Calista Flockhart was born Calista Kay Flockhart in Freeport, Illinois, on November 11, 1964, to the family of Ronald Flockhart and Kay Calista. Her father, Ronald, worked as a Kraft Foods executive, while her mother, Kay, worked as an English teacher. She and her older brother, Gary was raised in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Norwich, New York. Why so many places, one could as? Well, if you had the job of a Kraft Foods executive like her father did, traveling frequently will be a no-brainer.
Growing up, Flockhart was a pretty smart kid. She wrote a play titled Toyland which she performed to a small audience at a dinner party. Flockhart attended Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey. After her graduation in 1983, she proceeded to the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey; where she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre in 1988. She was one of the few students who successfully completed the program.
