Shobu Kapoor
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Shobu Kapoor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 May 1961 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Television and film actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Television | EastEnders Doctors Doctor Who Citizen Khan |
Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent.
Life and career[]
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.[1]
After leaving EastEnders, Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham[2] and the TV series The Bill (2004). She has also been in Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2016.
In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama Banglatown Banquet and the Irish RTÉ soap Fair City (as Talayeh Kirmani). In 2007, she played the minor role of Umi in the Channel 4 drama Shameless. 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.
Other film roles include Taj's mother in Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) and Mrs Khan in Mischief Night (2006). 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. In 2015, she made a guest appearance in CBBC show Hank Zipzer.
In 2015, Kapoor was announced as part of the cast of Anthony Horowitz's play Dinner with Saddam on the West End.[3]
In 2020, Kapoor appeared in The Other One as Mishti.
In 2021, Kapoor appeared in Casualty (series 35, episode 13) playing Mona Nadkarni, a 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought into the emergency department by Rash's father, after becoming unwell. This episode aired on Saturday 3 April.
References[]
- ^ "Ex-EastEnders Star Slams Asian Portrayal". RTÉ. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ "Shobu Kapoor - Acting Coach".
- ^ "Steven Berkoff & Shobu Kapoor Set for DINNER WITH SADDAM at Menier Chocolate Factory". Broadway World. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
External links[]
- Shobu Kapoor at IMDb
- 1961 births
- 20th-century British actresses
- 21st-century British actresses
- British film actresses
- British actresses of Indian descent
- British radio actresses
- British soap opera actresses
- British television actresses
- Living people