Kika Markham’s life in the theatre began playing
Viola in a young all-star cast in a modern-dress
adaptation of Twelfth Night at the Royal Court.
Two of her most treasured stage p...view moreKika Markham’s life in the theatre began playing
Viola in a young all-star cast in a modern-dress
adaptation of Twelfth Night at the Royal Court.
Two of her most treasured stage peformances
are the West End production of Noël Coward’s
Song at Twilight,/i>, not only because she co-starred
with her real-life husband, Corin Redgrave, but
she was also nominated for an Olivier Award for
Best Supporting Actress; and Homebody/Kabul by
Tony Kushner at The Young Vic for which she
was Nominated for What’s On Stage Best Solo
Performance.
More recent theatre includes The Last Yankee at
The Print Room, On The Record at the Arcola,
Tribes at the Royal Court, and Women, Power and
Politics at the Tricycle Theatre.
Her television credits include Lois in Mr Selfridge,
Secret State, New Tricks, Call the Midwife and Spooks, and playing Thatcher in The Line of Beauty. One of Kika’s more memorable television projects
was Dennis Potter’s Double Dare. Few people know
this was actually written around an evening spent
with Kika after Potter had seen the iconic Cornetto
‘Gondola’ commercial. She also acted with Harold
Pinter in his television play The Basement.
In film, Kika has worked mostly in France, with
directors Jacques Rivette, Arnaud Deplechin and
François Truffaut.view less