Yvonne Toni-Marie Karib (born 1 April 1965) was married to Kash Karib (Chris Bisson), with whom she has two children, Chesney (Qasim Akhtar) and Meena (Sarah Byrne). She owns and runs the local shop featured in the series, and previously employed Ian Gallagher (Gerard Kearns), her husband's gay lover. At first she was angry to discover Kash was gay, but later accepted it to keep her marriage together for her children's sake. She is a hard-nosed businesswoman who is not averse to breaking the law to make a bit of extra profit.