Calista Flockhart Biography
Calista Flockhart is an actress from the United States. She is best known for her role as Ally McBeal on the Fox television series Ally McBeal (1997-2002), for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1998 and was nominated three times for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
How old is Calista Flockhart?- Age
She is 58 years old as of November 2022. of Flockhart was born Calista Kay Flockhart on November 11, 1964 in Freeport, Illinois, USA.
Calista Flockhart Education
She graduated from Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey, in 1983. She attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, after graduating from high school. She studied acting with William Esper there. Calista Flockhart earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in theater in 1988. As a result, she became one of the few students who completed the acting course successfully.
Calista Flockhart Height
Kay stands at a height of 5’5″ (165 cm) tall.
What Nationality is Calista Flockhart?- Nationality
Calista is an American national and citizen by birth. She was born in Freeport, Illinois, United State of America. She is of mixed ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Calista Flockhart Family – Parents
Kay Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, USA on November 11, 1964. Her father, Ronald Flockhart, was a Kraft Foods INC executive, and her mother, Kay Calista nee Honohan, was an English teacher. She was the second of her parents’ two children, and she has an older brother named Gary.
Are Calista and Harrison Ford still together? – Husband
Yes, Calista Flockhart married actor Harrison Ford on June 15, 2010. They have been in a relationship since January 20, 2002, when they met at the Golden Globe Awards. They currently reside on a ranch in Jackson, Wyoming.
Calista Flockhart Children – Adopted Son – Liam
Liam Flockhart Ford, the couple’s adopted son, was born in 2001 and was adopted by Flockhart. Aside from Liam, she has four stepchildren from Ford’s previous marriage.
Calista Flockhart Career
Calista Flockhart relocated to New York City in 1989, sharing a two-bedroom apartment with three other women. She was a waitress as well as an aerobics instructor. Concurrently, she continued to audition for roles, eventually making her television debut in an episode of the soap opera Guiding Light as Elise, a babysitter. In October 1989, she made her stage debut as adolescent Mary in Circle Repertory Company’s production of Joe Pintauro’s play, Beside Herself. But nothing came of it, and she continued to struggle. In 1991, she landed her second television role as Lillian Anderson in the television film Darrow. The following year, she played Mary Margaret Carter, a girl suffering from an eating disorder.
She returned to the stage in November 1991, playing Lucia in Mad Forest: A Romanian Play. Following that, she continued to appear in plays such as Our Town (1992-1993), Wrong Turn at Lungfish (1993), Sophistry (1993), and others. In 1993, she made her film debut as an acting student in the romantic comedy film Naked in New York. Clear Cut, Getting In, and Quiz Show followed in 1994. Only Quiz Show provided her with a significant speaking role in these four films. In 1994, she made her Broadway debut as Laura in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie (1994-1995). Another of her stage accomplishments was playing Natasha in Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Three Sisters (1997).
She continued to appear in films such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999), Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), The Last Shot (2004), and Fragile (2006). (2005). She hosted the Calista Flockhart / Ricky Martin episode of Saturday Night Live on November 11, 2000. In 2006, she returned to television as Kitty Walker in 110 episodes of the critically acclaimed ABC Family drama series Brothers & Sisters. It premiered on September 24, 2006, and lasted five seasons before ending on May 8, 2011. In 2015, she landed her third major television role as Cat Grant in the CBS superhero series Supergirl.
Calista Flockhart’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 30 million dollars.
Calista Flockhart Movies and TV Shows
MOVIES:
- 2005 Fragile
- 2004 The Last Shot
- 2000 Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
- 1999 A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- 1997 Telling Lies in America
- 1996 The Birdcage
- 1996 Milk & Money
- 1995 Pictures of Baby Jane Doe
- 1995 Drunks
- 1994 Clear Cut
- 1994 Gettin In
- 1994 Quiz Show
- 1993 Naked in New York
TV SHOWS:
- 2015–2018, 2021 Supergirl
- 2015 Full Circle
- 2015 The Penguins of Madagascar
- 2014 Robot Chicken
- 2014 Web Therapy
- 2006–2011 Brothers & Sisters
- 2001 Bash: Latter-Day Plays
- 2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
- 2000 Saturday Night Live
- 1998 The Practice
- 1997–2002 Ally McBeal
- 1992 Lifestories: Families in Crisis
- 1991 Darrow
- 1989 Guiding Light
