---
name: "Calista Flockhart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/calista-flockhart"
fi1m_id: "calista-flockhart"
imdb_id: "nm0001222"
tmdb_id: 49148
wikidata_id: "Q26424"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:39:28.720558+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Calista Flockhart

## Identity

Calista Flockhart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/calista-flockhart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** calista-flockhart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001222
- **TMDB ID:** 49148
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26424
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calista_Flockhart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49148

Actor. Born 11 November 1964 in Freeport, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1964, Freeport, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Καλίστα Φλόκχαρτ, Καλίστα Κέι Φλόκχαρτ, 克莉絲塔·芙哈特
- **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (3), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Action & Adventure 1, Animation 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $210m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calista_Flockhart, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/49148

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Birdcage*](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md) (81)
- **Disney+:** [*Ally McBeal*](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md) (63)

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## Biography

Calista Flockhart is an American actress. She was born on 11 November 1964 in Freeport, Illinois, and studied acting at Rutgers University.

She began her career in regional and New York theatre before appearing in films including *Quiz Show* (1994) and *The Birdcage* (1996), in which she played Barbara Keeley. Flockhart is best known for her title role in the television series *Ally McBeal* (1997–2002), for which she won a Golden Globe Award and received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. She later played Cat Grant in *Supergirl* (2015–2021) and Kitty Walker in *Brothers & Sisters* (2006–2011).

Flockhart has also appeared in stage productions such as *The Glass Menagerie* and films including *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), Fi1m 74, as April (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), Fi1m 63, as Ally McBeal — [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *The Birdcage* (1996), Fi1m 81, as Barbara Keeley — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Barnard Girl — [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *INVINCIBLE* (2021), series, as April (voice) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/invincible-2021.md)
- *FEUD* (2017), series, as Lee Radziwill
- *Supergirl* (2015), series, as Cat Grant
- *Full Circle* (2013), series, as Ellen Kelly-O'Rourke
- *Web Therapy* (2011), series, as April Keating
- *The Penguins of Madagascar* (2008), series, as Doris (voice)
- *Web Therapy* (2008), series, as April Keating
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, as Kitty Walker
- *Fragile* (2005), as Amy Nicholls
- *Robot Chicken* (2005), series, as Dr. Ryan Stone / Smurfette (voice)
- *The Last Shot* (2004), as Valerie Weston
- *TV Revolution* (2004), series, Actor
- *Shrinking Violet* (2003), Actor
- *Bash: Latter-Day Plays* (2001), as Sue
- *Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her* (2000), as Christine Taylor (segments "Goodnight Lilly, Goodnight Christine" and "This is Dr. Keener")
- *Pictures of Baby Jane Doe* (1999), as Jane
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1999), as Helena
- *Angel Passing* (1998), as Nurse
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Ally McBeal — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/ally-mcbeal.md)
- *Telling Lies in America* (1997), as Diney Majeski
- *Drunks* (1997), as Helen
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Ally McBeal
- *Milk & Money* (1996), as Christine
- *The Birdcage* (1996), as Barbara Keeley — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Vanna Van (voice)
- *Getting In* (1994), as Amanda Morel
- *Quiz Show* (1994), as Barnard Girl — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Naked in New York* (1993), as Acting Student
- *Darrow* (1991), as Lillian Anderson
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Lillian Anderson

## Gallery

- ![Calista Flockhart](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-bd8868add243.jpg) Calista Flockhart — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Calista_Flockhart_2009_%28facecrop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![69th Annual Golden Globes Awards. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-58a2fbdbc2aa.jpg) 69th Annual Golden Globes Awards. (2012) — jdeeringdavis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_%40_69th_Annual_Golden_Globes_Awards.jpg/1280px-Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_%40_69th_Annual_Golden_Globes_Awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-19a95bce459c.jpg) Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009 — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_at_the_2009_Deauville_American_Film_Festival-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Harrison Ford and Calista FlockhartDeauville 2009](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-6a9f456b901f.jpg) Harrison Ford and Calista FlockhartDeauville 2009 — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_at_the_2009_Deauville_American_Film_Festival-02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Calista Flockhart](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-779b20f8551b.jpg) Calista Flockhart — Image via TMDB
- ![Calista Flockhart](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-3a3be1e7fd08.jpg) Calista Flockhart — Image via TMDB
- ![Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-7e77c87475cc.jpg) Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009 — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_at_the_2009_Deauville_American_Film_Festival-03.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009](https://film.one/media/person/86922/gallery-ca0368a7e433.jpg) Harrison Ford et Calista Flockhart Deauville 2009 — Mireille Ampilhac, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Harrison_Ford_and_Calista_Flockhart_at_the_2009_Deauville_American_Film_Festival-04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1998: Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (won)

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1995: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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