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Zara Phythian

Zara Phythian

Birthday: 1984-05-10 | Place of Birth: England

Zara Phythian is an English convicted sex offender; and former actress, stuntwoman, and martial artist/instructor. She's known for her work on Doctor Strange (2016), Morgan (2016), and Cannibals and Carpet Fitters (2017). She started studying Shotokan Karate when she was seven years old and later turned to Tae Kwon Do. In 2006 she became the first British martial artist to be inducted into the International Karate & Kickboxing Hall of Fame (IKKHoF). In 2015, she married producer/director and martial arts instructor Victor Marke, who is over 20 years older than her, and was also convicted along with her. The couple met when he was Zara's martial arts instructor. In May of 2022, she was convicted of 14 child sex offenses and found guilty of the sexual abuse of a girl from age 13 to 15 - between 2005 and 2008, while working as martial arts instructors in the UK, along with her husband Victor Marke. She was sentenced to eight years imprisonment while Victor was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for jointly abusing the same victim, as well as the indecent assault of a second girl on his own.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

as    Freya du Preez

2020
Tribal: Get Out Alive

as    Caitlin

2019
Toplu Taşıma 17

as    Eve

2018
The Dark Kingdom

as    Dimia

2018
2017
Knights of the Damned

as    Dimia

2016
Doctor Strange

as    Brunette Zealot

2014
He Who Dares

as    Lilya

2014
Spirit2Power

as    Self

2013
2011
Warrioress

as    Falonex Assassin 1

2011
The Hike

as    Kate

2007
Underground

as    Zara, The Teacher

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