
While Katee Sackhoff was certainly a well-known actor prior to 2020 thanks to Battlestar Galactica, Longmire, Riddick, 24 and various other projects, her profile definitely got a major boost from The Mandalorian. Following her animated outings as Bo-Katan Kryze in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, Sackhoff brought her Star Wars character to life in live-action in the Disney+ subscription-exclusive show’s second season, then returned for Season 3. In the midst of that though, there was something that triggered Sackhoff to lose “all” of her confidence and doubt her acting abilities.
The actress talked about this dark time in her life while she was chatting with her Battlestar Galactica co-star Tahmoh Penikett on The Sackhoff Show, where the two of them also reflected on how they were wrong to reject Edward James Olmos’ advice when they were younger. Sackhoff informed Penikett that she “just now figured out a process almost 30 years” into her acting career and hired an acting coach. When he asked her to elaborate, she started off by saying: