In May 2006, she won the Saturn Award for the same role. Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. This led her to begin practicing yoga, which she continues today, and pursue an interest in acting. She performed in high school productions of Oliver!, Fiddler on the Roof and Bye, Bye Birdie. Her interest in acting compelled her to move to Hollywood, California, upon graduating from high school. After surgery to remove her thyroid, she required no radiation treatments and is currently in remission. Galactica executive producer Ron Moore described her as having magnetism while producer David Eick expanded stating: Sackhoff plays the female lead in the action/sci-fi movie The Last Sentinel and the supernatural thriller White Noise 2: The Light.
