Calista Flockhart Add to My Celebs Age 47 Birthday Nov. 11th, 1964 Born in Freeport, Illinois, USA Height 5' 5 1/2"

Calista Flockhart's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Brothers & Sisters Kitty Walker Ally McBeal Ally McBeal Ally Ally McBeal

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Frágiles 2004 - The Last Shot 1999 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 1996 - The Birdcage 1994 - Quiz Show 1993 - Naked in New York

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Calista Flockhart was named after great-grandmother. She was born on 11 November, 1964. Her hometown is in Freeport, Illinois. Her mother Kay, was a school teacher, and her father, Ronald, worked for Kraft Foods Inc. She attended Rutgers University in New Jersey to study acting. After College she worked in regional theatre in Cleveland, Louisville, Chicago, and Houston for $400 for eight weeks of work. Three years ago she got her first Broadway role playing Laura in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie", for which she was recognized with the Theater World and Clarence Darwent Awards. She's also played in an all-star production of Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" playing Natasha. She wasn't too fond of TV before "Ally McBeal" (1997), but did take part in a 1992 episode of the HBO series _"Lifestories: Families In Crisis" (1995)_. She did take part in many movies, but among them is the remake of The Birdcage (1996). Calista played the fiancée of Robin Williams (I)'s son. In 1997 she appeared in Telling Lies in America (1997) as the object of Brad Renfro's obsession.

Calista Flockhart has established herself in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere with an impressive stage and theater repertoire. She worked in the off-Broadway productions of "The Loop", "All for One", "Sophistry", "Wrong Turn at Lungfish", "Beside Herself" and "Bovver Boys". She also starred in non-NYC productions, such as "The Three Sisters" in Chicago, and "Our Town" and "Death Takes a Holiday" at the Williamstown Theater Festival.


TRIVIA:

• Had a dog named Webster. He was her best friend until he died.
• Calista's Mother, Kay, was a high school English Teacher. Her father, Ronald, was an executive at Kraft Foods. She has one older brother, Gary.
• One of the nine Rutgers alumni who are inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni on 3rd May, 2003. Calista graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1988.
• She won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Television Performer on January 9, 2000 at the 26th Annual People's Choice Awards from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, USA.
• She is the national spokesperson for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women and was presented with a Humanitarian Award by them on October 21, 2005.
• (11 January 2001) Adopted a baby boy she named Liam.
• Fiancé 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv) adopted her son Liam.
• Attended the 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, USA, with actor 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv) on January 20, 2007.

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