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Kika Markham's life in the theatre began playingViola in a young all-star cast in a modern-dressadaptation of Twelfth Night at the Royal Court.Two of her most treasured stage peformancesare the West End production of Noël Coward'sSong at Twilight,/i>, not only because she co-starredwith her real-life husband, Corin Redgrave, butshe was also nominated for an Olivier Award forBest Supporting Actress; and Homebody/Kabul byTony Kushner at The Young Vic for which shewas Nominated for What's On Stage Best SoloPerformance.More recent theatre includes The Last Yankee atThe Print Room, On The Record at the Arcola,Tribes at the Royal Court, and Women, Power andPolitics 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 projectswas Dennis Potter's Double Dare. Few people knowthis was actually written around an evening spentwith Kika after Potter had seen the iconic Cornetto'Gondola' commercial. She also acted with HaroldPinter in his television play The Basement.In film, Kika has worked mostly in France, withdirectors Jacques Rivette, Arnaud Deplechin andFrançois Truffaut.