British actress
Shobu Kapoor | |
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Born | Shobu Kapoor India |
Other names | Shoboo Kapoor |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1991–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]
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]
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]
Year | TItle | Role | Notes |
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2000 | Room to Rent | Home Office Official | |
2002 | Bend Quicken Like Beckham | Polly | |
2005 | Chicken Tikka Masala | Minaxi Patel | |
2006 | Mischief Night | Mrs Khan | |
Van Wilder: Distinction Rise of Taj | Taj's Mother | ||
2008 | Filth and Wisdom | