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Name: Calista Flockhart
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Date of Birth:
November 11, 1964
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Place of Birth:
Freeport, Illinois, USA
Mini-bio:
Calista Flockhart was named after great-grandmother. She was born on 11
November, 1964. Her hometown is in Freeport, Illinois. Her mother Kay,
was a school teacher, and her father, Ronald, worked fo...( read more)r Kraft Foods Inc.
She attended Rutgers University in New Jersey to study acting. After
College she worked in regional theatre in Cleveland, Louisville, Chicago,
and Houston for $400 for eight weeks of work. Three years ago she got her
first Broadway role playing Laura in Tennessee Williams' "The Glass
Menagerie", for which she was recognized with the Theater World and
Clarence Darwent Awards. She's also played in an all-star production of
Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" playing Natasha. She wasn't too fond of TV
before "Ally McBeal" (1997), but did take part in a 1992 episode of the
HBO series _"Lifestories: Families In Crisis" (1995)_. She did take part
in many movies, but among them is the remake of The Birdcage (1996).
Calista played the fiancée of Robin Williams's son. In 1997 she appeared
in Telling Lies in America (1997) as the object of Brad Renfro's
obsession.
Calista Flockhart has established herself in New York, Chicago, and
elsewhere with an impressive stage and theater repertoire. She worked in
the off-Broadway productions of "The Loop", "All for One", "Sophistry",
"Wrong Turn at Lungfish", "Beside Herself" and "Bovver Boys". She also
starred in non-NYC productions, such as "The Three Sisters" in Chicago,
and "Our Town" and "Death Takes a Holiday" at the Williamstown Theater
Festival.