Kika Markham

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

71

Gender

Female

Birthday

1940-01-01 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK

Kika 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. Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Call the Midwife

    Call the Midwife

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Waking the Dead

    Waking the Dead

  • Trial & Retribution

    Trial & Retribution

  • Cracker

    Cracker

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Mr Selfridge

    Mr Selfridge

  • The Chief

    The Chief

  • Outland

    Outland

  • Story Parade

    Story Parade

  • Born and Bred

    Born and Bred

  • The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Two English Girls

    Two English Girls

  • Esther Kahn

    Esther Kahn

  • Operation: Daybreak

    Operation: Daybreak

  • Fearless

    Fearless

  • Killing Me Softly

    Killing Me Softly

  • Messiah

    Messiah

  • The Woman In White

    The Woman In White

  • The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

    The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall

  • Coup

    Coup

  • The Old Oak

    The Old Oak

  • Franklyn

    Franklyn

  • Einstein and Eddington

    Einstein and Eddington

  • Secret State

    Secret State

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • The Line of Beauty

    The Line of Beauty

  • Noroît

    Noroît

  • Sea Song

    Sea Song

  • Edward and Mrs Simpson

    Edward and Mrs Simpson

  • Break

    Break

  • Life

    Life

  • Life

    Life

  • Party Animals

    Party Animals

  • Takin' Over the Asylum

    Takin' Over the Asylum

  • Longford

    Longford

  • The Fever

    The Fever

  • Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

  • Canterbury Tales

    Canterbury Tales

  • The Love School

    The Love School

  • Armchair Cinema

    Armchair Cinema

  • Michael Redgrave: My Father

    Michael Redgrave: My Father

  • The Innocent

    The Innocent

  • Clouds of Glory

    Clouds of Glory

  • Wonderland

    Wonderland

  • News from Nowhere

    News from Nowhere

  • Hark at Barker

    Hark at Barker

  • Futtocks End

    Futtocks End

  • Arms and the Man

    Arms and the Man

  • Dirty Filthy Love

    Dirty Filthy Love

  • Blade on the Feather

    Blade on the Feather

  • Double Dare

    Double Dare

  • After Tomorrow

    After Tomorrow

  • Bukovsky

    Bukovsky

  • A Woman at War

    A Woman at War

  • Albert and Victoria

    Albert and Victoria

  • Miss A and Miss M

    Miss A and Miss M

  • High Strung Free Dance

    High Strung Free Dance

  • The Basement

    The Basement

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones 7: Love's Sweet Song

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones 7: Love's Sweet Song

  • Us & In Between

    Us & In Between

  • High Tide

    High Tide

  • Cross Now

    Cross Now

  • The Blood of Hussain

    The Blood of Hussain