Shobu Kapoor | |
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Born | 28 May 1961 |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Television and film actress |
Years active | 1991–present |
Television |
EastEnders Citizen Khan |
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.
Since leaving EastEnders, Kapoor has appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham and the TV series The Bill (2004), Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors (2000, 2001, 2006, 2008 and 2016).
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.
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).