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Calista Kay Flockhart (born on November 11, 1964) is an Emmy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress, primarily on soap operas and television. She is best known for her role as the title character in the 1997-2002 television show, Ally McBeal. She now plays Sally Field's feuding daughter, Kitty Walker, on the hit ABC drama, Brothers & Sisters, as a political campaign advisor. Image File history File linksMetadata Ally_Mcbeal_Charc_pic. ...
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Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s winning several awards. ...
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Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s winning several awards. ...
Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award winning American actress . ...
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Early life
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Flockhart attended Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey. Following her 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 AM to 6:00 PM. In her sophomore year at Rutgers, Flockhart met aspiring actress Jane Krakowski, the best friend of her roommate. Later they would both work together on Ally McBeal. Shawnee High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States as part of the Lenape Regional High School District. ...
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Jane Krakowski (née Krajkowski, born October 11, 1968 in Parsippany, New Jersey) is a Tony Award-winning American actress and singer. ...
Flockhart's acting ability was recognized when William Esper (Mason Gross' theatre director and Flockhart's acting teacher) made an exception to policy by allowing Flockhart to perform on the main stage. Though this venue is usually reserved for juniors and seniors, Harold Scott insisted that Flockhart perform there in his production of William Inge's Picnic. Flockhart graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Theatre in 1988 as one of only a few students who successfully completed the course. She was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni on May 3, 2003. William Motter Inge (May 3, 1913 – June 10, 1973) was an American playwright and novelist, whose works feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations. ...
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After receiving her degree, Flockhart moved to New York City in 1989 where she remained until 1997, living with three other women in a two-bedroom apartment and working as a waitress and aerobics instructor whilst she simultaneously sought auditions.
Career In spring 1989, Flockhart made her first television appearance in a minor role in an episode of Guiding Light as a babysitter. Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as being the longest-running soap opera in production and the longest running drama in television history. ...
She made her professional debut on the New York stage, appearing in Beside Herself alongside Melissa Joan Hart at the Circle Repertory Theatre. Two years later, Flockhart appeared in a television movie, Darrow. Though she later appeared in films Naked in New York (1993) and Getting In (1994), her first substantial speaking part in a film was in Quiz Show, directed by Robert Redford. Melissa Joan Hart (born April 18, 1976) is an American actress who is best known for playing the title roles in two successful television series, Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. ...
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Flockhart debuted on Broadway in 1994, as Laura in The Glass Menagerie. Actor Julie Harris felt Flockhart should be hired without further auditions, claiming that she seemed ideal for the part. Flockhart received a Clarence Derwent Award for her performance. In 1995, Flockhart became acquainted with actors such as Dianne Wiest and Faye Dunaway when she appeared in the movie Drunks. Later that year, Flockhart starred in Jane Doe as a drug addict. In 1996, Flockhart appeared as the daughter of Dianne Wiest and Gene Hackman's characters, in The Birdcage. Throughout that year, she continued to work on Broadway, playing the role of Natasha in Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ...
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Dianne Wiest (born March 28, 1948) is two-time Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe Award-winning, Emmy Award-winning and Bafta Award-nominated American actress in stage, television, and film, and has received several awards in her career. ...
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The Birdcage is a 1996 LGBT comedy film directed by Mike Nichols, and stars Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Christine Baranski and Hank Azaria. ...
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Ally McBeal In 1997 Flockhart was requested to audition for the starring role in David E. Kelley's FOX television series, Ally McBeal. Kelley, having heard of Flockhart, wanted her to audition for the contract part. Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and travelled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won. She earned a Golden Globe Award for the role in 1998. Flockhart also appeared on the June 29, 1998 cover of Time magazine, placed as the newest iteration in the evolution of feminism, relating to the ongoing debate about the role depicted by her character. David Edward Kelley (born April 4, 1956) is a prolific multi-Emmy award winning American writer, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series Picket Fences, Chicago Hope, The Practice, Ally McBeal, Boston Public, and Boston Legal. ...
