Katee Sackhoff
{{Short description|American actress (born 1980)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Katee Sackhoff
| image = Katee Sackhoff Photo Op GalaxyCon Richmond 2024.jpg
| caption = Sackhoff at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2024
| birthname =
| birth_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|8}}
| othername =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1997–present
| website =
| spouse = {{Marriage|Robin Gadsby|October 2021}}
| children = 2
}}
Katee Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980){{cite web | author=The Associated Press | title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 7-13 | website=AP News | date=2024-04-01 | url=https://apnews.com/article/celebrity-birthdays-april-2024-morris-8d038202fc68bb8cfdb824265ebfcc5e | access-date=2024-04-09}} is an American actress known for being Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on Battlestar Galactica (2004–09), Niko Breckenridge on Another Life (2019–21), Victoria "Vic" Moretti on Longmire and Bo-Katan Kryze on The Mandalorian (2020–23). She also provided the voice for Kryze in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–13; 2020), Star Wars Rebels (2017) and Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024), as well as the voice of Bitch Pudding on Robot Chicken (2005–present). She was nominated for four Saturn Awards for Battlestar Galactica and won Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2005.
Sackhoff also starred in the short-lived TV series The Fearing Mind (2000–2001) and The Education of Max Bickford (2001–2002). She had recurring roles in the TV series Bionic Woman (2007), Nip/Tuck (2009), and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2010–2011). Sackhoff had a lead role in the eighth season of 24 as Dana Walsh (2010). She had recurring roles on The Flash as Blacksmith and appeared twice as herself on The Big Bang Theory.
She had lead roles in the films Halloween: Resurrection (2002), White Noise: The Light (2007), Batman: Year One (2011), The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013), Sexy Evil Genius (2013), Riddick (2013), Oculus (2013), and Don't Knock Twice (2016).
Early life
Sackhoff was born in Portland, Oregon,{{cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-7900-katee-sackhoff.html|work=Willamette Week|title=Katee Sackhoff: The Portland-born actress talks Beaverton, Battlestar and bionic boobs|date=October 24, 2007|author=Crawford, William|access-date=February 21, 2022}} and grew up in St. Helens, Oregon. Her mother, Mary, was an English-as-second-language (ESL) program coordinator, and her father, Dennis, a land developer.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}} She graduated from Sunset High School in Beaverton in 1998.{{cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-7900-katee-sackhoff.html|work=Willamette Week|title=Katee Sackhoff: The Portland-born actress talks Beaverton, Battlestar and bionic boobs|date=October 24, 2007|author=Crawford, William|access-date=May 22, 2023}} She began swimming at an early age and by high school planned to pursue a career in the sport until her right knee was injured. This led her to begin practicing yoga—which she continues today—and to pursue an interest in acting.{{cite news|last=Marks|first=Joshua|date=July 11, 2006|title=Katee Sackhoff: Yoga|url=https://variety.com/2006/scene/markets-festivals/katee-sackhoff-2-1200340136/|work=Variety|access-date=August 28, 2016}}
Career
Sackhoff moved to Los Angeles when she was 17 years old.{{cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/print-issue/current-issue/2013/05/27/list-interview-katee-sackhoff|title=The A-List Interview: Katee Sackhoff|website=Advocate|date=May 27, 2013}} Her first acting role was in the Lifetime film Fifteen and Pregnant (starring Kirsten Dunst), which motivated her to move to Hollywood and pursue an acting career after she graduated from high school. Sackhoff's first recurring role was as Annie in MTV's Undressed; she next won a supporting role as Nell Bickford in The Education of Max Bickford. She made her motion picture debut in My First Mister, then appeared as Jenna "Jen" Danzig in Halloween: Resurrection.
Sackhoff's most widely known role is as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the miniseries and follow-up TV series Battlestar Galactica, for which she won a Saturn Award in 2006 for Best Actress on Television. Her persona led the writers to develop the character as more complex and volatile. Galactica
In 2007, Sackhoff was cast as the evil cyborg Sarah Corvus in the short-lived NBC series Bionic Woman. David Eick, the show's executive producer, said, "[Sackhoff is] a very special find. Those actors who can combine the qualities of strength and vulnerability—they usually call those people movie stars." Sackhoff plays the female lead in the action/sci-fi film The Last Sentinel and the supernatural thriller White Noise: The Light.
