‘Mandalorian’ Star Katee Sackhoff ‘Didn’t Understand’ Her Character: ‘It Broke Me’
Katee Sackhoff, who starred as Bo-Katan Kryze, has opened up about the struggles she had playing the character and finding work in the last few years.
On a recent episode of her podcast, she discussed with her former “Battlestar Galactica” co-star Tahmoh Penikett how playing Bo-Katan on “The Mandalorian” dealt a blow to her confidence.
“I lost all of my confidence after ‘Mandalorian’, all of it. I’ve always played two steps removed from myself, in a sense. Bo-Katan is nowhere near who I am as a human being. Her life, what she wants — I didn’t understand her. As much as I understood her, I never felt her in my stomach. I never identified with her. I didn’t know how to find her,” she said
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 24, 2025 9:05 PM
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Bo-Katan is nowhere near who I am as a human being. Her life, what she wants — I didn’t understand her. As much as I understood her, I never felt her in my stomach. I never identified with her. I didn’t know how to find her,” she said, adding, “My style of acting has always just been, ‘Your first instinct is the right instinct. Do that. Play the reality of the situation.’ And I’ve never really played a character.”
Sackhoff originated Bo-Katan in the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” in the 2010s then brought her to live-action in “The Mandalorian” Season 2 in 2020. Her role as a fellow Mandalorian warrior was expanded in Season 3, where she was upped to co-star with lead actor Pedro Pascal.
Rather than continuing the story in a fourth season, Disney is releasing “The Mandalorian and Grogu” in theaters next May; Sackhoff has not been announced as part of its cast. She said she struggled to get work in the three years following “The Mandalorian” Season 3, which released in 2023.
“It broke me. It just broke me,” Sackhoff said. “I started doubting everything about myself. I’m not a strong auditioner on tape, and I was having to put myself on tape. I wasn’t booking anything. And for three years, I basically didn’t work, and it just destroyed my confidence.”
Since then, Sackhoff hired a new manager and acting coach, who told her, “‘My goal is not to teach you how to act. You know how to act. I just need to get you back in your belly. You just need to find your confidence again.'” In 2024, she appeared on an episode of “Law & Order,” plus some voice acting on animated series, and she’s part of the cast of the upcoming “Carrie” series on Prime Video.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | August 24, 2025 5:04 PM
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Have you tried acting, my dear girl?
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | August 24, 2025 5:05 PM
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[quote]I didn’t know how to find her,” she said
Did she look on the veranda?
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | August 24, 2025 5:37 PM
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Bo-Katan wasn't a well-written character.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | August 24, 2025 5:41 PM
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It's just a disposable television show, dear.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | August 24, 2025 5:48 PM
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[quote]Bo-Katan is nowhere near who I am as a human being. Her life, what she wants — I didn’t understand her.
I think a lot less of her as an actress after her confession. Actors can play kings and serial killers. If she can only play characters that she sees as similar to herself, she should hang it up.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | August 24, 2025 6:52 PM
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Just read the lines, Barbara.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | August 24, 2025 9:03 PM
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Jesus. She's speaking of this role as if it were written by fucking Ibsen!
It's not that deep, Katee.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | August 24, 2025 9:05 PM
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