Calista Flockhart

Age: 45
Height: 5' 5 1/2"

Birth Place: Freeport, Illinois, USA
Born: Nov. 11th, 1964

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Calista Flockhart's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Brothers & Sisters	Kitty Walker
Ally McBeal	Ally McBeal
Ally	Ally McBeal

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 fianc�e 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:

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.
Is of Irish, English and Italian descent
Graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1988, with a BFA in theatre
Fianc� 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv) adopted her son Liam.
(1983) Graduated Shawnee High School in Medford, NJ. While there she was a cheerleader and was active in the student council.
13 December 2000 - Calista collapsed on the set of her TV show, __"Ally McBeal" (1997)_ (qv). It was announced she suffered from dehydration and exhaustion and had nothing to with her thinness, that many have attributed to bulemia.
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.
Dated director 'Sam Mendes (I)' (qv) in the late spring and summer of 1999.