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Sackhoff appears as the main character in the Lifetime film How I Married My High School Crush.{{cite web|url=http://www.lmn.tv/movies/details.php?id=MOVE+4107|title=How I Married My High School Crush|publisher=LMN.tv|access-date=August 20, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224132656/http://www.lmn.tv/movies/details.php?id=MOVE+4107|archive-date=December 24, 2008}} She has made guest appearances in Cold Case, ER, Law & Order, and Robot Chicken. Sackhoff provided the voice of a female marine in the video game Halo 3 and is featured in the viral marketing campaign for Resistance 2. In 2011, she provided the voice for Black Cat 2099 in Spider-Man: Edge of Time. She voiced Sarah Essen in the DC Comics animated film, Batman: Year One. She appears in four episodes of the fifth season of the series Nip/Tuck playing a new doctor, Dr. Theodora Rowe.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/katee-sackhoff-starbuck-13558/|title=Katee Sackhoff: From Starbuck to Nip/Tuck|work=TV Guide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080521015241/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-News-Blog/Todays-News/Katee-Sackhoff-Niptuck/800039967|archive-date=May 21, 2008|access-date=February 21, 2022}}{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-katee-sackhoff.html|title='Battlestar' and 'Caprica' notes, plus video of Katee on 'Nip/Tuck'|work=Chicago Tribune|date=February 6, 2009|access-date=August 20, 2011|archive-date=September 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903055238/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-katee-sackhoff.html|url-status=dead}} However, for the sixth season Sackhoff was replaced by Rose McGowan for the role due to scheduling conflicts.{{cite magazine|last=Maerz|first=Melissa|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/09/12/rose-mcgowan-re/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913004310/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/09/rose-mcgowan-re.html|archive-date=September 13, 2008 |title=Rose McGowan In, Katee Sackhoff Out On 'Nip/Tuck'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 12, 2008|access-date=October 20, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/_nip_tuck/70829.html|title=nip_tuck: Casting: Both Katee Sackhoff and Rose McGowan to play Teddy Lowe? |publisher=Community.livejournal.com|date=December 10, 2008|access-date=April 18, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603235912/http://community.livejournal.com/_nip_tuck/70829.html|archive-date=June 3, 2011}} Sackhoff headlined NBC's Dick Wolf-produced cop drama Lost and Found as Tessa, "an offbeat female LAPD detective who, after butting heads with the higher-ups, is sent as a punishment to the basement to work on John Doe and Jane Doe cases."{{cite web |author1=Sullivan, Brian Ford |title=The Futon's First Look: "Lost & Found" (NBC) |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/reviews/2009/11/09/the-futons-first-look-lost-and-found-nbc-33402/20091109_lostandfound/ |website=The Futon Critic |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=2009-11-09}} The pilot was filmed in January 2009. NBC decided not to pick up the series.{{cite web |title=NBC TV pilots: 2009-2010 |url=https://variety.com/2009/tv/news/nbc-tv-pilots-2009-2010-1118000333/ |website=Variety |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=2009-02-19}}[http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/406118_tvgif12.html seattlepi.com]{{dead link|date=October 2009|fix-attempted=yes}} In 2009, she appeared as herself in The Big Bang Theory episode "The Vengeance Formulation", being fantasized as Howard Wolowitz's dream girl.{{cite news|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|title =Katee Sackhoff to Appear on The Big Bang Theory|url= https://www.tvguide.com/news/katee-sackhoff-appear-1011117/|work=TV Guide|date=October 21, 2009|access-date=February 21, 2022}} She appears again in season 4, in the same role. Sackhoff appeared as a series regular in the eighth season of the TV series 24, playing Dana Walsh, a CTU data analyst with a secret.
