Claire King
| Claire King | |
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Claire King as Kim Tate in Emmerdale
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| Born |
Jayne Claire Seed 10 January 1963 Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Notable work |
Kim Tate in Emmerdale Karen Betts in Bad Girls Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street |
| Television |
Emmerdale (1989–1999) Bad Girls (2000–2004) Strictly Come Dancing (2006) Safari School (2007) Celebrity Big Brother (2014) Coronation Street (2014–) |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Amory (m. 1994–2004) (Separated) |
Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed on 10 January 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Karen Betts in Bad Girls. She has appeared in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, Safari School in 2007, and Celebrity Big Brother 14 in 2014. She currently plays Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street.
King grew up in Harrogate with her brother and sister. King attended Harrogate Ladies College, and as a punk chose a career in the music business, as a disc jockey in a Leeds nightclub. She then joined the pop groups Fidea and later To Be Continued as lead singer.
Her career moved her to London, where she lived with Geoff Bird, alias guitarist Cobalt Stargazer of the group Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction. After making her acting debut in the Adam & the Ants video Goody Two Shoes as the blonde girl with the glasses, after previously dancing in one of Zodiac Mindwarp's videos, the relationship broke down and she became a Rock n Roll Groupie. After a series of short term relationships, she decided to become an actress, but when she tried to register with actors union Equity, she found there was already another Claire Seed, so changed her name to King in light of her love of horse racing (the sport of kings) and her favourite singer Elvis Presley.
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