Named after her great-grandmother

Adopted a baby boy she named Liam. [11 January 2001]

Best known for her role in "Ally McBeal" (1997)

Had a dog called Webster. He was her best friend until he died.

Calista's Mother, Kay, was a high school English Teacher. Her father, Ronald, was an executive at Kraft Foods. She has one older brother, Gary.

She was inducted into the South Jersey Arts and Entertainment Hall of Fame on April 27, 2006.

She won a People's Choice Award for Favorite Female Television Performer on January 9, 2000 at the 26th Annual People's Choice Awards from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, USA.

13 December 2000 - Calista collapsed on the set of her TV show, _"Ally McBeal" (1997). It was announced she suffered from dehydration and exhaustion and had nothing to with her thinness, that many have attributed to bulemia.

Graduated from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ in 1988, with a BFA in theatre

Graduated Shawnee High School in Medford, NJ. While there she was a cheerleader and was active in the student council. [1983]

One of the nine Rutgers alumni who are inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Distinguished Alumni on 3rd May, 2003. Calista graduated from the Mason Gross School of the Arts in 1988.

Attended Peace Over Violence (formerly the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women) Humanitarian Awards dinner with Harrison Ford on October 28, 2006.

Won a Q Award for Best Actress in a Quality Series for "Ally McBeal" (1997) at the Viewers for Quality Television Awards on October 3, 1998 at the Burbank Airport Hilton and Convention Center in Burbank, California, USA. Her show, "Ally McBeal" (1997) also won for Best Quality Comedy Series.

Is of Irish, English and Italian descent

The name "Kallista" means "most beautiful" in Greek. "Callista" (her spelling "Calista") is an Anglicization.

She is the national spokesperson for the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women and was presented with a Humanitarian Award by them on October 21, 2005.

Attended the 18th Annual Producers Guild Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City, California, USA, with actor Harrison Ford on January 20, 2007.

Engaged (2002) to Harrison Ford.

One of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People [1998]

Dated director Sam Mendes in the late spring and summer of 1999.