In February 2010, Sackhoff signed on to play the lead in an ABC crime drama pilot, Boston's Finest. ABC decided not to pick up the series.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/katee-sackhoff-signs-1015303/|title=Katee Sackhoff Signs On to ABC Crime Drama|work=TV Guide|date=February 22, 2010|access-date=February 1, 2022}}
She made a special appearance in the Futurama episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences".{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/ustv/news/a264941/katee-sackhoff-to-guest-on-futurama.html|title=Katee Sackhoff to guest on 'Futurama'|first=Mike|last=Moody|date=August 20, 2010|work=Digital Spy|access-date=August 20, 2010}} In the fall of 2010, Sackhoff joined the cast of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Detective Reed, a smart investigator who does not do well with sensitivity.{{cite web|url= https://www.tvguide.com/News/Katee-Sackhoff-CSI-1022713.aspx |title=CSI Books Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff|work=TV Guide|access-date=September 8, 2010}} In 2011, Sackhoff guest starred in an episode of Workaholics as a homeless drug addict named Rachel.
From 2012 to 2017, Sackhoff co-starred as the lead female role in Longmire, an A&E/Netflix television series based on the novels by Craig Johnson. Sackhoff played Sheriff's Deputy Vic Moretti.{{cite news|url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/03/katee-sackhoff-longmire-pilot/|title=Pilot Scoop: Katee Sackhoff, Smallville Vet, Others Join A&E's Longmire|work=TVLine|access-date=May 15, 2011|archive-date=January 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120070127/http://www.tvline.com/2011/03/katee-sackhoff-longmire-pilot/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/battlestar-galactica-star-katee-sackhoff-171607/|title='Battlestar Galactica' Star Katee Sackhoff Lands A&E Pilot|work=The Hollywood Reporter| first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|date=March 25, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2022}}
From 2012, Sackhoff provided voice acting for the Lucasfilm Animation series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, in which she played Bo-Katan Kryze, member of the revolutionary Mandalorian Death Watch and Nite Owls. She reprised this role in the sequel to the series, Star Wars Rebels, and in the seventh season of the original series produced by Disney+ in 2020. Also in 2020, Sackhoff appeared as Bo-Katan Kryze in the Disney+ live action original series The Mandalorian.{{cite web|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|date=May 12, 2020|title=Exclusive: 'The Mandalorian' Season 2 Recruits Katee Sackhoff to Play Bo-Katan in Live-Action|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-mandalorian-season-2-bo-katan/|access-date=May 12, 2020|work=/Film}}
Sackhoff played Dahl, a mercenary hired to track down Vin Diesel's intergalactic convict character in Riddick.{{cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|url=https://collider.com/katee-sackhoff-riddick-casting-story-interview/137829/|title=Katee Sackhoff Talks RIDDICK; Reveals the Wild Story on How She Got Cast|publisher=Collider|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=December 13, 2012|archive-date=November 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111022532/http://collider.com/katee-sackhoff-riddick-casting-story-interview/137829/|url-status=dead}}
In August 2012, Sackhoff became the cohost of the Toad Hop Network podcast Schmoes Know Movies. One of her first shows was with guest Sean Astin.{{cite web|url=http://www.toadhopnetwork.com/f/Schmoes|title=Radio Worth Watching: Schmoes Know Movies Episodes Guide|publisher=The Toad Hop Network|access-date=September 9, 2012}}
Sackhoff announced in April 2015 a new TV series project, Rain, which she wrote and is executive-producing through her Fly Free Productions.{{cite news|title=Katee Sackhoff To Star In & Create Futuristic TV Series For Reunion Pictures|url=https://deadline.com/2015/04/katee-sackhoff-star-create-rain-futuristic-series-reunion-pictures-1201408997/|access-date=June 26, 2015|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=April 13, 2015}} She also had a role in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III, performing voice over and motion capture as Sarah Hall.{{cite magazine|title=Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 voice cast includes Christopher Meloni, Katee Sackhoff|url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/02/call-of-duty-black-ops-3-voice-cast-christopher-meloni-katee-sackhoff/|access-date=October 2, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=October 2, 2015}} She portrayed Pink Ranger Kimberly in Power/Rangers, a short depicting a dystopian future in the Power Rangers universe.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/watch-an-unofficial-power-rangers-deboot.html|title=What If Power Rangers Were R-Rated and Starred James Van Der Beek?|date=February 24, 2015|work=Vulture|access-date=January 4, 2017}}
In 2017, Sackhoff joined The CW series The Flash in the recurring role of villain Blacksmith for its fourth season, billed as a special guest star.
