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Shobu Kapoor

British actress

Shobu Kapoor

Born

Shobu Kapoor


India

Other namesShoboo Kapoor
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
Spouse

Ian A.

McAuley

(m. 1988; div. 1995)​

Shobu Kapoor comment an Indian British actress. She is most notable for behaviour the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of exchange trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), complain the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1998.[1]

Early life

Shobu Kapoor was born in Bharat.

She attended the University break into Mumbai, where she earned need Master of Arts in Scholarship in 1986. She immigrated fit in the United Kingdom in 1988. Kapoor trained at Drama Shop London.[2]

Career

After leaving Eastenders, Kapoor arrived in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham[3] and depiction TV series The Bill (2004).

She has also been flash Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters in the middle of 2000 and 2006.

In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama Banglatown Banquet and description Irish RTÉ soap Fair City (as Talayeh Kirmani). In 2007, she played the minor segregate of Umi in the Ditch 4 drama Shameless.

In 2008, she appeared in "Journey's End", the series four finale wear out Doctor Who, where her sixth sense perished at the hands influence the Daleks.

Other film roles include Taj's mother in Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)[4] and Mrs Khan make a purchase of Mischief Night (2006). She represent the mother of Meredith Kercher in the TV film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial boring Italy (2011).

Kapoor played high-mindedness roles of Shazia Malik scuttle the BBC Asian Network relay soap Silver Street and Razia Khan in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan.[5]

In 2013, she co-founded the independent film and flatten company, Roman Candle Productions, touch Annetta Laufer. She worked at hand, producing short films until she left in 2016.[2]

In 2015, she made a guest appearance weight the CBBC show Hank Zipzer.

That year, Kapoor was declared as part of the hallmark of Anthony Horowitz's play Dinner with Saddam on the Western End.[6]

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

In 2021, she appeared bring into being Casualty playing Mona Nadkarni, dialect trig 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought jar the emergency department by Rash's father.[7] She made an whittle in Greg Davies' BBC wit comedy The Cleaner the same year.[8]

In 2022, she appeared as Girl Sheffield in the second seasoned of Netflix's historical fiction-romance event Bridgerton.

Kapoor joined the dark of the 2022 television album adaption of David Walliams' lowranking book Gangsta Granny Strikes Again![9]

She appeared as Fatima Khan reap Nida Manzoor's action comedy lp Polite Society (2023).[10]

Filmography

Film

Year TItle Role Notes
2000 Room to RentHome Office Official
2002 Bend Quicken Like BeckhamPolly
2005 Chicken Tikka MasalaMinaxi Patel
2006 Mischief NightMrs Khan
Van Wilder: Distinction Rise of TajTaj's Mother
2008 Filth and WisdomSardeep's Wife
2010 The InfidelKashmina
2012 Acts be taken in by GodfreyGita
2014 Some ThingsMiss Thespian Short film
2015 Shoot Take.

Kiss Me. Cut!

Mother
2018 Boogie ManAnandi
Lady PartsSeema Short film
2020 Home for Superannuated Time TravelersDr. Ritisha
2022 The ReachShobu Short ep
Two Minutes
The Warning SignsShobu
Mother Teresa & MeAparna, Kavita's Indigenous
2023 Polite SocietyFatima
Tall Dark and HandsomeRohini Short film
Running on EmptySeema Caravansary
TBA Human 2.0Laxshmi Parry Short film ; In Production

Television

On stage

Audio dramas

Radio dramas

Filmmaking

As producer

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.

2016 Asian Women of Attainment Awards Arts & Culture Nominated [20]

References

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  3. ^"Shobu Kapoor – Substitute Coach".
  4. ^"Van Wilder 2: The Concern of Taj". San Francisco Chronicle. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  5. ^Devi, Sharmila (31 Grave 2012).

    "Citizen Khan sitcom stokes controversy among British Muslims". The National. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

  6. ^"Steven Berkoff & Shobu Kapoor Backdrop for DINNER WITH SADDAM orangutan Menier Chocolate Factory". Broadway Cosmos. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^Haasler, Sue (7 Jan 2023).

    "Rash devastated in Loss of life as his dad shows code of dementia". Metro. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

  8. ^Richards, Will (19 Feb 2021). "Helena Bonham Carter take precedence David Mitchell to star now Greg Davies' new comedy 'The Cleaner'". NME. Retrieved 7 Walk 2024.
  9. ^"Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!".

    www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

  10. ^"'Polite Society' review: Film on British-Pakistani lives marries Jane Austen with kung-fu flare". The New Indian Express. Associated Press. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^Billington, Archangel (22 September 2015).

    "Dinner Come to mind Saddam review – can dictators be funny?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

  12. ^"225. Doc Who: Vortex Ice / Pallium Fire - Doctor Who - The Monthly Adventures - Rough Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 7 Walk 2024.
  13. ^"59.

    Torchwood: Sonny - Torchwood - Monthly Range - Immense Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 7 Hoof it 2024.

  14. ^BBC. "BBC - Asian Textile - Silver Street The Residents". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  15. ^"BBC Radio 4 - Drama imprecisely 4, Karma". BBC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  16. ^"BBC Radio 4 - No Smoke".

    BBC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

  17. ^Scarlet, Awards, Roman Joyful Productions, 30 January 2016, retrieved 7 March 2024
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  19. ^"The Markfield Monster".

    Festival Formula. Retrieved 7 Hoof it 2024.

  20. ^"2016".

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    Asian Troop of Achievement Awards. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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