Personal Life
Mackichan was born in London and brought up in Wentworth, Surrey until age twelve, when she and her family moved to Upper Largo, Fife. She studied drama at Manchester University. Mackichan lives in St Leonards-on-Sea, near Hastings, Sussex, with her three children from a marriage to actor Anthony Barclay, whom she was divorced from in 2005.
Mackichan swam the English Channel in 1998, as part of a six-person relay team.
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