On April 26, 2018, it was announced that Sackhoff was cast in a main role on the Netflix science-fiction drama series, Another Life.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/04/netflix-orders-sci-fi-drama-series-another-life-katee-sackhoff-1202377532/|title=Netflix Orders Sci-Fi Drama Series 'Another Life' Starring Katee Sackhoff|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=April 26, 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood}} It ran for two seasons from 2019 to 2021. Sackhoff announced its cancellation in February 2022.{{cite web|last=Swift|first=Andy|title=Another Life Cancelled at Netflix—Read Katee Sackhoff's Statement|url=https://tvline.com/2022/02/21/another-life-cancelled-season-3-netflix-kate-sackhoff-statement/|website=TVLine|access-date=February 21, 2022|date=February 21, 2022}}
In 2023, she launched her podcast called Blah Blah Blah with Katee Sackhoff.{{Cite web |last=Sackhoff |first=Katee |title=I am back! BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! |website=YouTube |date=June 15, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU4zxH5ZyV8 |access-date=2023-12-29 |language=en}} After a rebranding, the podcast was relaunched on April 23, 2024 under the name The Sackhoff Show. {{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C583Utixpe3/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=www.instagram.com}}
Personal life
Sackhoff and her Battlestar Galactica co-star Tricia Helfer co-founded the Acting Outlaws, a motorcycle-riding charity with which they have worked to raise awareness and funds for causes including the Gulf Restoration Network, the Humane Society, and the Red Cross amfAR.Radish, Christina (November 21, 2012). [https://collider.com/katee-sackhoff-acting-outlaws-riddick-female-expendables-movie/ "Katee Sackhoff Talks ACTING OUTLAWS with Tricia Helfer, RIDDICK and Why It's Rated R, the All-Female EXPENDABLES Movie, and More"]. Collider.Dowling, Dar (October 16, 2014). [https://www.huffpost.com/entry/acting-outlaws-battlestar_b_5986416 "Acting Outlaws: Battlestar Galactica{{'}}s Katee Sackhoff Riding Full Throttle for a Cause"]. HuffPost October 16, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2022
From 2014 to 2018, Sackhoff was in a relationship with New Zealand actor Karl Urban.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-07 |title=The Diary: Karl Urban's new romance gets serious |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/the-diary-karl-urbans-new-romance-gets-serious/FYWODFFZAAJCEJWILXW5BJ22VY/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} In 2018, Sackhoff met actor Robin Gadsby in Vancouver, British Columbia. The couple married in early October 2021{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Adrienne|title=Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff Finally Shares A Look At Her Wedding And Cue The Awws|website=CINEMABLEND|date=October 18, 2021|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/battlestar-galacticas-katee-sackhoff-finally-shares-a-look-at-her-wedding-and-cue-the-awws|access-date=December 26, 2021}} and have a daughter and a son together.{{cite web|last=Rawden|first=Jessica|title=Surprise, See First Look At BSG And The Mandalorian Star Katee Sackhoff's Baby: 'Christmas Came Early This Year'|website=CINEMABLEND|date=December 24, 2021|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/surprise-see-first-look-at-bsg-and-the-mandalorian-star-katee-sackhoffs-baby-christmas-came-early-this-year|access-date=December 26, 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Sackhoff |first=Katee |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C74nuoRSwGw/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=www.instagram.com}} She has ADHD and takes medication for it, as revealed on her episode of the Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers broadcast.Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers, 2024.
