Acting
Shobu Kapoor
Also Known As: Shoboo Kapoor
Birth Date
May 28, 1961
(65 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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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.
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Doctor Who
Scared Woman
2005 • 1 episode
Casualty
Mona Nadkarni
1986 • 1 episode
EastEnders
Gita Kapoor
1985 • 757 episodes
Bridgerton
Lady Sheffield
2020 • 1 episode
Shameless
Umi
2004 • 1 episode
The Bill
1984 • 1 episode
A Discovery of Witches
Linda Cosby
2018 • 3 episodes
Krypton
Mama Zed
2018 • 2 episodes
Bait
Faiza Aunty
2026 • 1 episode
Celebrity Mastermind
2003 • 1 episode
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Additional Voices (voice)
2023
The Cleaner
Neeta
2021 • 1 episode
DI Ray
Debo Ray
2022 • 4 episodes
Whitstable Pearl
Hiral
2021 • 1 episode
Mrs Brown's Boys
Professor Murphy
2011 • 1 episode
I Hate Suzie
Dr Wack
2020 • 1 episode
Bend It Like Beckham
Polly
2002
We Are Lady Parts
Seema
2021 • 9 episodes
Man Like Mobeen
Saj's Mum
2017 • 3 episodes
Citizen Khan
Mrs. Khan
2012 • 34 episodes