Claire King, best known for her role as Kim Tate in Emmerdale, has had an impressive acting career. She first joined the cast of the ITV soap in 1989, and her character quickly became a soap icon.
Before joining Emmerdale, Claire, now 62, was part of the girl pop group To Be Continued and starred in the 1987 film Eat the Rich.
After a decade-long stint on Emmerdale, she left in 1999 to explore other opportunities but returned to the Dales in 2018. Since then, her character Kim has often been at the heart of the drama.
Emmerdale not only catapulted Claire to fame but also led her to love. She fell for co-star Peter Amory, who played Chris Tate, and they married in 1994.
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