Claire King
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Claire King (born Claire Seed on 10 January 1963) is a British actress, best known for her roles on television, usually cast as glamorous, determined, "ball-breaking" women.
She appeared in the soap opera Emmerdale as rich bitch Kim Tate and in the women's prison drama Bad Girls as Wing Governor Karen Betts from 2000 to 2003 but returned in 2004 for four episodes. A classic quote to Jim Fenner in Bad Girls in Series 5 when she caught him out was "Your balls are going on my mantelpiece".
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[edit] Emmerdale
Kim Tate was a classic soap character and had storylines including having an affair wtih Neil Kincaid in 1992. Remarrying Frank Tate again and then started an affair with David Glover in 1995 which the viewers loved and was the centre of attention for that year.
[edit] Marriage
She was married for 10 years to actor Peter Amory who played her step-son Chris Tate in Emmerdale. The marriage broke-up after she left the series. He moved out for a short while, but according to her book, they now live together, although not as a couple.
Claire recently ended her engagement to fellow actor John Robson after disagreements over where they would be living.
[edit] Other Information
In 1999, Claire also had guest appearance role in Babes In The Wood. In 2005 Claire also starred in Hollyoaks as a lawyer to Justin Burton. In 2006 she had a guest role in Mayo as Gina Harper. Claire also starred in Hollyoaks: In The City as Stella, a high-powered business woman wwho appears willing to do anyting to make money, a character not unlike Kim Tate.
In 2006 she published her autobiography, "Confessions of a Bad Girl", in which she revealed that in her late teens she had an affair with Bob Geldof as well as a fling with Vinnie Jones and the then little-known jockey Frankie Dettori.
She appeared in Series 4 of Strictly Come Dancing that started on 7th October 2006. She was partnered with professional dancer Brendan Cole. Claire and Brendan were knocked out of the competition at the end of the eighth show, and were the ninth couple to leave.
Claire later revealed in The People that Brendan was very uneasy towards her as a dancing partner. [1]
Claire was once a Rock Chick and made her acting debut as extra in Zodiac Mindwarp Prime Mover video
[edit] New role(s)
On 31 December 2006, it was rumoured that Claire King was offered a part in ABC's Desperate Housewives after the producers noticed her on Strictly Come Dancing during a visit to the UK. If she did gain the part, then she would play the secret sister of Edie Britt played by Nicollette Sheridan. [2]
In 2007 Claire took part in a reality show Safari School filmed in the South African bush and screened on BBC2.
[edit] References
- King, Claire, Confessions of a Bad Girl, John Blake Publishing, ISBN 1-84454-253-X
[edit] External links
- Claire King at the Internet Movie Database
- A really bad, bad girl — Article in the Northern Echo, first published Saturday 9th Jul 2005.
- Claire King on The Soap Show — Claire King and her autobiography profiled on The Soap Show.
- The Unofficial Claire King Fansite
- Claire Kings Myspace Page
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