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Neil Shaw

Emmerdale and Corrie's Claire King slams 'sexist' acting industry

Emmerdale and Coronation Street actress Claire King has slammed the 'sexist' acting industry in an exclusive interview with OK! magazine.

Claire is famous for playing Kim Tate in Emmerdale and Erica Holroyd in Corriem but today said there's a lot of sexism in the industry - as well as pressure on actresses to keep looking young.

She said: "Men in their 60s and 70s are labelled silver foxes. As soon as a woman is 40 it feels as though she’s labelled as ‘past it’.""

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