Kika Markham
Biography
Erika S.L. Kika Markham is an English actress born in 1940 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. She is the daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn, who lived from 1914 to 2007, and she has three sisters named Petra, Sonia, and Jehane Markham. Markham has maintained a long career as an actress across cinema, television, and theatre. Her television credits include Edward and 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 in The Double Clue, Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge, and Mr Selfridge. Her film appearances include Bunny Lake Is Missing in 1965, Futtocks End in 1970, François Truffaut's Two English Girls in 1971, and Operation Daybreak in 1975.
Career overview
Erika S L Kika Markham is an English actress born in 1940 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn, and she has three sisters named Petra, Sonia, and Jehane Markham. Markham has built a long career working as an actress across cinema, television, and theatre.
In television, Markham has appeared in numerous productions. Her television credits include Edward and 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 in the episode titled The Double Clue, Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge, and Mr Selfridge.
Markham has also appeared in various feature films throughout her career. Her film appearances include Bunny Lake Is Missing released in 1965, Futtocks End released in 1970, François Truffaut's Two English Girls released in 1971, and Operation Daybreak released in 1975.
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- The Old Oak (2023)
- Us & In Between (2023) as Agnes
- Life (2020) as Angela (uncredited)
- Life (2020) as Angela
- High Strung Free Dance (2018) as Rose
- Fearless (2017) as Eleanor Banville
- Break (2015) as Phoebe
- Mr Selfridge (2013) as Lois Selfridge
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Mother Jesu
- Secret State (2012) as Carol Molloy
- After Tomorrow (2012) as Woman
- Einstein and Eddington (2008) as Aunt Fanny
- Franklyn (2008) as Naomi
- The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (2008) as Alison
- Party Animals (2007)
- The Line of Beauty (2006) as Margaret Thatcher
- The Line of Beauty (2006) as Mrs. Thatcher
- Longford (2006) as Governor Wing
- Dirty Filthy Love (2005) as Geraldine
- The Fever (2004) as Jean
- Canterbury Tales (2003) as Leila King
- Spooks (2002) as Maria Korachevsky
- The Forsyte Saga (2002) as Mme Lamotte
- Born and Bred (2002) as Amanda Grimshaw
- Killing Me Softly (2002) as Mrs. Blanchard
- Waking the Dead (2001) as Ann Hardingham
- Messiah (2001) as Emma Giardello
- Esther Kahn (2000) as Trish
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (2000) as Sylvia Pankhurst
- Wonderland (1999) as Eileen
- Coup (1999) as Carol Malloy
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Mary Morgan
- Trial & Retribution (1997) as Mrs Justice Caroline Piggott
- Touching Evil (1997) as Elizabeth Walker
- The Woman In White (1997) as Madame Fosco
- Michael Redgrave: My Father (1997) as Self
- The Woman In White (1997) as Madame Fosco
- Takin' Over the Asylum (1994) as Dr Hollis
- Cracker (1993) as Ann Appleby
- A Woman at War (1991) as Regine Moszkiewiez
- The Chief (1990) as Billie Keenan
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Countess Vera Rossakoff
- Arms and the Man (1989) as Catherine Petkoff
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) as Miss Burnet
- The Innocent (1985) as Mrs. Dobson
- Black Silk (1985) as Julie Smythe
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Miss Burnet
- Miss A and Miss M (1983) as Miss Aliott
- All for Love (1982) as Miss Alliott
- Outland (1981) as Carol O'Niel
- The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981) as Frances Stevenson
- Blade on the Feather (1980) as Linda Cavendish
- High Tide (1980) as Helen
- The Blood of Hussain (1980) as Katherine
- Minder (1979) as Dolly
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) as Freda Dudley Ward
- Clouds of Glory (1978) as Sara Coleridge
- News from Nowhere (1978) as Jane Morris
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) as Freda Dudley Ward
- Bukovsky (1977) as Self
- Cross Now (1977) as Barbara Henderson
- Noroît (Une Vengeance) (1976) as Erika
- Double Dare (1976) as Helen / Carol
- The Love School (1975) as Jane Morris
- Operation: Daybreak (1975) as Curda's Wife
- Armchair Cinema (1974) as Marnie
- Sea Song (1974) as Marnie
- Van der Valk (1972) as Sion Beekvelt
- Two English Girls (1971) as Ann Brown
- Albert and Victoria (1970)
- Futtocks End (1970) as The Niece
- Hark at Barker (1969)
- Romeo and Juliet (1967) as Juliet
- The Basement (1967) as Jane
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Juliet Capulet
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Gloria Clandon
- Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) as Nurse
- A Tale of Two Cities (1965) as Lucie Manette
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Jane
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Frida / Young Matilda
- Story Parade (1964) as Judy
- Sergeant Cork (1963) as Violet Berry
- Armchair Theatre (1956) as Val