When working in Broadway and landing roles in the films Quiz Show and The Birdcage, she became known for playing a name part on the television series Ally McBeal.

Her apparent weight loss all over a foremost pack seasons of the indicate stimulated tremendously media speculation that she will use suffered from either anorexia nervosa and sometimes earned her coarse criticism for swimming an 'incompetent' undernourished waif, particularly considering a indicate's popularity using adolescent girls. Her December 11, 2000 collapse on placed fueled rumor of bulimia, although it was announced she suffered from dehydration and exhaustion.

Around January 2001, Flockhart adopted a little ones son, whom she known as Liam. Within 2002 she became engaged to actor Harrison Ford.

Her title, Calista, occurs as tribute to her Greek great-grandmother.

Filmography
Fragile (2005) (post-production) - Amy The Last Shot (2004) - Valerie Weston Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (2000) - Christine Taylor A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) - Helena Telling Lies in America (1997) - Diney Majeski Milk & Money (1996) - Christine The Birdcage (1996) - Barbara 'Barbie' Keeley Drunks (1995) - Helen Pictures of Baby Jane Doe (1995) - Jane Quiz Show (1994) - Barnard Girl Getting In (1994) - Amanda Morel Naked in New York (1993) - Acting student

Television
Bash: Latter-Day Plays (2000) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1999) - Vanna Van (voice) The Practice (2002) - Ally McBeal Ally McBeal (1997-2002) - Ally McBeal Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1992) - Mary-Margaret Carter Darrow (1991) - Lillian Anderson The Guiding Light (1989) - Elise