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Joel Leaver

Calista Flockhart's life 20 years after Ally McBeal's end from A-list husband to TV return

It's been more than two decades since comedy drama Ally McBeal concluded with its fifth season, after having made a household name of lead cast member Calista Flockhart.

The actor, now 58, played the titular character in the FOX series, which ran from 1997 until 2002 and focused on the lives of Ally and her colleagues at law firm Cage and Fish.

She received a Golden Globe Award for the role and was nominated on three occasions for a Primetime Emmy Award, with the show itself having won several awards.

Calista has since appeared in projects like Brothers & Sisters, in which she played the character Kitty Walker, who was one of the siblings referenced in the ABC show's title.

Calista Flockhart is best known for having played the title character in the show Ally McBeal (Channel 4)

More recently, she's played comic book character Cat Grant in Supergirl. She initially played the role from 2015 to 2018, before later making a guest appearance in 2021.

Calista has kept a bit of a low-profile in recent years and has ditched her signature light hair for darker hair, which she showcased at an event in December last year.

She posed for photos whilst attending a screening and after-party for the period drama series 1923, which stars her husband Harrison Ford, 80, in the role of Jacob Dutton.

Calista, pictured last year, has since appeared in various other projects (Getty Images for Paramount+)
The actor, pictured with her husband Harrison Ford, rose to fame on Ally McBeal (Getty Images for Paramount+)

The couple are said to have been in a relationship for more than two decades, having reportedly met at an awards ceremony in 2002 around the time Ally McBeal ended. Calista and Harrison got married in 2010 and are parents to son Liam Flockhart Ford, 22.

Although she hasn't acted on screen since appearing as a guest on the sixth season of Supergirl, Calista is set to make her return to acting in the second season of FX's Feud.

The show - which focused on actors Joan Crawford and Bette Davis in its first season - will reportedly be about author Truman Capote and several socialites that he knew.

Her other credits include Brothers & Sisters, as well as a role on Supergirl (FilmMagic)
She will reportedly appear in the second series of FX show Feud (Steve Granitz/WireImage)

Calista is said to have been cast as Lee Radziwill, with her co-stars reportedly including Naomi Watts as fellow socialite Barbara 'Babe' Paley and Tom Hollander as Truman.

There has been speculation in recent years about Calista reprising her role as the titular lawyer in a revival of Ally McBeal, though there has been no confirmation of that.

However, it was reported last year that an Ally McBeal spin-off was in development at ABC, with it stated at the time that it would have a different character as its lead.

It was reported that the show would follow the daughter of Ally's old roomate Renée Raddick (who was played by Lisa Nicole Carson) who joins the same law firm in Boston.

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