Calista Flockhart - Biography

Last Editor: arildgal				Calista Flockhart Biography -   Name : Calista Flockhart Date Of Birth : November 11, 1965 Place Of Birth : Freeport, Illinois Height : 5' 5 1/2 Education : Shawnee High School, Medford, New Jersey Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey (majored in Theater) Relationship : Ben Stiller (Actor, Director - dated in 1999, Broke up), Sam Mendes (Director)

Calista Flockhart Trivia -

The name "Kallisto" means "most beautiful" in Greek. "Callista" (her spelling "Calista") is an Anglicization. She graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1988, with a BFA in theatre One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1998] She graduated Shawnee High School in Medford, NJ. While there she was a cheerleader and was active in the student council. [1983] She 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 named 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. Fiancé Harrison Ford adopted her son Liam.

Calista Flockhart Detailed Biography -

After graduating from Rutgers University, New Jersey, in 1987 with a Fine Arts degree, the twenty-three year old actress put her school and community theater experience to use to become a full-time actress. She took on bit parts in day-time television dramas and role in the TV series Darrow, and the HBO special The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic, but it was stage work on and off Broadway and in Chicago and Williamstown theaters that kept her busy and for which she won her first formal acclamations. Her credits include The Loop, All For One, Sophistry, Wrong Turn At Lungfish, Beside Herself, Bovver Boys, The Three Sisters, Our Town and Death Takes A Holiday. One of People Magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People (1998) at 36, this frail and pretty actress is a professional heavyweight in the industry, with a solid background and a promising future.