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Jayne Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed; 10 January 1962) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera ''
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'' since 1989, and as Karen Betts in '' Bad Girls'' from 2000 until 2004. She has appeared in the fourth series of ''
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'' in 2006, '' Safari School'' in 2007, and ''
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'' in 2014. She also played
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in ''
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'' from 2014 until 2017.


Early life and early career

King grew up in Harrogate with her brother and sister. King attended Harrogate Ladies College, and as a
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chose a career in the music business, as a disc jockey in a
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. She then managed, sang and played keyboards in the Alternative Pop group ''Fidei'' and later ''To Be Continued'' as lead singer.


Career

In 1987, King played a role in the film ''
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''. In 1988, King appeared in an episode of ''
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'' as a cinema usherette. In 1989, she appeared in the film ''Cold Light of Day'' as a prostitute. Soon afterwards, she joined the cast of the ITV soap opera ''
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'' as Kim Tate, a role she played for ten years before leaving the show in 1999. She had a role in an episode of ''
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'' as Angela. In 2000, she joined the cast of '' Bad Girls'' playing wing governor Karen Betts. She left the programme in 2004 after four years. In 2002, she appeared in an episode of ''
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'' as Jenny Hennessey in the episode "Into The Shadows". In 2004, King had a role in an episode of the sitcom '' Down to Earth'' as Paula Wakeman, and appeared in one episode of ''
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'' as Louise Russell in the episode entitled: "Still Waters". Later that year, King played Madeline Jackson-Carter in four episodes of the hit drama TV show '' The Courtroom''. In 2005, she appeared as Andrea Mason QC, a barrister for
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in six episodes of the
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''. She later appeared as Janice Perry in an episode of ''
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'' called "Not Another Car Wreck". She appeared in ''
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'' in the episode "The Good Citizen" as Joanna Clay, as well as Sally Parker in an episode of the TV series ''Donovan''. In 2006, King participated in the fourth series of the
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reality show ''
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''; she finished in sixth place overall. King also appeared in five episodes of '' Hollyoaks: In The City'' as business woman Stella, and as Gina in an episode of '' Mayo'' in episode 1.7. In 2007, she was a contestant in the
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reality-television show '' Safari School'' filmed in the
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n bush where she finished in third place overall. King also appeared in two episodes of the TV show '' The Pyramid Game''. In 2008, King appeared in the medical drama ''
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'' as Lucy Bayliss, in the episode "Slings And Arrows". In the same year, she appeared as a panellist on the Channel 5 topical debate show ''
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'' for two episodes, and on ''
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''. She appeared in the documentary ''Emmerdale 50000'', which celebrated five thousand episodes of the TV programme. King has appeared on lunch time chat show ''
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'' several times as a guest. She was a guest panellist in 2012 to mark 40 years of ''
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'', and returned in August 2017 for two further guest panellist appearances. She has also appeared on day-time TV Show '' This Morning'' several times. In 2010, King appeared and starred in the
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sitcom '' The Gemma Factor'' as Betsy. King appeared in the topical debate show ''
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'' on Channel 5 as a panellist for one episode. She later went on a UK and Ireland tour of the comedy play ''The Naked Truth'' along with
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. In 2012, she appeared as a prison governor in an episode of ''
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''. She had a role in the film '' The Wedding Video'' as Gina. She appeared in the documentary ''Emmerdale at 40: The Headline Makers'' marking 40 years of the soap opera. In 2013, she appeared as Geraldine Worthing in an episode of the
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medical drama ''
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'' and appeared in two episodes of '' Daybreak''. King has appeared in several pantomime productions, including ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' and ''Snow White''. In 2014, she appeared in an episode of ''
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'' in a Soap-Star special edition. She also appeared in the Channel 5 documentary ''TV's Nastiest Villains'', presented by actress and author
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. King entered the ''
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'' house on 18 August 2014 to compete in the fourteenth series, but left the show on Day 16 due to illness. She appeared twice on ''
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''. In October 2014, she appeared in an episode of '' Who's Doing the Dishes?''. In November 2014, she appeared in an episode of the E4 comedy show '' Drifters'' as Cath. In December 2014, she joined the cast of the soap opera ''
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'' as character
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, a role she portrayed until 2017. On 24 September 2018, it was announced that King would reprise her role as ''Emmerdale'' character Kim Tate, after nearly 20 years away, for a special week of episodes from 8 October 2018. On 12 October 2018, it was confirmed that King would return permanently in 2019.


Personal life

In 1994, King married actor
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, who played her on-screen stepson Chris Tate in ''Emmerdale''. They separated in 2004. King currently lives near
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, with her horses and Labrador dogs.


Filmography


Awards and nominations


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:King, Claire 1962 births Living people English television actresses English soap opera actresses English stage actresses Actresses from Bradford English film actresses Actresses from Harrogate People educated at Harrogate Ladies' College