The blockbuster soap opera also stars familiar actresses, Calista Flockhart and Rachel Griffiths, in the roles of Nora's adult daughters, Kitty and Sarah, respectively ; Welsh actor Matthew Rhys played Nora's son Kevin and Dave Annable her youngest son, Justin.

* In the parody wrestling series Celebrity Deathmatch, during a match between Lucy Lawless and Calista Flockhart ( the actress who played Ally McBeal ), the dancing baby suddenly appears in the ring with his back turned to the camera.

In spring 1989, Flockhart made her first television appearance in a minor role in an episode of Guiding Light as a babysitter.

In 1997 Flockhart was requested to audition for the starring role in David E. Kelley's Fox television series, Ally McBeal.

Flockhart also appeared on the June 29, 1998, cover of Time magazine, placed as the newest iteration in the evolution of feminism, relating to the ongoing debate about the role depicted by her character.

* Calista Flockhart, ( born 1964 ), actress best known for her title role as Ally McBeal.

Thorne-Smith originally auditioned for the title role in the show, which ultimately went to Calista Flockhart.

Fonda was also offered the lead role in the television series Ally McBeal ( later accepted by Calista Flockhart ), but turned it down to focus on her film career.

Actors originally considered for the role include Courteney Cox, Calista Flockhart, Heather Locklear, Mary-Louise Parker, and Sela Ward.

* Neil Labute wrote Medea Redux, a modern retelling, first performed in 1999 starring Calista Flockhart as part of his one act trilogy entitled Bash: Latter-Day Plays.

The plays premiered at the Douglas Fairbanks Theater in New York City on June 24, 1999 and featured performances by Ron Eldard, Calista Flockhart and Paul Rudd.

A version was released in 1994 that featured actors such as Matthew Modine and Calista Flockhart.

Calista Kay Flockhart ( born November 11, 1964 ) is an American actress who is primarily recognized for her work in television.

Flockhart is the wife of actor Harrison Ford.

Flockhart was born in Freeport, Illinois, the daughter of Kay, a teacher of English, and Ronald Flockhart, an executive for Kraft Foods.

Because her father's job required the family to move often, Flockhart and her brother grew up in several places including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Norwich, New York.

Flockhart attended Shawnee High School in Medford Township, New Jersey.

Following her graduation in 1983, Flockhart attended the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

In her sophomore year at Rutgers, Flockhart met aspiring actress Jane Krakowski, the best friend of her roommate.

People began recognizing Flockhart's acting ability when William Esper ( Mason Gross ' theatre director and Flockhart's acting teacher ) made an exception to policy by allowing Flockhart to perform on the main stage.

Though this venue usually is reserved for juniors and seniors, Harold Scott insisted that Flockhart perform there in his production of William Inge's Picnic.

Flockhart graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theatre in 1988, as one of only a few students who successfully completed the course.

Flockhart moved to New York City in 1989 and began seeking auditions, living with three other women in a two-bedroom apartment and working as a waitress and aerobics instructor.

Two years later, Flockhart appeared in the television movie Darrow.

Flockhart debuted on Broadway in 1994, as Laura in The Glass Menagerie.

Actress Julie Harris felt Flockhart should be hired without further auditions, claiming that she seemed ideal for the part.

Flockhart received a Clarence Derwent Award for her performance.

In 1995, Flockhart became acquainted with actors such as Dianne Wiest and Faye Dunaway when she appeared in the movie Drunks.

Later that year, Flockhart starred in Jane Doe as a drug addict.

In 1996, Flockhart appeared as the daughter of Dianne Wiest and Gene Hackman's characters in The Birdcage.

Kelley, having heard of Flockhart, wanted her to audition for the contract part.

Though Flockhart at first hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract, she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part, which she won.

For lawyers, reflecting perhaps their parochial preferences, there has been a special fascination since then in the role played by the Supreme Court in that transformation -- the manner in which its decisions altered in `` the switch in time that saved nine '', President Roosevelt's ill-starred but in effect victorious `` Court-packing plan '', the imprimatur of judicial approval that was finally placed upon social legislation.

The active sponsor of Jefferson's measure for religious liberty in Virginia, Madison played the most influential single role in the drafting of the Constitution and in securing its ratification in Virginia, founded the first political party in American history, and, as Jefferson's Secretary of State and his successor in the Presidency, guided the nation through the troubled years of our second war with Britain.

He played the leading role in negotiating the treaty with Great Britain that ended the Revolution, and directed America's foreign affairs throughout the Confederation period.

To perpetuate wealth control led by small groups of individuals who played no role in its creation prevents those with real initiative from coming to the fore, and is basically anti-democratic.

It was here that the terror-stricken Dennis Moon played an unrehearsed role during the children's party.

At the end of work one day, the personnel man took the applicants one at a time, asked them to sit behind the receptionist's desk and he then played the role of a number of people who might come to the receptionist with a number of queries and for a number of purposes.

She was hired and was found to be entirely satisfactory when she played the role eight hours a day.

And the authors give numerous instances of calculated guessing on the patient's part to show how large a role it played in his process of readapting himself and how proficient he became at it.

Now a quiet-spoken, middle-aged man, Fiedler is an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed's Missiles and Space Division at Sunnyvale, where he played a key role in the development of the Navy's Polaris missile.

Greek Christian scribes played a crucial role in the preservation of Aristotle by copying all the extant Greek language manuscripts of the corpus.

In order to prepare the role of an important old actress, a theatre student interviews three actresses who were her pupils: an international diva ( Glòria Marc, played by Núria Espert ), a television star ( Assumpta Roca, played by Rosa Maria Sardà ) and a dubbing director ( Maria Caminal, played by Anna Lizaran ).

Transatlantic travel played a major role in the expansion of Western civilization into the Americas.

As of 2007, economic relations played " a fundamental role in the bilateral relations between the two governments ".

In the past and present, amateur astronomers have played a major role in discovering new comets.

Joan Hickson played the lead role.

Astronomy certainly played an important role in Chaco culture, as it is visible in the north-south axis alignment of many ceremonial structures.

Azerbaijan is an economy that has completed its post-Soviet transition into a major oil based economy ( with the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline ), from one where the state played the major role.

In the early 1990s, the latter group blamed Armenia's economic woes on the role played by the former in closing major industries.

The formal study of architecture in academic institutions played a pivotal role in the development of the profession as a whole, serving as a focal point for advances in architectural technology and theory.

The afterlife played an important role in Ancient Egyptian religion, and its belief system is one of the earliest known.

The river played an important role in the growth of the economy in the region during the 19th century as a source of transportation of goods.

Aachen was the administrative centre for the coal-mining industries in neighbouring places to the northeast ; it never played any role in brown coal mining, however, neither in administrative or industrial terms.

But now the evidence of Tell Leilan, and recent findings of elevated dust deposits in sea-cores collected off Oman, that date to the period of Akkad's collapse suggest that this climate change may have played a role.