Kika Mirylees
Kika Mirylees | |
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Born |
Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees 23 September 1953 (age 60)[1] South Africa |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1980–present |
Kika Mirylees (born Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees on 23 September 1953) is a South African-born British actress.
Biography
She has played Angela Snow in The Darling Buds of May, and Doc Newton in Red Dwarf.
Her guest roles include Zola Zbzewski in Jonathan Creek, Sylvana Watson in Taggart, Maria Huntly in The Bill, and Barbara Wells in Casualty. In the 1980s she played Carinna in Lovejoy.
But it is probably her role as Julie Johnston in Bad Girls that Mirylees is most famous for. She played the role from the very first episode shown back in 1999 to the most recent and final episode shown in December 2006.
On 5 January 2007, it was announced on GMTV that Mirylees had joined EastEnders as Hazel Hobbs, the mother of Garry. She made her first appearance in the soap on 10 April 2007 and her last on 24 April 2008, in late 2007, she appeared in an episode of sitcom Not Going Out as a snobby character called Fliss.
Mirylees has recently starred in Holby City in 2009 and worked for Tristan Versluis directorial debut Not Alone.[2]
Personal life
She currently resides in Farnham, Surrey.