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Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s winning several awards. ...
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Flockhart maintained throughout Ally McBeal's run that she has never been diagnosed with either anorexia or bulimia, nor has she been a user of illegal drugs. She did remark, however, that while starring in the show she refrained from eating sweets, retaining her slim figure by working out. She has now admitted that she had a problem at the time, and was 'exercising too much' and 'eating too little'. For the symphonic black metal band, see Anorexia Nervosa (band) For other uses, see Anorexia Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion with an obsessive fear of gaining weight. ...
Bulimia nervosa, more commonly known as bulimia, is a psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by intentionally doing one or more of the following in order to compensate for the intake of the food and prevent weight gain: vomiting inappropriate use of laxatives, enemas...
Other roles Flockhart played the role of Helena in the 1999 film version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2000, she appeared in Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her and Bash: Latter-Day Plays, later accompanying Eve Ensler to Kenya in order to protest violence against women, particularly Female Genital Mutilation. Flockhart also starred in the off-Broadway production of Ensler's The Vagina Monologues. Shakespeare redirects here. ...
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In 2004, Flockhart appeared as Matthew Broderick's psychotic girlfriend in The Last Shot. In the same year, Flockhart travelled to Spain for the filming of Fragile, which premiered in September 2005 at the Venice Film Festival. Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is a Tony Award winning American film and stage actor who is perhaps best known for his role as the title character in Ferris Buellers Day Off. ...
The Last Shot is a 2004 action comedy film starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tim Blake Nelson, an uncredited Joan Cusack, Tony Shaloub, and Calista Flockhart. ...
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She auditioned for the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but lost the role to Teri Hatcher. A couple of years later, she signed a deal for ABC Television Studio (formerly Touchstone Television) to star in a weekly series (Brothers and Sisters), which is actually the lead-out program too Desperate Housewives. Information Gender Female Age 39 Occupation Childrens book artist Family Sophie Bremmer (mother) Morty Flickman (step-father) Addison Prudy (father) Carol Prudy (step-mother) Spouse(s) Karl Mayer (ex-husband) Ian Hainsworth (ex-fiancé) Dr. Ron McCready (ex-boyfriend) Mike Delfino (husband) Children Julie Mayer (daughter) Zach Young (step...
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Flockhart can currently be seen as communication advisor Kitty Walker in the ABC TV prime time series Brothers & Sisters, which premiered in September 2006. Kitty Walker is a fictional character on the primetime show Brothers & Sisters. ...
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Personal life - Flockhart has been romantically involved with actor Harrison Ford since meeting him at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards after she spilled wine on his award. The pair were dating within a week. When approached to star in the film Indiana Jones 4, Ford requested that Flockhart co-star as his love interest. Though the film producers agreed, Flockhart is not currently attached to the project. Flockhart's reaction was "Oh, yes. If I could kick his ass, absolutely!"
- On January 11, 2001, Flockhart adopted a baby boy, born ten days prior, whom she named Liam.
Flockhart continues to support charities such as Public Schools Arts, and causes such as breast cancer research. She is the national spokeswoman for Peace Over Violence (POV), which led her to acquire a Humanitarian Award on October 21, 2005. Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. ...
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Ally McBeal is an American television series which ran on the FOX network from 1997 to 2002 and was one of the best-known dramedy television series of the 1990s winning several awards. ...
Callista Flockhart as Ally Mcbeal Ally McBeal is the central character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal. ...
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Callista Flockhart as Ally Mcbeal Ally McBeal is the central character in the Fox Television show Ally McBeal. ...
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Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her is a film written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia starring an ensemble cast. ...
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The Last Shot is a 2004 action comedy film starring Matthew Broderick, Alec Baldwin, Toni Collette, Tim Blake Nelson, an uncredited Joan Cusack, Tony Shaloub, and Calista Flockhart. ...
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Fragile is a 2006 film about a haunted childrens hospital. ...
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Kitty Walker is a fictional character on the primetime show Brothers & Sisters. ...
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