Kika Markham
Known for Acting · 79 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 (39)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mary Morgan
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Countess Vera Rossakoff
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Jesu
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Miss Burnet
Spooks
2002
as Maria Korachevsky
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Juliet Capulet / Gloria Clandon
Minder
1979
as Dolly
Waking the Dead
2001
as Ann Hardingham
Theatre 625
1964
as Jane / Frida / Young Matilda
Trial & Retribution
1997
as Mrs Justice Caroline Piggott
The Chief
1990
as Billie Keenan
Mr Selfridge
2013
as Lois Selfridge
Van der Valk
1972
as Sion Beekvelt
Story Parade
1964
as Judy
Cracker
1993
as Ann Appleby
The Forsyte Saga
2002
as Mme Lamotte
Sergeant Cork
1963
as Violet Berry
Canterbury Tales
2003
as Leila King
Born and Bred
2002
as Amanda Grimshaw
Messiah
2001
as Emma Giardello
The Line of Beauty
2006
as Margaret Thatcher / Mrs. Thatcher
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Val
Fearless
2017
as Eleanor Banville
Life
2020
as Angela (uncredited)
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Dr Hollis
Secret State
2012
as Carol Molloy
Party Animals
2007
The Love School
1975
as Jane Morris
Touching Evil
1997
as Elizabeth Walker
Armchair Cinema
1974
as Marnie
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Freda Dudley Ward
Black Silk
1985
as Julie Smythe
All for Love
1982
as Miss Alliott
A Tale of Two Cities
1965
as Lucie Manette
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
as Miss Burnet
The Woman In White
1997
as Madame Fosco
Clouds of Glory
1978
as Sara Coleridge
Albert and Victoria
1970
Hark at Barker
1969
Movies (40)
Killing Me Softly
2002
as Mrs. Blanchard
Wonderland
1999
as Eileen
Outland
1981
as Carol O'Niel
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Curda's Wife
Einstein and Eddington
2008
as Aunt Fanny
Bunny Lake Is Missing
1965
as Nurse
Blade on the Feather
1980
as Linda Cavendish
The Innocent
1985
as Mrs. Dobson
Franklyn
2008
as Naomi
Romeo and Juliet
1967
as Juliet
High Strung Free Dance
2018
as Rose
Dirty Filthy Love
2005
as Geraldine
The Woman In White
1997
as Madame Fosco
Noroît (Une Vengeance)
1976
as Erika
The Old Oak
2023
Two English Girls
1971
as Ann Brown
Esther Kahn
2000
as Trish
Arms and the Man
1989
as Catherine Petkoff
The Fever
2004
as Jean
Longford
2006
as Governor Wing
Michael Redgrave: My Father
1997
as Self
Bukovsky
1977
as Self
The Basement
1967
as Jane
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Freda Dudley Ward
The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall
2008
as Alison
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
2000
as Sylvia Pankhurst
Us & In Between
2023
as Agnes
High Tide
1980
as Helen
A Woman at War
1991
as Regine Moszkiewiez
Futtocks End
1970
as The Niece
The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
1981
as Frances Stevenson
News from Nowhere
1978
as Jane Morris
Double Dare
1976
as Helen / Carol
Break
2015
as Phoebe
The Blood of Hussain
1980
as Katherine
Miss A and Miss M
1983
as Miss Aliott
Sea Song
1974
as Marnie
After Tomorrow
2012
as Woman
Cross Now
1977
as Barbara Henderson
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 79 credits spanning from 1956 to 2023, Kika Markham has appeared in 40 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kika Markham Movies
- Killing Me Softly (2002) — as Mrs. Blanchard
- Wonderland (1999) — as Eileen
- Outland (1981) — as Carol O'Niel
- Operation: Daybreak (1975) — as Curda's Wife
- Einstein and Eddington (2008) — as Aunt Fanny
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