10 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT CALISTA FLOCKHART
You might remember her best as miniskirt-wearing lovelorn lawyer Ally McBeal, or maybe buttoned-down Kitty Walker on “Brothers and Sisters" — but Calista Flockhart’s also played real-life leading lady to a neurotic comedian, a whip-wielding hunk and a furry friend. Fabulous at 50, she’s now back on TV after a four-year absence — playing no-nonsense media mogul Cat Grant on CBS’s “Supergirl.” Here are 10 things you don’t know about the angular actress....
Calista means “most beautiful” in Greek. As a kid, said Calista, she used to call herself “'Ann' and 'Jennifer' because I couldn’t stand the trauma of being teased!”
When she was a struggling actress in New York City in the late 1980s, her brother sent her a case of canned ravioli to make sure she ate.
The success of FOX’s “Ally McBeal” made TV critics ask, “Is feminism dead?”
She had an off-and-on relationship with funnyman Garry Shandling for a few years.
Her best pal was a terrier, Webster, who had to be put down in 2004.
She was offered Teri Hatcher’s role of Susan (as pictured above) on “Desperate Housewives” — but turned it down.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson performed her June 2010 wedding ceremony to Harrison Ford.
She first met Harrison at the 2002 Golden Globes — when she spilled wine all over him!
She likes to go naked: “I don’t wear a lot of make-up. I really don’t like it. I just think it’s really ugly.”
She thinks it’s “a really good idea” for her new character Cat to become “romantically involved” with Supergirl!
