Shobu Kapoor
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.
Acting
TV
Doctor Who
as Scared Woman
2005
TV
Bridgerton
as Lady Sheffield
2020
Movie
Bend It Like Beckham
as Polly
2002
Movie
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Additional Voices (voice)
2023
TV
A Discovery of Witches
as Linda Cosby
2018
TV
Krypton
as Mama Zed
2018
Movie
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Taj's Mother
2006
TV
EastEnders
as Gita Kapoor
1985
Movie
Polite Society
as Fatima
2023
TV
Shameless
as Umi
2004
Movie
The Infidel
as Kashmina
2010
TV
Mrs Brown's Boys
as Professor Murphy
2011
Movie
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
as Arlene Kercher
2011
TV
Casualty
as Mona Nadkarni
1986
TV
We Are Lady Parts
as Seema
2021
TV
The Cleaner
as Neeta
2021
Movie
Filth and Wisdom
as Sardeep's Wife
2008
TV
The Bill
1984
TV
Whitstable Pearl
as Hiral
2021
TV
DI Ray
as Debo Ray
2022
TV
Bait
as Faiza Aunty
2026
TV
I Hate Suzie
as Dr Wack
2020
TV
Man Like Mobeen
as Saj's Mum
2017
TV
Citizen Khan
as Mrs. Khan
2012
