Katee Sackhoff | From "Battlestar Galactica" to Prime Video's "Carrie" | Olympic Dreams to Mandalorian

On this episode of Story & Craft, we sit down to chat with actor Katee Sackhoff from "Battlestar Galactica" and Prime Video's "Carrie" to discuss her career and personal stories. Katee talks about growing up in Portland as a competitive swimmer, how she landed her first acting job, and what it was like to move to LA at 18. We get into her time on "Battlestar Galactica", why she's only now watching it, and how she went from voicing Bo-Katan in animation to "The Mandalorian". She also discusses her new series "Carrie", her podcasts, and raising two kids back in Portland. SHOW HIGHLIGHTS 03:33 | Building a dream home in Los Angeles, then deciding it was time to leave for Portland 12:20 | The newspaper ad for a body double that changed everything 15:36 | Teaching herself to cry on camera in front of a mirror 20:42 | Reading the Starbuck script and knowing it could change how people saw her 23:08 | Cutting her hair and walking away from bigger offers to fight for one role 26:31 | Watching "Battlestar Galactica" for the first time, 25 years later, with her husband 29:33 | Walking out of an acting class and never going back 35:36 | How a "Robot Chicken" recommendation led to Bo-Katan 38:46 | Bringing the dad who showed her sci-fi as a kid onto a "Star Wars" set 46:31 | The Seven Questions STAY IN THE KNOW Website: https://www.storyandcraftpod.com FOLLOW THE SHOW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storyandcraftpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/storyandcraftpod CONNECT WITH MARC Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/airpreston Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marcpreston Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.