About

Known credits:
19
Birthday:
1961-05-28
Place of birth:
London, England
Website:
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Shobu Kapoor

Overview

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shobu Kapoor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Acting
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Actor Additional Voices (voice) 65
Fair
2023 Polite Society Actor Fatima 60
Fair
2023 Tall Dark and Handsome Actor Rohini N/A
N/A
2022 Gangsta Granny Strikes Again Actor Esha 59
Average
2022 Mother Teresa & Me Actor Aparna 59
Average
2018 Lady Parts Actor Seema 59
Average
2018 Boogie Man Actor Anandi 59
Average
2012 Citizen Khan Actor Mrs. Khan 70
Good
2012 Acts of Godfrey Actor Gita N/A
N/A
2010 The Infidel Actor Kashmina 59
Average
2008 Filth and Wisdom Actor Sardeep's Wife 58
Average
2006 Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj Actor Taj's Mother 55
Average
2006 Mischief Night Actor Mrs Khan 58
Average
2006 Banglatown Banquet Actor Joolie N/A
N/A
2005 Chicken Tikka Masala Actor Minaxi Patel 58
Average
2002 Bend It Like Beckham Actor Polly 62
Fair
1993 Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time Actor Gita Kapoor 58
Average
The Last Hurrah Actor Shelly D'Souza N/A
N/A

Production
2016 Afro Punk Girl Production Producer 59
Average