Claire King (born Jayne Claire Seed on 10 January 1963) is an English actress. She is best known for playing the role of Kim Tate in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale and Karen Betts in Bad Girls. She has appeared in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing in 2006, Safari School in 2007, and Celebrity Big Brother 14 in 2014. She played Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street from 2014 until 2017.

She has appeared in Panto at Grand Opera House Belfast in 2017 as the Magcial Mermaid in Peter Pan.