2005.

Born

1980

April 8

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Key dates

1980 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

217 Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
876 The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
1139 Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by Innocent II for supporting Anacletus II as pope for seven years, even though Roger had already publicly recognized Innocent's claim to the papacy.
1143 Manuel I Komnenos succeeds his father John II Komnenos as Byzantine Emperor.

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The world in 1980

When Katee arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 8

Adrian Boult 1889–1983 English conductor (died 1983) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer August Wilhelm von Hofmann 1818–1892 German chemist and academic (died 1892) Carlos Santana 1986– Dominican baseball player Clarence Hudson White 1871–1925 American photographer and educator (died 1925) Dionysios Solomos 1798–1857 Greek poet and author (died 1857) Emma Caulfield 1973– American actress Franco Corelli 1921–2003 Italian tenor and actor (died 2003) Gennady Golovkin 1982– Kazakhstani boxer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1980

Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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