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Calista Flockhart Biography Actress. Born Calista Kay Flockhart on November 11, 1964, in Freeport, Illinois. Flockhart is best known for her portrayal of the character Ally McBeal in the highly successful television drama of the same name. Born to a teacher and Kraft Foods employee, Flockhart moved around a great deal in her youth, finally settling in Medford, New Jersey. After graduating from high school in Medford, she attended nearby Rutgers University, where she studied drama. Flockhart graduated in 1987 and spent roughly seven years shuttling between on- and off-Broadway productions, often paying the bills through small roles in daytime soap operas. In 1991, she got a small break with an appearance in the biographical television movie Darrow , which starred the still-emerging Kevin Spacey. An appearance in an HBO drama about bulimia soon followed. But Flockhart's rise to stardom was slow and steady. She spent much of the 1990s fighting for progressively larger role...