Lucasfilm Ltd. Katee Sackhoff "didn't understand" herMandaloriancharacter Bo-Katan Kryze. The actress said her struggles on theStar Warsseries "destroyed my confidence." As a result, Sackhoff "basically didn't work" for three years. Katee Sackhoffhas spoken. TheBattlestar Galacticaalum discussed the challenges of playingThe Mandalorian's Bo-Katan Kryze, a character she struggled to understand, on her podcastThe Sackhoff Show. "I lost all of my confidence afterMandalorian. All of it," Sackhoff recalled. "I've always played two steps removed from myself, in a sense. It always felt grounded in some part of my belly, of who I was. 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." Amy Sussman/Getty Sackhoff first played Bo-Katan, a militant Mandalorian fighting for control of her home planet, in the animated seriesStar Wars: The Clone Warsin 2012. She voiced Bo-Katan again in another animated series,Star Wars Rebels, in 2017 before making her live-action debut as the character in two episodes ofThe Mandalorian's second season in 2020. She played a more prominent role in season 3 of that series in 2023. The actress said that after season 3 ofThe Mandalorianwrapped in spring 2022, she struggled to regain her confidence and find more roles. "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." BesidesThe Mandalorian, Sackhoff's only on-camera credit between 2022 and 2024 was a single episode ofLaw & Order. She also performed voiceover work forRobot Chicken, as well as animatedWatchmenandJustice Leaguemovies. She played Bo-Katan once more in a 2024 episode of the animated seriesStar Wars: Tales of the Empire. Lucasfilm Ltd. On the podcast, Sackhoff later explained that she hired a new manager after her post-Mandalorianstruggles, and he connected the actress with an acting coach. "[The coach] said to me, 'My goal is not to teach you how to act. You know how to act,'" she remembered. "'I just need to get you back in your belly. You just need to find your confidence again.' That's it." Sackhoff is returning to the small screen inthe upcoming limited seriesbased onStephen King'sCarrie. The series will reunite the actress with filmmakerMike Flanagan, with whom she previously worked on the 2013 filmOculus. "I trust Mike," Sackhoff said of the project on her podcast. "I've relinquished control and I trust Mike, 'cause I've worked with him before and I know he's amazing. I don't know if I trust myself yet." Sign up forEntertainment Weekly'sfree daily newsletterto get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Listen to Sackhoff's candid reflections onThe Mandalorianabove. Read the original article onEntertainment Weekly