Rebecca Calder

Rebecca Calder is an English actress. Her films include Altar (2014), Love Me Do (2015), for which she won Best Actress at the European Independent Film Festival, and The Dark Mile (2017).

Early life

Calder was born in Consett, County Durham. She moved around growing up and was educated in New Zealand and Australia. At nineteen, she returned to England, moving from Naples, Italy to London where she now lives in Dalston. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

In 2007, Calder made her professional stage debut in Silver Birch House and Pera Palas, both at the Arcola Theatre in East London. ^[3] This was followed by her television debut in four episodes of the BBC One medical drama Casualty the following year. She also appeared in Moonlight & Magnolias at the Tricycle Theatre. ^[4] She made guest appearances in the third series of the ITV science fiction series Primeval as well as The Bill and Doctors , also on ITV and BBC One respectively.

Calder played Martha McCoy in the 2012 History miniseries Hatfields & McCoys and guest starred in an episode of the BBC Two drama White Heat . She made her feature film debut in the 2014 horror thriller Altar , which aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and had a theatrical release elsewhere. She received critical acclaim for her performance alongside Jack Gordon in the 2015 film Love Me Do, for which she won Best Actress at the ÉCU European Independent Film Festival and the Cardiff Independent Film Festival. Calder would return to the ÉCU to sit on the jury in 2019. ^[5]

Calder starred alongside Deirdre Mullins in the film The Dark Mile and portrayed Coco Chanel in the Picasso installment of the National Geographic anthology series Genius .

Calder had a recurring role as Shirley in Michaela Coel's BBC and HBO miniseries I May Destroy You . In 2022, Calder appeared in the action film Memory and the Swedish historical film Hilma. ^[6] She is set to star in the horror film Broken Bird (announced as Sybil). ^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

Film

List of films and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Ilk	Ilk	Short film
2011	The Division of Gravity	Girl	Short film
2014	Altar	Isabella
2015	Youth	Countess
	Love Me Do	Antonia
2016	The Sea Is an Edge and an Ending	Miranda	Short film
2017	We Are Tourists	Georgie
	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	Maid
	The Dark Mile	Louise
	Cupidity	Bridget	Short film
2018	Holmes & Watson	Ma'am
2019	Tickle	Lilly	Short film
2021	The Cursed	Mrs Adam
	Wrath of Man	Amy
2022	Memory	Wendy van Camp
	Hilma	Cornelia
2023	A House in Jerusalem	Rachel
	Kandahar	Corrine Harris	Voice role
2024	Broken Bird	Sybil
2025	The Conjuring: Last Rites	Janet Smurl

Television

List of television appearances and roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008–2010	Casualty	Briony Grove / Chrissie McAllister	4 episodes
2009	Primeval	Lady Elizabeth Lionel	Episode: "Dragon Tales"
	The Bill	Layla Madeley	Episode: "Absolute Power"
2011	Doctors	Kay Burridge	Episode: "The Nun's Tale"
2012	White Heat	Alicia	Miniseries; episode: "The Sea of Trees"
	Hatfields & McCoys	Martha McCoy	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Dark Matters: Twisted But True	Various	3 episodes
2014	DCI Banks	Chelsea	2 episodes
	Love by Design	Beatrix	Television film
2015	Clan of the Cave Bear	Ebra	Television film
2016	Fright Bites		Miniseries; episode: "Wake"
2017	Silent Witness	DI Jodie Tanner	2 episodes
2018	Genius: Picasso	Coco Chanel	Anthology: "Chapter Eight"
2020	I May Destroy You	Shirley	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2021	Wolfe	Martha Gik	1 episode
2022	Professor T	Nicky Stevens	Episode: "Swansong"

Stage

List of stage performances

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Silver Birch House	Serap	Arcola Theatre, London
	Pera Palas	Evelyn
2008	Moonlight & Magnolias	Miss Poppenghul	Tricycle Theatre, London
2020	The Effect	Dr Lomas	English Theatre, Frankfurt [9]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	European Independent Film Festival	Best Actress	Love Me Do	Won	[10]
	Unrestricted View Film Festival			Won	[11]
	Cardiff Independent Film Festival			Won
	Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema	Best Actress – Feature		Nominated
2017	Raindance Film Festival	Best UK Feature	The Dark Mile	Nominated	[a]

Notes

1. Shared with cast and crew.

References

1. "London's New Guard - Rebecca Calder: Actress". Indigo Clarke. 14 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
2. "Actress - Rebecca Calder". Remi.c.t. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
3. Gardner, Lyn (19 June 2007). "Pera Palas". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
4. "Full Casting Announced For 'Moonlight' and 'Love' @ Tricycle". BroadwayWorld. 10 June 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
5. "ÉCU 2019 Jury". ÉCU Film Festival. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
6. Keslassy, Elsa (4 October 2021). "Lily Cole, Rebecca Calder Join Cast of Lasse Hallström's 'Hilma' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
7. Ntim, Zach (17 November 2022). "'Sybil': Joanne Mitchell To Direct Psychological Horror From Catalyst Studios Starring Rebecca Calder, James Fleet & Sacharissa Claxton". Deadline. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
8. Hamman, Cody (18 November 2022). "Sybil: Joanne Mitchell directs psychological horror film starring Rebecca Calder". JoBlo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
9. "The Effect Cast". English Theatre Frankfurt. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
10. "Award Winners - ÉCU 2016". ÉCU Film Festival. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
11. "Unrestricted View Film Festival 2016". Unrestricted View Film Festivals. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2023.

External links

• Rebecca Calder at IMDb