Shobu Kapoor

Shobu Kapoor (born May 1961) is a British actress. 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.

Early life Shobu Kapoor was born in India. She attended the University of Mumbai, where she earned her Master of Arts in Literature in 1986. She immigrated to the United Kingdom in 1988. Kapoor trained at Drama Studio London.

Career 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 2006.

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 2013, she co-founded the independent film and television company, Roman Candle Productions, with Annetta Laufer.

In 2020, Kapoor appeared in The Other One as Mishti.

In 2021, she appeared in Casualty playing Mona Nadkarni, a 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought into the emergency department by Rash's father. She made an appearance in Greg Davies' BBC comedy The Cleaner the same year.

In 2022, she appeared as Lady Sheffield in the second season of Netflix's historical fiction-romance show Bridgerton. Kapoor joined the cast of the 2022 television film adaption of David Walliams' children's book Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!

She appeared as Fatima Khan in Nida Manzoor's action comedy film Polite Society (2023).

Filmography

Film

Television

On stage YearTitleRoleDirectorVenueRef.2015Dinner with SaddamSamiraAnthony HorowitzMenier Chocolate Factory

Audio dramas

Radio dramas

Filmmaking

As producer

Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.2016Asian Women of Achievement AwardsArts & Culture