Kika Markham

Kika Markham

Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940) is an English actress.

Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham. Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, A Very British Coup, Van der Valk, The Line of Beauty, Minder, Cracker, Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Double Clue), Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge and Mr Selfridge. Her films include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), Futtocks End (1970), François Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971), Operation Daybreak (1975), Noroît (1976), The Blood of Hussain (1980), High Tide (1980), Outland (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), The Innocent (1985), Wonderland (1999), Esther Kahn (2000), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008). Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London, in 1985. The couple have two sons, Harvey (b. 1979) and Arden (b. 1983). Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution (2000) as a judge and barrister, respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister-in-law Vanessa Redgrave. Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham; the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack; and Sonia.[citation needed] In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson. Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.

Acting

2023

2020

Life

Angela

2020

Life

Angela (uncredited)

2018

2017

Fearless

Eleanor Banville

2013

Mr Selfridge

Lois Selfridge

2012

Secret State

Carol Molloy

2012

Call the Midwife

Mother Jesu

2008

2008

2008

2007

2006

The Line of Beauty

Margaret Thatcher

2006

The Line of Beauty

Mrs. Thatcher

2005

2004

2003

2002

Spooks

Maria Korachevsky

2002

Killing Me Softly

Mrs. Blanchard

2002

Born and Bred

Amanda Grimshaw

2001

Waking the Dead

Ann Hardingham

2000

2000

1997

1997

Midsomer Murders

Mary Morgan

1997

The Woman In White

Madame Fosco

1994

1993

Cracker

Ann Appleby

1991

A Woman at War

Regine Moszkiewiez

1990

The Chief

Billie Keenan

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Countess Vera Rossakoff

1984

Sherlock Holmes

Miss Burnet

1981

Outland

Carol O'Niel

1980

Blade on the Feather

Linda Cavendish

1980

1979

Minder

Dolly

1978

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Freda Dudley Ward

1977

1976

Double Dare

Helen / Carol

1975

1975

The Love School

Jane Morris

1974

1972

Van der Valk

Sion Beekvelt

1971

1970

1970

Futtocks End

The Niece

1969

1967

1965

BBC Play of the Month

Juliet Capulet

1965

BBC Play of the Month

Gloria Clandon

1964

1964

Theatre 625

Frida / Young Matilda

1964

Infos

Full Name
Kika Markham
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
1/1/1940
Website
https://royalcourttheatre.com/cast/kika-markham/
Also Known As

Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham

Erika S.L. Markham