Kika Markham

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{{Short description|British actress (born 1940)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kika Markham
| image = Kika Markham.jpg
| caption = Markham speaking at the No More War event in 2014
| birth_name = Erika S. L. Markham
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}}
| birth_place = [[Macclesfield]], [[Cheshire]], England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1955–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Corin Redgrave]]|1985|2010|end=d.}}
| children = 2
| parents = [[David Markham]]<br />[[Olive Dehn]]
| relatives = [[Petra Markham]] (sister)<br>[[Jemma Redgrave]] (step-daughter)
| family = Markham, [[Redgrave family|Redgrave]]
}}
'''Erika S.L.''' "'''Kika'''" '''Markham''' (born 1940)<ref name="ReferenceA">''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940''</ref> is an English actress.

==Early life==
Markham is a daughter of actor [[David Markham]] and writer [[Olive Dehn]] (1914–2007). She has three sisters, including [[Petra Markham|Petra]] and [[Jehane Markham]].

==Career==
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 (TV series)|A Very British Coup]]'', ''[[Van der Valk]]'', ''[[The Line of Beauty (TV series)|The Line of Beauty]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', ''[[Cracker (British TV series)|Cracker]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]'' ''([[Poirot's Early Cases#"The Double Clue"|The Double Clue]])'', ''[[The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge|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 (film)|Noroît]]'' (1976), ''[[The Blood of Hussain]]'' (1980), ''[[Armchair Thriller|High Tide]]'' (1980), ''[[Outland (film)|Outland]]'' (1981, as [[Sean Connery]]'s wife), ''[[The Innocent (1985 film)|The Innocent]]'' (1985), ''[[Wonderland (1999 film)|Wonderland]]'' (1999), ''[[Esther Kahn]]'' (2000), ''[[Killing Me Softly (film)|Killing Me Softly]]'' (2002) and ''[[Franklyn]]'' (2008).

Markham married actor [[Corin Redgrave]] in [[London Borough of Wandsworth|Wandsworth]], London, in 1985. The couple have two sons.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 April 2010 |title=Obituary: Corin Redgrave |newspaper=[[The Times]]}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 April 2010 |title=Obituary: Corin Redgrave |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 April 2010 |title=Obituary: Corin Redgrave |newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=September 2023}} 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 (TV series)|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|date=March 2011}} In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the [[BBC One|BBC]] soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' as [[List of Doctors characters (2020)#Grace Wilson|Grace Wilson]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/events/doctors-spoilers-ayesha-lee-reunited-reverend-viv-marchant/|title=Doctors spoilers: Ayesha Lee is reunited with Reverend Viv Marchant|work=[[What's on TV]]|last=Timblick|first=Simon|access-date=29 April 2020}}</ref>

Markham's memoir of her husband, ''Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave'', was published in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Moorhead |first=Joanna |date=2014-09-20 |title=Corin Redgrave: He lost his memory of our life together |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/sep/20/corin-redgrave-he-lost-his-memory-of-our-life-together |access-date= |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0548440}}
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[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:Redgrave family]]

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