Claire King, best known for her role as Kim Tate in Emmerdale , has had a remarkable acting career. The 62 year old actress first gained fame as part of the girl pop group To Be Continued and starred in the 1987 film Eat the Rich before joining the cast of the ITV soap in 1989. Her character, Kim, quickly became an iconic figure in the soap world.
After a decade on Emmerdale , Claire left in 1999 to explore other opportunities but made a triumphant return to the Dales in 2018. Since then, she has remained a central figure in the drama, with her character often at the heart of the action. 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 the pair married in 1994. However, their marriage ended abruptly ten years later when it emerged that Peter had been unfaithful with fellow Emmerdale star Samantha Giles, who portrayed Bernice Blackstock, reports the Mirror . Despite this setback, Claire found love again and is now happily married.
While her husband prefers to stay out of the limelight, Claire is a proud stepmother to his two teenage children. Claire opened her heart to OK!, revealing, "My ex didn't want children as he already had one and by the time we split up, I was just on the verge of missing that window. But then I started getting ill and had to have a hysterectomy, so I just accepted it wasn't meant to be for me.
"So when my current partner arrived in my life and I gained two teenagers, I .