Kika Markham
Known for Acting · 72 credits
- Born
- 1940-01-01 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham · Erika S.L. Markham
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Morgan
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Countess Vera Rossakoff
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Jesu
Minder
1979
as Dolly
Spooks
2002
as Maria Korachevsky
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Juliet Capulet / Gloria Clandon
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ann Hardingham
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Miss Burnet
Theatre 625
1964
as Jane / Frida / Young Matilda
The Chief
1990
as Billie Keenan
Cracker
1993
as Ann Appleby
Van der Valk
1972
as Sion Beekvelt
Mr Selfridge
2013
as Lois Selfridge
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as Mme Lamotte
Born and Bred
2002
as Amanda Grimshaw
Story Parade
1964
as Judy
Messiah
2001
as Emma Giardello
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Leila King
Secret State
2012
as Carol Molloy
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Margaret Thatcher / Mrs. Thatcher
Party Animals
2007
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Freda Dudley Ward
Life
2020
as Angela (uncredited)
Fearless
2017
as Eleanor Banville
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Val
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Dr Hollis
The Love School
1975
as Jane Morris
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Marnie
All for Love
1982
as Miss Alliott
Hark at Barker
1969
Clouds of Glory
1978
as Sara Coleridge
Albert and Victoria
1970
Movies (40)
Killing Me Softly
2002
as Mrs. Blanchard
Outland
1981
as Carol O'Niel
Franklyn
2008
as Naomi
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Aunt Fanny
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Sylvia Pankhurst
The Fever
2007
as Jean
The Old Oak
2023
Esther Kahn
2000
as Trish
After Tomorrow
2012
as Woman
Longford
2006
as Governor Wing
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as Nurse
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Curda's Wife
High Strung Free Dance
2018
as Rose
The Innocent
1985
as Mrs. Dobson
Two English Girls
1971
as Ann Brown
The Woman In White
1997
as Madame Fosco
Arms and the Man
1989
as Catherine Petkoff
Dirty Filthy Love
2005
as Geraldine
Wonderland
1999
as Eileen
High Tide
1980
as Helen
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Juliet
A Woman at War
1991
as Regine Moszkiewiez
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
2008
as Alison
Noroît
1976
as Erika
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Frances Stevenson
Blade on the Feather
1980
as Linda Cavendish
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Freda Dudley Ward
Michael Redgrave: My Father
1997
as Self
Double Dare
1976
as Helen / Carol
Us & In Between
2023
as Agnes
Break
2015
as Phoebe
Futtocks End
1970
as The Niece
Cross Now
1977
as Barbara Henderson
The Blood of Hussain
1980
as Katherine
Bukovsky
1977
as Self
Miss A and Miss M
1983
as Miss Aliott
Sea Song
1974
as Marnie
News from Nowhere
1978
as Jane Morris
The Basement
1967
as Jane
Coup
1999
as Carol Malloy
About 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 Sel… With 72 credits spanning from 1956 to 2023, Kika Markham has appeared in 40 films and 32 TV shows.
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- Killing Me Softly (2002) — as Mrs. Blanchard
- Outland (1981) — as Carol O'Niel
- Franklyn (2008) — as Naomi
- Einstein and Eddington (2008) — as Aunt Fanny
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000) — as Sylvia Pankhurst
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