Biography - Calista Flockhart

Who is Calista Flockhart?

Calista Flockhart is an actress by profession and American by nationality. She is best known for her work in the TV series Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters, Supergirl, and films The Birdcage, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Calista Flockhart – Age, Parents, Siblings

Calista Flockhart’s birth took place on November 11, 1964, in Freeport, Illinois, USA. Her full name is Calista Kay Flockhart. Her mother Kay Calista Flockhart worked as an English teacher while her father Ronald Flockhart worked as an executive for Kraft Foods. Her parents raised her alongside her sibling – a brother named Gary Flockhart.

Education, Ethnicity

For education, Calista Flockhart attended the Shanee High School, graduating in 1983. She went on to enroll at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. She graduated from the same in 1988 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater.

Her ethnicity includes Irish, Scottish, German, and English.

Calista Flockhart – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

Calista Flockhart briefly dated British film director Sam Mendes in 1999 and Robert Downey Jr. in 2000. It was rumored her boyfriend was David E. Kelley, which remained unaddressed.

She announced in January 2001, she had adopted a baby boy and named him Liam Flockhart.

Flockhart met actor Harrison Ford at the Golden Globe Awards in 2002. After years of dating, she and her boyfriend got engaged on February 14, 2009. The couple married on June 15, 2010, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He husband also adopted her son and legally changed the name to Liam Flockhart Ford.

From her marriage to Ford, Calista Flockhart is stepmother to Ford’s four biological children – Ben Ford, Georgia Ford, Willard Ford, and Malcolm Ford. She is the sister-in-law of Terence Ford.

There are no rumors of divorce surrounding the married pair.

Calista Flockhart – Career

Theatre

Soon after graduating college, Flockhart worked in regional theatre in Cleveland, Louisville, Chicago, and Houston including the Circle Repertory Theatre and Malaparte Theater. Her Broadway debut was as Laura in a theatre production of The Glass Menagerie in the year 1994.

Films, TV series

Calista Flockhart’s debut screen role was in a 1990 episode of the TV series As the World Turns. This was followed by roles in the TV series Loving (1990), Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992), The Practice (1998), etc, and in the films Darrow (1991), Quiz Show (1994), The Birdcage (1996), Telling Lies in America (1997), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), among others.

Finally, Flockhart was cast as Ally McBeal in the TV series Ally McBeal. She portrayed the character for a total of 112 episodes, between 1997 and 2002, and is her breakthrough role.

Over the years, Calista Flockhart has starred in the films Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000), Bash: Latter-Day Plays (2001), The Last Shot (2004), Fragile (2005), etc.

Moreover, she has portrayed characters in the episodes of the TV series Brothers & Sisters (2006-2011), Web Therapy (2014), Robot Chicken (2014), Full Circle (2015), SuperGirl (2015-2021), Feud (2017, 2024), among others.

Co-stars

On the set of Supergirl, Calista Flockhart has worked alongside Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan, and David Harewood.

Calista Flockhart – Awards, Nominations

Calista Flockhart has been nominated for the Golden Globe Award (2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998), Emmy Award (2001, 1999, 1998), Screen Actors Guild Awards (2000, 1999, 1998, 1997), People's Choice Awards (2000), etc.

Calista Flockhart – Net Worth, Salary

After 30 years of a successful career, Calista Flockhart’s net worth has accumulated to $30 million while the figure on her annual salary/income remains undisclosed.

Calista Flockhart – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

Flockhart is absent from social media handles such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.