Rebecca Callard

Acting

Rebecca Callard

Born 1975-06-03 · Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK

Rebecca Jayne Callard is an English actress and writer from Leeds and is the daughter of actress Beverley Callard. During her career as a child actor she was often credited by her real name of Rebecca Sowden.

Acting credits

To Walk Invisible poster
7.3

To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

To Walk Invisible

2016

The Miracle Maker poster
6.2

A mother and father in search of help for their sick daughter cross paths with an extraordinary carpenter named Jesus, who has devoted his life to spreading God's word. An amazing miracle brings to light the true meaning of Christ, and the sacrifices he endured for the deliverance of mankind. A compelling story of faith, trust, and devotion.

The Miracle Maker

2000

Birthday Girl poster
NR

This film relishes us with a true, intricate and accurate depiction of underrepresented characters, unspoken family dynamics and unheard communities in Manchester’s notorious Moss Side. Centred around B, a middle-aged woman balancing her role as a mother to an overprotective son, and her intimate relationships with other men. The film explores what happens when these two worlds collide.

Birthday Girl

2019

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase poster
5.7

A Dickensian mock-Gothic tale of resourceful children, evil governesses, forged wills, cruel orphanages, and goodness triumphant set against an isolated country house, in an alternate 19th century where savage packs of wolves roam the snowbound countryside.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

1989

Lorna Doone poster
5.8

The year is 1675. England is threatened by religious and political rivalries. King Charles II's Catholic brother, James, is next in line for the throne, but many Protestants put their faith in Charles' illegitimate son, The Duke of Monmouth. On the king's death, conflict is inevitable... Over seven days journey from London, Exmoor is a primitive and lawless area. Here, farmer Jack Ridd lives with his wife Sarah, son John, and two daughters. The only shadow over their simple life is cast by the notorious outlaw family the Doones. The aristocratic Doones were banished from their ancestral lands and now live through looting, theft, and murder. Their brutality is legendary...

Lorna Doone

2001

A Bit of Light poster
3.6

Ella, at almost forty, is forced to move back in with her father Alan. She's trying to stay sober having temporarily given up custody of her young daughters to her ex-husband Joseph and his new partner Bethan.

A Bit of Light

2022

I Want To Make You Happy poster
NR

Tim is trying to juggle his ten families while also dealing a daughter who has recently found out he was never actually her father.

I Want To Make You Happy

2019

No artwork available
NR

Drama based on events during the 1984/85 miners strike. One of the first dramatised accounts, it was written by Geoffrey Case and directed by Gordon Flemyng for Yorkshire Television and won the Rai award at the Prix Italia and the Prix Futura at the Berlin Film Festival in 1987.

Scab

1987

Will You Love Me Tomorrow poster
3.7

Inspired by the true story of Mary Bell; Freedom fascinates and frightens Jackie, encountering the real world for the first time in years, She clings to an ideal : 'What I want most in the whole world is to be in love and to be loved'. Reality can be harsh and unforgiving.

Will You Love Me Tomorrow

1987

Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story poster
7.8

We follow Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down Syndrome, over six years, as he writes and directs a foul-mouthed, autobiographical comedy-horror-musical set in Victorian London. Otto, who has always struggled to explain how he feels, uses his film The Puppet Asylum to explore his birth, adoption and his epic battle with ‘The Master’ – an evil magician hell-bent on controlling his life. During the filmmaking process Otto’s birth mother dies and he finds himself confronting life in the real world, including his future. Otto’s filmmaker friends Bruce Fletcher and Peter Beard help him to bring his vision to life, but also learn more about his unique perspective on the world and how they can play a role in his future.

Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story

2023

Orthodox poster
4.4

Orthodox tells the story of Benjamin, an Orthodox Jewish man who alienated himself from his community by becoming a boxer. When his life took a wrong turn he ended up in prison, losing his wife and children in the process. Now he is out and desperate to reintegrate, he finds that acceptance harder than he ever imagined. He turns back to his old boxing coach thinking there he has an ally, but a truth about the past emerges which leaves him even more isolated than he once thought. Benjamin must make a choice which will effect not just his own future but the life of a young Jewish boy whose life he can relate to. He is determined not to allow history to repeat itself.

Orthodox

2015

With Love From Calais poster
NR

Based on real life stories, 'With Love from Calais' is about a British woman who goes to volunteer at the camp. After witnessing life there, she is unable to let go of that experience and continue her previous life.

With Love From Calais

2017

Dark Skin Bruises Differently poster
1.0

Children lie. But when one lie threatens Ms Lawson’s integrity as a teacher, can she keep on defending a student as peculiar as Maria Obasi?

Dark Skin Bruises Differently

2025

The Puppet Asylum poster
6.6

Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London.

The Puppet Asylum

2023

Barbara Knox at 90 poster
NR

Coronation Street royalty Barbara Knox celebrates her milestone 90th birthday with a very special one off documentary. The street stalwart, who has played the iconic Rita Tanner continuously for over half a century, will join Bradley Walsh as she looks back on the highlights from an illustrious career in television and theatre.

Barbara Knox at 90

2023

Promise poster
NR

A Syrian refugee can only stay in Britain if she becomes a surrogate mother for a desperate couple, but their illicit pact has dark consequences.

Promise

2017

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4.3

Former star of Coronation Street, Beverley Callard has been teaching keep-fit for the last twenty years, and brings the benefit of her experience to this video. In only ten weeks, we are promised, real results will be noticed from this extensive regime.

Beverley Callard: Real Results

2003

Behind the camera