[M]Her passion for performance, present from childhood[/M] during which she wrote and performed her plays to a small audience, led her to study theater at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Calista Kay Flockhart (born November 11, 1964) is an American actress. On television, she is best known for her roles as the title character on Ally McBeal (1997–2002), Kitty Walker on Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), and Cat Grant on Supergirl (2015–2017). In film, she is known for roles in The Birdcage (1996), A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999), and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000). Throughout her career, Flockhart has won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and she has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. She has been married to actor Harrison Ford since 2010.