Saskia Wickham
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Saskia Wickham is a British
actress best known for playing Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV
television drama series Peak Practice
between 1996 and 1998.
She is daughter of the British actor Jeffrey Wickham.
Other major roles includes Clarissa Harlowe on Clarissa
, Alex Wilton in the ITV
series Boon
, Claudia Seabrook MP in the BBC
drama Our Friends in the North
(1996) and as a prospective wife for one of the title characters in the one-off The Fast Show
spinoff Ted & Ralph. Wickham also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders
entitled Last Year's Model
She also played chaplain
Cordelia Denby in the Channel 4
sitcom Green Wing
, and played Luke Rutherford's mother, Jenny Rutherford, in ITV drama Demons.
She is married to the television director Robert Bierman
, and has three daughters.
United Kingdom
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actress best known for playing Dr. Erica Matthews in the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
television drama series Peak Practice
Peak Practice
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time...
between 1996 and 1998.
She is daughter of the British actor Jeffrey Wickham.
Other major roles includes Clarissa Harlowe on Clarissa
Clarissa (TV series)
Clarissa is a 1991 British period drama television series starring Sean Bean, Saskia Wickham and Lynsey Baxter. It aired on the BBC in three hour-long episodes between 27 November and 11 December 1991. It was based on the 1749 novel Clarissa by Samuel Richardson....
, Alex Wilton in the ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
series Boon
Boon (TV series)
Boon is a British television drama and modern-day western series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker, and later Neil Morrissey. It was created by Jim Hill and Bill Stair and filmed by Central Television for ITV...
, Claudia Seabrook MP in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
drama Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North is a British television drama serial, produced by the BBC and originally broadcast in nine episodes on BBC Two in early 1996...
(1996) and as a prospective wife for one of the title characters in the one-off The Fast Show
The Fast Show
The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, was a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran for three series from 1994 to 1997 with a special Last Fast Show Ever in 2000. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Simon Day, Mark Williams, John Thomson, Arabella Weir and...
spinoff Ted & Ralph. Wickham also appeared in an episode of Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...
entitled Last Year's Model
She also played chaplain
Chaplain
Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...
Cordelia Denby in the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
sitcom Green Wing
Green Wing
Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt....
, and played Luke Rutherford's mother, Jenny Rutherford, in ITV drama Demons.
She is married to the television director Robert Bierman
Robert Bierman
Robert Bierman is a British film and television director.Bierman was originally scheduled to direct The Fly , but due to personal tragedy was unable to commit to the project. In 1989 he directed Vampire's Kiss...
, and has three daughters.