Calista Flockhart
Highest Rated: 84% The Birdcage (1996)
Lowest Rated: 61% Telling Lies in America (1997)
Birthday: Nov 11, 1964
Birthplace: Freeport, Illinois, USA
Although she was a stage-trained actress with an impressive theatrical résumé, audiences embraced Calista Flockhart as charming, vulnerable lawyer "Ally McBeal" (FOX, 1997-2002). She and her character became cultural touchstones, both loved and despised for many reasons: her revealing clothing, her rail-thin physique, her self-absorption, her fitness as feminist poster girl, etc. The Golden Globe-winning actress focused more on the work than on celebrity, earning good reviews in "William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999) and "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2001) as well as more well regarded stage work. After adopting a son, she resurfaced as the Republican daughter of Sally Field on the hit drama "Brothers & Sisters" (ABC, 2006-2011) and made headlines by marrying movie star Harrison Ford. Flockhart returned to series television as the imperious boss Cat Grant on "Supergirl" (CBS 2015- ). A quiet success, Flockhart seemed less interested in Hollywood ambition than in enjoying her work and her real life.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 38% | Fragile | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 46% | Fragile | Amy (Character) | - | 2005 |
62% | 32% | The Last Shot | Valerie Weston (Character) | $463.7K | 2004 |
76% | 64% | Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her | Christine Taylor (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bash: Latter Day Plays | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
67% | 60% | William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream | Helena (Character) | - | 1999 |
61% | 45% | Telling Lies in America | Diney Majeski (Character) | $275.2K | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Milk and Money | Christine (Character) | - | 1997 |
84% | 81% | The Birdcage | Barbara 'Barbie' Keeley (Character) | $124.0M | 1996 |
63% | 43% | Drunks | Helen (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jane Doe | Jane (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Getting In | Amanda Morel (Character) | - | 1994 |
TV
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85% | 79% | Feud | Lee Radziwill (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 31% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2024 |
88% | 47% | Supergirl |
Cat Grant (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2015-2017 |
No Score Yet | 36% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Full Circle | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Full Circle | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2014 |
79% | 84% | Brothers & Sisters | Kitty Walker (Character) | 2006-2011 |
61% | 74% | Ally McBeal | Ally McBeal (Character) | 1997-2002 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown (Voice) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ally | Ally McBeal (Character) | 1999 |