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Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal)
Calista Flockhart made her television debut in
Ally McBeal, and in the show's first season, won a Golden Globe Award as well as an Emmy Award nomination for her performance. Having received attention and praise for her accomplishments on television as well as the New York stage, Flockhart is quickly becoming one of Hollywood's most sought-after new talents.
In the summer of 1999, Flockhart returned to her roots on the New York stage in the Off-Broadway production
BASH, the collective title to three one-act plays by Neil LaBute (
In the Company of Men, Your Friends and Neighbors).
Prior to that, she most recently appeared on Broadway as the evil and narcissistic Natasha in Scott Elliot's
The Three Sisters, for which the New York Times singled her out as "smashing as the affected parvenu Natasha. As the other characters wither in time's grasp, this Natasha glows even brighter with a frightening, cannabalistic glow."
She made her Broadway debut opposite Julie Harris in
The Glass Menagerie, for which she won the Theater World Award and the Clarence Derwent Best New Talent Award.
Additional New York theatre credits include
The Loop, which landed her the role of Barbara in
The Birdcage,
Sophistry and
Sons and Fathers, both opposite Ethan Hawke; Garry Marshall's
Wrong Turn at Lungfish;
All For One with Liev Schrieber; and Caryl Churchill's
Mad Forest.
Regional theatre includes Juliet in
Romeo and Juliet, Cordelia in
King Lear, Irena in
The Three Sisters and Emily in
Our Town, which was directed by the legendary Jose Quintero. Summers at the Williamstown Theater Festival and the Berkshire Theater Festival included
Death Takes a Holiday opposite Christopher Reeve, and
Jittas' Atonement opposite Dianne West.
Flockhart recently portrayed Shakespeare's Helena in the feature film version of
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Directed by Michael Hoffman, the film co-stars Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett. Her additional feature film credits include
Drunks, Telling Lies In America and
The Birdcage, which received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Ensemble.
Greg Germann (Richard Fish)
Greg Germann was born in Houston and raised in Colorado, later attending the University of Northern Colorado majoring in theatre. Upon graduating, he moved to New York where he became a member of the Circle Repertory Company and Ensemble Studio Theatre.
Germann's New York theatre credits include working with directors and playwrights such as John Guare, Lanford Wilso and Jerry Zacks, among others. He appeared in the Steven Sondheim musical
Assassins, David Mamet's
War Games and Neil Simon's
Biloxi Blues.
His television credits include series such as
Sweet Justice, These Friends of Mine, Tour of Duty and
Against the Law. He also has appeared as a guest star on
L.A. Law, Bakersfield P.D. and the movie
Conduct Unbecoming.
On feature films, Germann's credits include
Jesus's Son, Clear and Present Danger, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Once Around and
The Last Producer. He also wrote, directed and starred in the short film
Pete's Garden, which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.
Germann, who is married to actress Christine Mourad, currently splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.
Peter MacNicol (John Cage)
Emmy-nominated in the second season for his role on
Ally McBeal, Peter MacNicol is a versatile talent whose career has ranged from the subtle drama of
Sophie's Choice, in which he made his film debut, to the broad comedy of his co-starring role in
Bean. His other film work includes
Addams Family Values, Heat, Hard Promises, Dracula: Dead and Loving It and
Housesitter.
Also nominated for a Viewers for Quality Television Award for
Ally McBeal, MacNicol's other television credits include starring roles in the series
The Powers That Be and
Chicago Hope, as well as the telefilms
Abducted and
By the Dawn's Early Light.
The bulk of his varied career has been spent in the theatre. Besides many regional credits, he has starred on Broadway in
Crimes of the Heart and
Black Comedy. He also performed for Joe Papp's Public Theater, starring in New York Shakespeare Festival productions of
Richard II, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, Found a Peanut and
Rum and Coke.
Born in Texas, MacNicol resides in Los Angeles with his wife Marsue.
Jane Krakowski (Elaine Vassal)
Nominated in the second season for a Golden Globe Award for her perfomance in
Ally McBeal, Jane Krakowski's additional television work includes
Early Edition, Due South, The High Life, Great Performances 20th Anniversary Special, Young Indiana Jones, Queen, Men and Women II and
Search For Tomorrow, for which she was nominated for two Emmy Awards.
She recently completed
Viva Rock Vegas, the prequel to
The Flintstones, in which she plays a young, tantalising Betty Rubble. Other film credits include
Go, Dance With Me, Fatal Attraction, Mrs Winterbourne, Stepping Out and
National Lampoon's Vacation.
She has appeared in several Broadway productions including:
Once Upon a Mattress, Tartuffe, Company, Face Value, Starlight Express and
Grand Hotel, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. Krakowski's additional theatre work includes
Encores! One Touch of Venus and
Henceforward, for which she received an L.A. Drama Critic Award for Best Actress, and the Dramalogue award.
She also can be heard on Verese Saraband's recordings
Lost in Boston IV and
Sondheim At The Movies, the soundtrack for the independent film
Hudson River Blues, and many other Broadway original cast recordings of the shows in which she has appeared. She recently completed recording a
Best of Paul Simon compilation, released in 1999.
Born October 11 and raised in New Jersey, she now resides in New York and Los Angeles.
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