Claire King ( born Claire Seed on 10 January 1963 in Harrogate , North Yorkshire ) King , Claire , Confessions of a Bad Girl , John Blake Publishing , ISBN 1-84454-253-X is a popular English actress , best known for playing the roles of Kim Tate in the ITV Soap Opera Emmerdale from 1988 to 1999 and Karen Betts in Bad Girls from 2000 to 2004.
Claire King was born in North Yorkshire .