ACTOR
Calista Flockhart
- Known for
- Ally McBeal (1997), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), Brothers & Sisters (2006), Frágiles (2005)
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Calista Flockhart is an actor best known for Ally McBeal, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Brothers & Sisters.
All facts (24)
- #001
Harrison Ford adopted her son, Liam Flockhart.
- #002
She met her husband Harrison Ford at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards.
- #003
She became engaged to Harrison Ford on Valentine's Day 2009.
- #004
On 13 December 2000, Calista collapsed on the set of Ally McBeal (1997). It was announced that she was suffering from dehydration and fatigue, which many attributed to bulimia, and that it had nothing to do with her thinness.
- #005
She adopted a son whom she named Liam Flockhart.
- #006
She is the national spokesperson for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women and received its Humanitarian Award on 21 October 2005.
- #007
In 1988 she graduated with a BFA in theatre from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ.
- #008
She first met her Ally McBeal (1997) co-star Gil Bellows while both were stage actors in New York. She sat opposite him at play readings.
- #009
She is the daughter of high school English teacher Kay Calista (Honohan) and Ronald Lee Flockhart, an executive at Kraft Foods. She has an older brother named Gary.
- #010
On 3 May 2003 she was one of nine Rutgers graduates inducted into the Rutgers Distinguished Alumni Hall. Calista graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1988. She met future Ally McBeal (1997) lead Jane Krakowski while both were studying at Mason Gross.
- #011
She is returning to television to star alongside Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths in the ABC family drama Brothers & Sisters (2006).
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She is of Irish, Scottish, German and English descent.
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She had a dog named Webster. He was her best friend until he died.
- #014
Calista was named after her maternal great-grandmother, Calista Mary Sproule.
- #015
On 3 October 1998, at the Quality Television Viewers Awards held at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center in Burbank, California, USA, she won the Q Award for Best Actress in a Quality Series for Ally McBeal (1997). Her show Ally McBeal (1997) also won the Best Quality Comedy Series award.
- #016
She is Ben Ford's stepmother.
- #017
On 27 April 2006 she was inducted into the South Jersey Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame.
- #018
She is best known for her role in Ally McBeal (1997).
- #019
On October 28, 2006, Calista Flockhart attended the Peace Over Violence (formerly the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women) Humanitarian Awards dinner with Harrison Ford.
- #020
Calista Flockhart was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People.
- #021
On January 9, 2000, Calista Flockhart won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Television Performer at the 26th Annual People's Choice Awards, held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, California, USA.
- #022
On January 20, 2007, Calista Flockhart attended the 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards with actor Harrison Ford at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, USA.
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Calista Flockhart is the sister-in-law of Terence Ford.
- #024
Calista Flockhart was born on exactly the same date as Philip McKeon (of "Alice" fame).
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