Back in the ’90s, few actors seemed to be rising in popularity as rapidly as Calista Flockhart.
However, after the show ended in 2002, Flockhart’s career soon dwindled.
We can’t help but wonder whatever happened to Calista Flockhart?
And why did her career slow down after “Ally McBeal?”
Here’s what Calista Flockhart has been up to since leaving Ally behind in 2002.
Liam was born in 2001, a year before the show came to an end.
Flockhart adopted him shortly after.
“I wanted to be home with him,' she said simply.
“He’s doing great and having a lot of fun.
I know it sounds kind of silly, but it’s the end of an era.”
Even though Flockhart had missed acting, she admitted that seeing her son get older was pretty emotional.
This is, I think, funny, and yet it’s just different.
“I want to play the dark, crazy, alcoholic someday.”
For Flockhart, being on set again was amazing.
“It’s fun to be back.
All parts of it,” she told CinemaBlend.
“It’s fun to get out and talk about your work with people.
It’s kind of exciting to get feedback and know what other people are thinking.”
“I’m much more low-key now,” she told Female First.
Although Flockhart loves acting, she doesn’t exactly love all of the attention that comes with it.
Flockhart also described herself as an introvert in the same interview.
After taking some time off and opting for smaller roles, Flockhart finally began to feel more comfortable.
“There would be six paparazzi cars following me everywhere and that can be frightening.
It’s much better now.”
Despite theirage gap, they were clearly a strong couple from the very beginning.
Being in a relationship with Ford changed a lot for Flockhart.
He adopted her son, Liam, and she became the stepmother to his four children.
Naturally, her new family made work more complicated.
“Now I have a child and I’m not single.
I have a very different life.”
After all, her roots were performing in off-Broadway plays.
“I love theater,” she gushed to theLos Angeles Times.
“I love that it’s happening in the moment right in front of your eyes.”
Well, you may have spotted Calista Flockhart in a guest role on the show.
In 2014, Flockhard played April Keaton in five episodes.
Flockhart played a slightly nervous law clerk who has a questionable relationship with Kudrow’s character’s husband.
Plus, she had a chance to flex her comedic muscles as a character actor.
Flockhart played Ellen Kelly-O’Rourke, one of the rotating characters.
“It’s a completely different cast, but the central idea is the same.
Ford was flying a vintage World War II plane at the time.
As she toldPeople, it was a “really hard, scary time.”
That’s pretty understanding of her if you ask us!
Cat was the tough-as-nails, sassy boss of Kara (aka Supergirl) at Catco Worldwide Media.
And thanks to Flockhart’s performance, she was one of the best parts of the show.
“I am happy that I am Cat and not Supergirl this time around.
It just gives me a little more time.
[Spending time with] my family is very important to me.”
Sounds like it really was the perfect gig for her!
“If it were going to be done, it really should be done by a woman.
If it’s going to be new, it should be new and different.
And I did it: 100 hours.”
They suggested that Hulu might be the logical streamer for the show.
Sadly, as of 2023, the “Ally McBeal” revival still hasn’t come to fruition.
And they needed us, or we needed them more than they needed us probably.”
In 2023, Flockhart and Ford attended the Cannes Film Festival and the “Indiana Jones” premiere together.
Later that same year, they were spotted at Liam’s graduation.
In a 2023 interview withEsquire, Ford even revealed that Flockhart was helping him to clean up his language.
It’s clear that her family is incredibly supportive of each other.
As her husband, Harrison Ford, toldPeople,the pair are hoping to collaborate on something one day.
“But yeah, haven’t found one yet.”
“And she’s enjoying going back to work.
I’m hoping we will find something to do together.”
