Shobu Kapoor
Known For
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.
Most Known For
Bridgerton
as Lady Sheffield
Doctor Who
as Scared Woman
EastEnders
as Gita Kapoor
Casualty
as Mona Nadkarni
Shameless
as Umi
A Discovery of Witches
as Linda Cosby
The Bill
Krypton
as Mama Zed
I Hate Suzie
as Dr Wack
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Additional Voices (voice)
The Cleaner
as Neeta
DI Ray
as Debo Ray
Whitstable Pearl
as Hiral
Mrs Brown's Boys
as Professor Murphy
Man Like Mobeen
as Saj's Mum
We Are Lady Parts
as Seema
Citizen Khan
as Mrs. Khan
Bend It Like Beckham
as Polly
Room to Rent
as Home Office Official
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Taj's Mother