Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed on 10th January 1962 in Bradford, Yorkshire) appeared on Coronation Street as Erica Holroyd from December 2014 to August 2017.
She attended Harrogate Ladies College and is best known for playing the role of Kim Tate in the ITV soap Emmerdale from 1989 to 1999. After a brief return in 2018, she reprised the role full-time from 2019. She is also known for her role as Karen Betts in Bad Girls and has also appeared in Doctors, Holby City, Hollyoaks (plus its Daran Little-penned spin-off Hollyoaks: In the City, in a separate role) and Casualty.
In reality TV, she appeared in Strictly Come Dancing in 2006 and Celebrity Big Brother in 2014. She featured as a contestant in quiz show Pointless Celebrities during the same year.