Rebecca Callard
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| Rebecca Callard | |
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| Born | Rebecca Jayne Atkinson Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Gideon Turner (m. 2001) |
Rebecca Jayne Callard is an English actress from Leeds.
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[edit] Early life
The daughter of Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard,[1] she was born Rebecca Jayne Atkinson, but took her stepfather's surname when her mother married Steven Callard in 1989. In her early roles she used her father's surname and was credited as Rebecca Sowden.
As a child Callard lived on Dawsons Corner in Pudsey, Leeds. She attended Intake High School in Farsley, where she was friends with future Spice Girl Melanie Brown and actress Angela Griffin.
[edit] Career
Her television roles have included Arietty in The Borrowers, Laura in Sunburn, chambermaid Kate Morris in The Grand, and Harriet Marsh in Plotlands.[2] She was also a regular cast member in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Smelling of Roses, and did the voice of Tamar in the claymation movie The Miracle Maker:The Story of Jesus.
Callard appeared on stage in the UK and US and toured in a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. After a four-year break, she returned in 2009 with a production of another Shakespeare play Macbeth at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, and in a guest star role in an episode of the television series Robin Hood. In 2011 she played the part of Ruth Walsh in the drama soap Coronation Street, following in her mother's footsteps.[1]
[edit] Personal life
Callard has been married to fellow actor Gideon Turner since 2001; she gave birth to their first child in January 2006 and another son in 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Rebecca Callard joins Coronation Street just months after her mum Beverley leaves". The Sun (News Group Newspapers Limited). 22 Jun 2011. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/3651460/Rebecca-Callard-joins-Coronation-Street-just-months-after-her-mum-Beverley-leaves.html.
- ^ "Tragic role for former Borrower". BBC Bristol. 21st February 2002. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/goingout/2002/02/20/rebecca2.shtml.
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