Kim Tate

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Kimberley Tate
Alias	Kim Tate Mrs. Tate Step-Momma Mom Kim Marchant Mrs. Marchant "Mummy" "Mother"
Origin	Emmerdale
Occupation	Businesswoman
Powers / Skills	High intelligence Mastery of financial welfare Vast resources Expertly seductive Manipulation Cunning intellect
Hobby	Taking advantage of her financial agenda. Perpetrating illicit activities and fulfilling them unscathed.
Goals	Exact her revenge on the Tate family by killing Frank and later bankrupting his son Chris (succeeded). Implicate and ultimately frame Steve for single-handedly committing both theft and attempted murder on Chris' former wife Kathy Glover (succeeded). Flee the village with her son James in order to avoid getting caught by the local authorities (succeeded). Get Graham Foster to kill Joe Tate for betraying her (failed).
Crimes	Parricide Illegal business malpractice Serial adultery Incrimination Theft Manslaughter Fraud Perjury Assault and battery Financial corruption Bribery Assault Money laundering Kidnapping Coercion Vandalism Conspiracy Usurpation Attempted murders
Type of Villain	Manipulative Mastermind

“	You're a dinosaur, Frank. And you know what happened to them.	„
	~ Kim Tate's most famous line to her estranged husband Frank Tate as she watches him die of a heart attack in their final showdown - also arguably Kim's most memorable moment to date.

Kimberley "Jane" Tate, more commonly known as Kim Tate, is a fictional character and one of the main antagonists of the British soap opera Emmerdale; she is also hailed as one of the show's greatest and most iconic characters of all-time.

The character is portrayed by Claire King, who also played Erica Holroyd in Coronation Street.

Character Development

Many of Kim's storylines have revolved around her marriage to Frank Tate, whom she had divorced, remarried, and was widowed by. She embarked on two affairs, with Neil Kincaid in 1992 and Dave Glover in 1996 - as well as a third marriage to Frank's former business partner Steve Marchant.

Other storylines in Kim's first stint revolved on her longstanding rivalry with Frank's son Chris Tate; an on-off companionship with Chris' sister Zoe Tate; several feuds with the likes of Chris' two wives Kathy Glover and Rachel Hughes; an unlikely friendship with local poacher Seth Armstrong; and a business partnership with fellow entrepreneur Lord Alex Oakwell that culminated with him causing the death of Zoe's best-friend Linda Glover.

In arguably Kim's most defying moment in the show, she faked her own death in order to get revenge on Frank. This ultimately led to the final showdown between them on 22nd May 1997, which ended with Kim causing Frank to die of a heart attack before watching him succumb to the fatal condition without helping him. Then nearly two years later on January 19, 1999, Kim escaped the village in a helicopter with both her son James Tate and the £190,000 that she reclaimed from Chris - who had recovered it from his father's grave in a last-ditch attempt to bring her to justice for Frank's death - after knocking him out with a paperweight.

Nearly two decades later in October 2018, Kim returned and was revealed to be the mastermind behind the events of the Dingles being endangered of losing their home - with her step-grandson Joe Tate carrying out the plot in his bid to exact revenge on his stepmother Charity Dingle for her mistaken involvement in Chris' death. Kim was shoved off a balcony at Home Farm by Charity's relative Faith Dingle, before being sent back to prison for dangerous driving.

Kim permanently came back to Emmerdale in March 2019, and has since then embarked formally on a relationship with her on/off lover and Joe's legal guardian Graham Foster. She has a feud with Charity's cousin Cain Dingle and their daughter Debbie Dingle, along with daughter-in-law Andrea Tate when the latter is married to her son Jamie - who reappears in that year as well. Months later, Kim became the new owner of Sharma & Sharma and started a brief partnership with her business partner Al Chapman.

Personality

Kim is an archetypal soap "superbitch", a ruthless and scheming gold-digger. 

In the 2014 Channel 5 documentary TV's Nastiest Villains, King explained that as a big fan of the American soap operas Dallas and Dynasty, she realised that British soap operas did not have a "bitch" character at the time and intentionally played up Kim's bitchiness.

In King's autobiography, she wrote that Kim was originally going to be married to Chris, but the writers decided that Kim was more interested in the Tate money and would have "cut out the middle man" by marrying Frank.

Quotes

“	I love you David, and I'm going to have you.	„
	~ Kim telling her secret lover Dave Glover that she loves him and will continue to have their affair behind the back of her husband Frank.

“	Never underestimate me Steve! I'll do whatever I have to do to come out on top.	„
	~ Kim warning her second husband Steve Marchant to not underestimate her in their financial future plans.

“	You're a fool Chris! If you'd just let go of the past, you could have everything you wanted - maybe even me.	„
	~ Kim's quote to her stepson and archenemy Chris Tate as their perpetual feud reaches a dramatic climax amid Chris' campaign to bring Kim to justice for killing his father Frank.

“	No, Kim Tate.	„
	~ Kim Tate's last words in her 1990s stint as she escapes the village - thus not receiving any comeuppance for her actions in the process and also representing one of soap's greatest exits of all-time.

“	You know it's true what they say. You learn a lot in prison. Careful who you trust; do it to them before they do it to you. And if you really want something - I mean really want it - don't let anybody or anything stand in your way.	„
	~ Kim Tate to her third husband Graham Foster as she reappears following a 19-year absence.

Trivia

• She is one of the few soap opera villains to not get killed off nor receive any comeuppance for her outrageous crimes.
• Kim was arguably the show's recurring main villain from 1990 towards 1999 as her villainous storylines were the central focus throughout Emmerdale within the entire 1990s saga.