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===Other work=== Flockhart played the role of Helena in ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', a 1999 film version of [[Shakespeare]]'s play. In 2000, she appeared in ''[[Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her]]'' and ''[[Bash: Latter-Day Plays]]'', later accompanying [[Eve Ensler]] to [[Kenya]] in order to protest violence against women, particularly [[female genital mutilation]]. Flockhart also starred in the [[off-Broadway]] production of Ensler's ''[[The Vagina Monologues]]''. In 2004, Flockhart appeared as [[Matthew Broderick]]'s deranged girlfriend in ''[[The Last Shot]]''. In the same year, Flockhart traveled to [[Spain]] for the filming of ''[[Fragile (film)|Fragile]]'', which premiered in September 2005 at the [[Venice Film Festival]]. She was offered the role of [[Susan Mayer]] on ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' but declined, and the role later went to [[Teri Hatcher]].<ref name="original">[http://television.aol.com/photos/tv-star-castings "Coulda Been a Contender"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117071408/http://television.aol.com/photos/tv-star-castings |date=January 17, 2009 }}, slide 7 of 14. [[AOL Television]]. Retrieved December 21, 2009.</ref> In 2014, Flockhart landed a role in ''Full Circle''{{'s}} second season, as mob boss Ellen. It was expected to air in 2015. This had been Flockhart's first acting role in three years, after her hiatus when [[Brothers & Sisters (TV series)|''Brothers & Sisters'']] ended. In 2015, Flockhart was cast in the television series ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'' as [[Cat Grant]], a "self-made media magnate and founder of CatCo" and boss to Kara (Supergirl's alter ego).<ref name="Supergirl">{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/23/calista-flockhart-cast-as-cat-grant-in-supergirl|title=Calista Flockhart Cast As Cat Grant In Supergirl|last=Nicholson|first=Matt|website=IGN|date=February 23, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2015|archive-date=February 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223234531/http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/23/calista-flockhart-cast-as-cat-grant-in-supergirl|url-status=live}}</ref> The series premiered on October 26, 2015, on [[CBS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://screencrush.com/cbs-supergirl-premiere-october-26/|title=CBS 'Supergirl' Sets October Premiere, Plus More Fall Schedules|last=Fitzpatrick|first=Kevin|publisher=Screencrush|date=June 9, 2015|access-date=June 11, 2015|archive-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610090043/http://screencrush.com/cbs-supergirl-premiere-october-26/|url-status=live}}</ref> Due to the network's wish to reduce the show's budget, it was moved to sister network [[The CW]] after its first season, along with a move to filming in Vancouver. Flockhart remained with the show (albeit as a recurring character), despite her previous aversion to working outside Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tvline.com/2016/08/01/calista-flockhart-supergirl-season-2-returning-cat-grant/ | title=Calista Flockhart Sets Supergirl Return (But Not as a Series Regular) | publisher=TV Line | date=August 1, 2016 | access-date=August 2, 2016 | archive-date=August 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803195031/https://tvline.com/2016/08/01/calista-flockhart-supergirl-season-2-returning-cat-grant/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022, she played the role of Martha opposite [[Zachary Quinto]] in [[Edward Albee]]'s ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' at the [[Geffen Playhouse]] in Los Angeles. The production was directed by [[Gordon Greenberg]] and also starred [[Aimee Carrero]] and [[Graham Phillips (actor)|Graham Phillips]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/ | title=Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at Geffen Playhouse | newspaper=Geffen Playhouse | access-date=July 2, 2022 | archive-date=July 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702174016/https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2024, Flockhart appeared as [[Lee Radziwill]] in ''[[Feud: Capote vs. The Swans|Capote vs. The Swans]]'', the second season of the anthology series [[Feud (TV series)|''Feud'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=August 17, 2022 |title='Feud' Season 2 at FX Casts Tom Hollander as Truman Capote, Adds Calista Flockhart and Diane Lane (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/feud-season-2-fx-cast-tom-hollander-calista-flockhart-diane-lane-1235343751/ |access-date=October 14, 2023 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> Regarding playing Radziwill in an interview with ''[[The New York Times]]'', Flockhart said, “[[Truman Capote]] recognized that she was living in her sister’s shadow... and he would say things: ‘You’re so much prettier. You’re so much smarter. You’re more interesting. You have better style.’ She really needed to hear that. I think it made her really love Truman. He was fun, and she confided in him, like they all did.”<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dowd |first= Maureen |title= Calista Flockhart Is Back, With a Flock of Venomous Swans | newspaper = The New York Times | date = 26 January 2024 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/style/calista-flockhart-ally-mcbeal-feud.html | access-date = 27 February 2024 }}</ref>
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