Flockhart received a Clarence Derwent Award for her performance. Actress Julie Harris felt Flockhart should be hired without further auditions, claiming that she seemed ideal for the part. 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.įlockhart debuted on Broadway in 1994, as Laura in The Glass Menagerie.
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Two years later, Flockhart appeared in the television movie Darrow.
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Flockhart made her professional debut on the New York stage, appearing in Beside Herself alongside Melissa Joan Hart, at the Circle Repertory Theatre. Also, she played a teenager battling an eating disorder on a one-hour Afternoon Special on TV. In spring 1989, Flockhart made her first television appearance in a minor role in an episode of Guiding Light as a babysitter. įlockhart moved to New York City in 1989 and began seeking auditions, living with three other women in a two-bedroom apartment and working as a waitress and aerobics instructor. Rutgers inducted her into the Hall of Distinguished Alumni on May 3, 2003. Flockhart graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre in 1988 from Rutgers University-New Brunswick as one of the few students who successfully completed the acting course. Though this venue usually is reserved for juniors and seniors, Harold Scott insisted that Flockhart perform there in his production of William Inge's Picnic. People began recognizing Flockhart's acting ability 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. Later, they both would work together on Ally McBeal. In her sophomore year at Rutgers, Flockhart met aspiring actress Jane Krakowski, the best friend of her roommate. While there, she attended a specialized and competitive woodworking class, lasting from 6:00 a.m. Flockhart attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. As a child, she wrote a play called Toyland which she performed at a dinner party.įlockhart attended Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey. īecause 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. Her mother reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay. Her parents retired to Morristown, Tennessee, where her father lived until his death and her mother continues to reside. Calista Kay Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Kay Calista, an English teacher, and Ronald Flockhart (1932–2020), a Kraft Foods executive.