Rebecca Jayne Callard is an English actress from Leeds. She is the daughter of Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard.
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