Calle Walton is not the regular actress that the world knows. She stands out because she is visually impaired, but fans applaud her because she has not let her blindness stop her from achieving her dream. Despite the hardship and struggles in learning her lines on set, Walton has proven to be an exceptional actress with unmatched zeal and determination.
Walking her path is not easy, which has made fans interested in knowing what makes Calle Walton thick and how she has been able to pull through.
Calle Walton biography
Calle Walton was born and raised in Peterborough, a city situated in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. She finished her high school education at South Meadow School, Peterborough.
Walton’s aspirations from a young age had to come to a halt when she encountered eyesight issues while she was in the third grade. She was unable to graduate with her peers and instead enrolled in the W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind in Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Calle Walton career
Walton’s interest in architecture and interior design was evident from a young age. She dreamt of pursuing a career in these fields but had to abandon those aspirations after she discovered that she lost her eyesight.
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Instead, she decided to pursue a career in teaching, with a focus on Braille or kindergarten education.
Despite abandoning her dreams of becoming an architect or interior designer, Walton’s passion for acting remained strong. Her first taste of the stage was in kindergarten when she participated in a school production of “Goldilocks”.
Over the years, she appeared in other school productions, including Peter Pan and Andrew Wendy, The Jungle Book and Charlotte’s Web.
After losing her eyesight, Calle gave up on her ambition to become an actress. However, her fortunes changed when her principal announced that a casting agency was looking for a blind girl for a TV show, just 10 days into the new school year.
She seized the opportunity and auditioned for the role of “Chloe”, a teenage blind girl in the series In The Dark.
To enable her to cope better, the show’s creators hired a blind writer and had Walton’s scripts written in braille for better understanding.
Speaking about her role in Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, Walton stated that she is quite different from her the character she played in the series.
“My character is really different from me. I consider myself to be a bit more bubbly, energetic, and social, while my character Chloe is a bit more reserved, shy, and not very confident in herself.”
Walton continued to act in In The Dark, featuring in both Season 2 (2020) and Season 4 (2022) of the series.
Calle Walton movies
So far, Calle Walton is known for her role in the series, In The Dark.
From the very beginning, In The Dark received criticism for not casting a blind actor to play the lead character who is visually impaired. While this missed opportunity was unfortunate, the show found success through the portrayal of “Chloe Riley” by Walton, who has been truly blind for several years due to a brain tumour that destroyed her optic nerve.
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Unlike many aspiring actors who struggle for years in the entertainment industry, Walton was fortunate to land her first and only on-screen credit with In The Dark.
In The Dark, the series which brought Walton into the limelight, is a comic story that follows a blind woman’s search for answers regarding her friend’s murder.
“In the course of her investigation, she (the blind woman) crosses paths with my father, who happens to be a detective. It was this chance encounter that led to a budding friendship between myself and the movie’s lead character,” she recounted.
Because of her condition, learning the lines was not easy for Walton.
She said, “I could not get the lines right.
“The others there were better. I did not think I had the stuff to get the part. A few weeks later at my grandparents’, we got a call. They wanted to hire me.
“I can recall that when I finally got the words right, they liked my acting, but they also liked that I did not give up and I kept getting the lines wrong and was still showing a passion for acting.”
It should be noted that while Walton and “Chloe” both share blindness, their similarities end there.
The actress expressed to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript that her personality differs significantly from her on-screen character.
She said, “Chloe is portrayed as restrained, shy, and insecure, whereas Calle described herself as more cheerful, active, and outgoing.”
Calle Walton’s net worth
Walton may have acted in just one major series but she has shown the world that, despite her condition, she is here to stay for the long run.
Hence, according to reports online, her net worth has been estimated to be $200,000.
Calle Walton family
Walton’s parents are Iain Walton (father) and Tracey Bean (mother).
Although Walton’s parents are not celebrities, her ability to carve a niche for herself in the entertainment world despite her blindness has made her family known in the media space today.
Walton’s parents have been supportive and worked hard to make her comfortable through her health struggles.
Calle Walton age
Walton was born on March 7, 2000. She is 23 years old, as of 2023.
Calle Walton’s head injury
Walton is not a stranger when it comes to having health challenges.
After some initial testing, it was discovered that she had a mass on her optic nerve caused by sarcoidosis, an inflammation-related disease. She had to take multiple medications and drugs to keep her tumour under control.
Despite her vision challenges, Walton fought hard to preserve her eyesight throughout her childhood. However, the tumour eventually grew towards her optic nerve, worsening her vision further.
In her senior year, Walton’s eyesight deteriorated to a degree that made doctors realise that she had been misdiagnosed for all these years. The tumour in her eye was discovered to be cancerous, resulting from a birth defect. Walton received chemotherapy for a year and ultimately survived cancer, but lost her eyesight completely.
Reacting to her blindness, Walton’s mother Tracey Bean said: “We were monitoring her and had appointments and she was stable. So everyone was surprised she when woke up with no sight.”
Walton herself also pointed out that “it took time to realise I was fully blind. It definitely hit me hard and I did not expect to lose it that fast. I went through periods where I thought: ‘How is my life going to be?'”
Today, Walton serves as a role model, constantly discussing modifications to attain the frequently overlooked privilege of independence, and then conveying this message to those who require it.
Currently, she is at ease with her guide dog, employs a scanner to differentiate spices and clothing, prepares dinner, ascertains the temperature of the meat using a talking thermometer, brushes her teeth and climbs stairs without any difficulty.
Walton said: “The daily tasks I learned because I had to adapt,” Walton said. “I had to adapt really fast. I had such high hopes and dreams before I went blind, and I did not want to see others lose their dream.”
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