Biography of Calista FlockhartDate of Birth
11 November 1964, Freeport, Illinois, USA
Birth Name
Calista Kay Flockhart
Height
5' 5½" (1.66 m)
Mini 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'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
The name "Kallista" means "most beautiful" in Greek. "Callista" (her spelling "Calista") is an Anglicization.
Graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1988, with a BFA in theatre
One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1998]
Graduated Shawnee High School in Medford, NJ. While there she was a cheerleader and was active in the student council. [1983]
Named after her great-grandmother
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.
13 December 2000 - Calista collapsed on the set of her TV show, _"Ally McBeal" (1997). It was announced she suffered from dehydration and exhaustion and had nothing to with her thinness, that many have attributed to bulemia.
Adopted a baby boy she named Liam. [11 January 2001]
Dated director Sam Mendes in the late spring and summer of 1999.
Had a dog called Webster. He was her best friend until he died.
Engaged (2002) to Harrison Ford.
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.
Best known for her role in "Ally McBeal" (1997)
Is of Irish, English and Italian descent
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.
Won a Q Award for Best Actress in a Quality Series for "Ally McBeal" (1997) at the Viewers for Quality Television Awards on October 3, 1998 at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center in Burbank, California, USA. Her show, "Ally McBeal" (1997) also won for Best Quality Comedy Series.
She was inducted into the South Jersey Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame on April 27, 2006.
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.
Attended Peace Over Violence (formerly the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women) Humanitarian Awards dinner with Harrison Ford on October 28, 2006.
Attended the 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, USA, with actor Harrison Ford on January 20, 2007.
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