Sophie McCallum: Where is David McCallum’s daughter now?

Sophie McCallum is the daughter of iconic actor David McCallum. Sophie McCallum’s father reigned for over 50 years as a fan favorite. The actor appeared in over 73 films and 27 television shows throughout his career but the actor is mich recognized by fans for playing the suave spy, Illya Kuryakin, on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” (CBS, 1965-68) and later as the avuncular Donald “Ducky” Mallard on “NCIS: Naval Criminal Service Investigation” (CBS, 2003). He is one of the last living actors from the 1963 classic The Great Escape.

Sophie McCallum: Bio Summary

Who is Sophie McCallum’s daughter?

Sophie McCallum was born in 1974 in New York City, United States of America. As of 2023, she is 49 years old. Sophie is the daughter of David McCallum and his wife Katherine Carpenter. She has four siblings: a biological brother Peter McCallum and three step-siblings from her father’s first marriage to Jill Ireland-  Jason McCallum, Paul McCallum, and Val McCallum.

Sophie McCallum is a Self Love Coach 

While her father was an actor and her mother a model, Sophie choose a different career path. In her conversation with Voyagemia, she revealed- “I am Sophie McCallum, The Self Love Peddler, A Self Love Coach. I used to run in circles, literally! Running circles at the track at my local Y while dreaming about all of the things I wanted to do, I could do, or maybe even would do one day. As soon as my feet stopped, so did the ideas roaming through my head of all of my dreams I wanted to accomplish.“

Inspired to take on such a career, Sophie revealed she felt the need to hurt herself- to punish herself for sometimes while growing up, “Why?” she have no idea- “I may never know and that’s fine.” – she said, “There’s no one to blame and nothing to be angry about. Self-destructive behavior was part of my journey, and I am thankful for it as I would not change where I am today for anything.“

Sophie McCallum’s parents got married in 1967 after they met at a magazine shoot promoting his film, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”. They have been married for more than 5 decades and are still loved up. Sophie also got married and had three beautiful boys. She revealed by the time her first two sons were 1 and 4, she left her full-time job in real estate to be a full-time mom.

Though Sophie and her husband planned to stay together forever, things didn’t go as planned. “Eventually, my boys’ father and I grew apart and we divorced.” Sophie McCallum told Voyagemia “Suddenly I did not have my children with me all the time. I had time to myself and began to drink my feelings away the way I had before I had children.”

This had a negative effect on her and she started drinking, “My drinking got dangerous. My hangovers were such that I would lie on the cold bathroom tile floor in severe pain, not wanting to kill myself but wanting to be dead so that the pain would stop.”- She told Voyagemia.

The pains and struggles led her to self-love coaching, “Harming myself all those years stopped me from truly living to my full potential as I did not allow myself to see that I was worthy of this potential, Sophie McCallum told the outlet- “You create your life expectations for yourself.” She was also thankful to her parents who taught her to start each day with a kind, open, curious mind. Aside from being a Self Love Coach, she is also the host of Life, Love + Good Stuff podcast with her parents, David McCallum and Katherine Carpenter.