I don’t let anyone project what they think my life should be like. So many people have opinions around how you should live and what you should do, and how things are supposed to look. I can’t let anyone do that for me. As this is my life, just as it’s your life."- Katee Sackhoff, Ep107. The Monica Kade PodcastWelcome to Episode 107. You Don't Have Another Life: Health Acting & What Matters with Actress Katee Sackhoff. Katee is an American actress, who grew up in Portland, Oregon. She’s best known for playing Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" in Battlestar Galactica. A show which nominated her for four Saturn Awards and where she won the award for Best Supporting Actress on Television.

You may also recognise her from The Fearing Mind; TV series Bionic Woman, Nip/Tuck, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars ; and the Netflix series Longmire and The Flash—along with her newest Netflix series: Another Life. But that’s not it, Katee has also had a handful of lead roles in feature films to add to her belt of acting achievements.

However, it’s not her accomplishments that moved and inspired me, rather, it’s her humility, down-to-earth nature and lovely, lovely energy (you'll know what I mean when you hear our chat). I love how REAL Katee is. How open and transparent she is when it comes to sharing her personal story, the ins and outs of her career and her life challenges.No doubt you’ll enjoy this conversations—it’s a real favourite of mine.

Learn AboutWhy her career plans of being a professional swimmer fell throughHow she picked herself up from the (at that time in her life) very shattering newsThe story around how she got into actingHow she got her first breakHer mindset and approach to auditioning when she first started outHow she navigated body image in HollywoodHow acting makes her feel and what she loves about itHer preparation process for her characters and how she knows when she’s embodied the characterHer Netflix series, Another Life and what it was like preparing her character, Astronaut Niko BreckinridgeWhat she does when she’s not working to keep a strong mindsetWhy she’s excited to get olderWhy she values health and why she believes in being transparent around body, exercise and food with her audience

Signature QuestionsIf she wasn’t in this career, what Katee would attemptWhat she believes is her greatest assetGreatest piece of wisdom she lives by