Shobu Kapoor
ActingAlso Known As
Shoboo Kapoor
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.
Movies
(24 total)
Bend It Like Beckham
as Polly
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Additional Voices (voice)
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Taj's Mother
Polite Society
as Fatima
The Infidel
as Kashmina
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
as Arlene Kercher
Filth and Wisdom
as Sardeep's Wife
Chicken Tikka Masala
as Minaxi Patel
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as Gita Kapoor
Mischief Night
as Mrs Khan
Mother Teresa & Me
as Aparna
Christmas Karma
as Mrs Joshi
Room to Rent
as Home Office Official
Tall Dark and Handsome
as Rohini
Lady Parts
as Seema
Boogie Man
as Anandi
Shoot Me. Kiss Me. Cut!
as Mother
Banglatown Banquet
as Joolie
Acts of Godfrey
as Gita
TV Shows
(18 total)
Doctor Who
as Scared Woman
Bridgerton
as Lady Sheffield
A Discovery of Witches
as Linda Cosby
Krypton
as Mama Zed
EastEnders
as Gita Kapoor
Shameless
as Umi
Mrs Brown's Boys
as Professor Murphy
Casualty
as Mona Nadkarni
We Are Lady Parts
as Seema
The Cleaner
as Neeta
Whitstable Pearl
as Hiral
DI Ray
as Debo Ray
Man Like Mobeen
as Saj's Mum
I Hate Suzie
as Dr Wack
Citizen Khan
as Mrs. Khan
Mr. Bigstuff
as Sheila
The Other One
as Mishti