Shobu Kapoor
Acting
Born: 1961-05-28 in London, England, UK
Biography
Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent. 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. After leaving EastEnders, Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham and the TV series The Bill (2004). She has also been in Chicken TikkaMasala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2016.
Known For
Doctor Who
Scared Woman
EastEnders
Gita Kapoor
Bridgerton
Lady Sheffield
Casualty
Mona Nadkarni
Shameless
Umi
The Bill
Krypton
Mama Zed
A Discovery of Witches
Linda Cosby
Bait
Faiza Aunty
Celebrity Mastermind
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Additional Voices (voice)
DI Ray
Debo Ray
Mrs Brown's Boys
Professor Murphy
The Cleaner
Neeta
Whitstable Pearl
Hiral
Man Like Mobeen
Saj's Mum
Citizen Khan
Mrs. Khan
I Hate Suzie
Dr Wack
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Taj's Mother
Bend It Like Beckham
Polly
We Are Lady Parts
Seema
Polite Society
Fatima
Mr Bigstuff
Sheila
The Other One
Mishti
Christmas Karma
Mrs Joshi
Filth and Wisdom
Sardeep's Wife
The Infidel
Kashmina
Mother Teresa & Me
Aparna
Room to Rent
Home Office Official
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Gita Kapoor
Tall Dark and Handsome
Rohini
Mischief Night
Mrs Khan
Boogie Man
Anandi
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Arlene Kercher
Lady Parts
Seema
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Esha
The Best Man
Jasminder
Shoot Me. Kiss Me. Cut!
Mother
Acts of Godfrey
Gita