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A long-time favorite of discriminating theatergoers, Calista Flockhart acted in several Off-Broadway plays... (Learn more)

Top Projects: Brothers & Sisters, Ally McBeal, Ally (View All)

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Calista Flockhart’s Milestones
Family settled in New Jersey in the late 1970s
Raised in Iowa, Minnesota and upstate New York
Won acclaimed for her performance in the off-Broadway play "The Loop"
1988 After college, moved to NYC to pursue career
1989 New York stage debut in "Beside Herself"
1991 Debut in a TV-movie, "Darrow" (PBS)
1991 TV debut, "An American Story" (CBS)
1992 Had featured role in the Off-Broadway production of Caryl Churchill's "Mad Forrest"
1994 Broadway debut, as Laura in revival of Tennessee Williams' "The Glass Menagerie"
1994 Feature debut in bit part in "Quiz Show"
1995 First important film role, "Drunks" (received limited theatrical release as well as airings on Showtime)
1996 Appeared on stage at the Berkshire Theater Festival in "Jitta's Atonement", opposite Wiest
1996 Breakthrough screen role as the mousy daughter of Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest in "The Birdcage"
1996 Played female lead in "Milk and Money"
1997 Co-starred in the Broadway production of "Three Sisters" alongside Lili Taylor, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Amy Irving; played Natasha
1997 - 2002 TV series debut as regular, portrayed the titular fantasy-prone lawyer seeking Mr Right in the award-winning "Ally McBeal" (Fox)
1999 Had featured role as Helena in the big screen remake of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
1999 Returned to the NYC stage in Off-Broadway production "Bash: Latter-Day Plays", by Neil LaBute; reprised roles for TV adaptation aired on Showtime in 2000
2000 Appeared for two-week stint in the Off-Broadway production of "The Vagina Monologues" by Eve Ensler
2000 Had featured role in the Sundance-screened "Things You Can Tell by Just Looking at Her"; aired on Showtime in 2001
2004 Appears opposite Matthew Broderick in "The Last Shot"
2006 Played Kitty Walker, a conservative TV-news personality in the ABC drama "Brothers & Sisters"

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Born

November, 11 1964 in Freeport, Illinois, USA

Education

  • Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey:
  • attended a state college in New Jersey for one year before transferring to Rutgers
  • Shawnee High School, Medford, New Jersey: played the flute in the school band; was also a cheerleader and member of the student council

Professions

actor

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