Shobu Kapoor

Television

Birthday May 28, 1961

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace India

Age 62 years old

Nationality United Kingdom

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1961

Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is an Indian British actress.

Shobu Kapoor was born on May 28, 1961 in India.

1986

She attended the University of Mumbai, where she earned her Master of Arts in Literature in 1986.

1988

She immigrated to the United Kingdom in 1988.

Kapoor trained at Drama Studio London.

1993

She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1998.

2002

After leaving Eastenders, Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham and the TV series The Bill (2004).

2005

She has also been in Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2006.

2006

In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama Banglatown Banquet and the Irish RTÉ soap Fair City (as Talayeh Kirmani).

Other film roles include Taj's mother in Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) and Mrs Khan in Mischief Night (2006).

2007

In 2007, she played the minor role of Umi in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.

2008

In 2008, she appeared in "Journey's End", the series four finale of Doctor Who, where her character perished at the hands of the Daleks.

2011

She portrayed the mother of Meredith Kercher in the TV film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011).

Kapoor played the roles of Shazia Malik in the BBC Asian Network radio soap Silver Street and Razia Khan in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan.

2013

In 2013, she co-founded the independent film and television company, Roman Candle Productions, with Annetta Laufer.

2015

In 2015, she made a guest appearance in CBBC show Hank Zipzer.

That year, Kapoor was announced as part of the cast of Anthony Horowitz's play Dinner with Saddam on the West End.

2016

She worked there, producing short films until she left in 2016.

2020

In 2020, Kapoor appeared in The Other One as Mishti.

In 2021, she appeared in Casualty playing Mona Nadkarni, a 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought into the emergency department by Rash's father.

She made an appearence in Greg Davies' BBC comedy The Cleaner the same year.

In 2022, she appeared as Lady Sheffield in the second season of Netflix's historical fiction-romance show Bridgerton.

Kapoor joined the cast of the 2022 television film adaption of David Walliams' childrens book Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!

She appeared as Fatima Khan in Nida Manzoor's action comedy film Polite Society (2023).