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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1998
| Karen Gotarus | TV film |
rowspan="4" | 1999
| Locust Valley | Claire Shaw | TV film |
Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane
| Susan | Episode: "Sympathy for Jack" |
Chicken Soup for the Soul
| Claire | Episode: "Starlight, Star Bright" |
Hefner: Unauthorized
| Mary | TV film |
2000
| Annie | 4 episodes |
2000–01
| {{sortname|The|Fearing Mind}} | Lenore Fearing | 13 episodes |
2001–02
| {{sortname|The|Education of Max Bickford}} | Nell Bickford | 22 episodes |
2002
| ER | Jason's Girlfriend | Episode: "A Hopeless Wound" |
rowspan="2" | 2003
| TV miniseries |
Boomtown
| Holly | Episode: "The Big Picture" |
2004
| Terri Maxwell (1969) | Episode: "Volunteers" |
2004–09
| Kara "Starbuck" Thrace | Main role |
rowspan="3" | 2007
| How I Married My High School Crush | Sara Jacob | TV film |
Bionic Woman
| Sarah Corvus | 5 episodes |
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
| Kara "Starbuck" Thrace | TV film |
2007–22
| Bitch Pudding, Various | Voice, 14 episodes |
rowspan="2" | 2008; 2024
| rowspan="2" | Law & Order | Dianne Cary | Episode: "Knock Off" |
Vanessa Gallo |
rowspan="2" | 2009
| Lost and Found | Tessa Cooper | TV pilot |
Nip/Tuck
| Theodora "Teddy" Rowe | 4 episodes |
2009–10
| {{sortname|The|Big Bang Theory}} | Herself | 2 episodes |
rowspan="3" | 2010
| Boston's Finest | Julia Scott | TV film |
24
| Dana Walsh / Jenny Scott | 20 episodes |
Futurama
| Grrrl | Voice, episode: "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences" |
2010–11
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Det. Frankie Reed | 3 episodes |
rowspan="3" | 2011
| {{sortname|The|Super Hero Squad Show}} | She-Hulk | Voice, episode: "So Pretty When They Explode!" |
The Cleveland Show
| Herself | Voice, episode: "Hot Cocoa Bang Bang" |
Workaholics
| Rachel | Episode: "Karl's Wedding" |
2012–13, 2020 |
2012–17
| Longmire | Victoria "Vic" Moretti | 6 seasons, 63 episodes |
2017
| Bo-Katan Kryze | Voice, 2 episodes |
2017–2020 |
2019–21
| Niko Breckinridge | Main cast; Also producer (season 1) and executive producer (season 2) |
2020–23
| Bo-Katan Kryze | 10 episodes |
2021
| Christmas Sail | Liz Darling | Television film (Hallmark) |
2024
| Star Wars: Tales of the Empire | Bo-Katan Kryze | Voice, episode: "The Path of Hate"{{Cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-wars-tales-of-the-empire-episode-guide/|title=Star Wars: Tales Of The Empire Episode Guide|website=Screen Rant|first=Kevin|last=Erdmann|date=May 4, 2024|access-date=May 5, 2024|archive-date=May 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240505222232/https://screenrant.com/star-wars-tales-of-the-empire-episode-guide/|url-status=live}} |
=Video games=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Voice role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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2007
| Halo 3 | Female Marine 3 |
2008
| Cassie Aklin | |
2011
| Black Cat 2099 |
2015
| Sarah Hall | Also Motion capture |
2016
| Rán Kavik | |
2018
| Sarah Hall | Also Motion capture |
=Audio=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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2021
| The Division: Hearts on Fire | Melanie Hoskins | Audio drama based on the video game series. |
Awards and nominations
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Year
! Award ! Category ! Nominated work ! Result |
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2003
| rowspan="5" |Saturn Award |Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series |rowspan = '4'|Battlestar Galactica |{{nom}} |
2005
|Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series |{{won}} |
2006
|{{nom}} |
2008
|Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series |{{nom}} |
2024
|Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series |{{nom}} |
2010
|24 |{{nom}} |
2015
|{{won}} |
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Katee Sackhoff}}
- {{official website}}
- {{IMDb name|0755267|Katee Sackhoff}}
- {{TV Guide person |katee-sackhoff/190292}}
- [https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tuned-in/2007/03/26/Executive-producer-Ron-Moore-discusses-thrilling-Galactica-cliffhanger/stories/200703260241 Executive producer Ron Moore discusses thrilling 'Galactica' cliffhanger] Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26, 2007. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- [http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/katee_sackhoff_01.htm Katee Sackhoff interview at The Scifi World]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090324235159/http://entertainment.aol.ca/article/qa-katee-sackhoff-on-the-end-of-battlestar-galactica/566827/ Katee Sackhoff interview with AOL Canada]
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