Calista Flockhart

Calista Flockhart
Flockhart at the 2009 Deauville American Film Festival
Born	Calista Kay Flockhart (1964-11-11) November 11, 1964 (age 52) Freeport, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouse(s)	Harrison Ford (m. 2010)
Children	1

Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress, widely known for her roles on television in Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters and Supergirl. She has been featured in a number of films including The Birdcage and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Flockhart is a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award winner and has received three Emmy Award nominations.

Calista Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Kay, an English teacher, and Ronald Flockhart, a Kraft Foods executive. Her parents are retired and live in Morristown, Tennessee. She has one older brother, Gary. Her mother, Kay Calista, reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay.

Because her father's job required the family to move often, Flockhart and her brother grew up in several places including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Norwich, New York. As a child, she wrote a play called Toyland which she performed to a small audience at a dinner party.

Flockhart attended Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey. Following graduation in 1983, Flockhart attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While there, she attended a specialized and competitive class, lasting from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. In her sophomore year at Rutgers, Flockhart met aspiring actress Jane Krakowski, the best friend of her roommate. Later, they both would work together on Ally McBeal.