 Karen's storylines have focused on her number of boyfriends including, Vikram Desai (Chris Bisson) and Joe Carter (Jonathan Wrather), also her relationship with Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and her miscarriage and her feud with Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford), the mother of Steve's daughter, Amy.Karen arrived in "Coronation Street" in June 2000 as a friend of Linda Sykes (Jacqueline Pirie) who she used to work with at Wheelers.Karen was taken on as a new machinist at "Underworld".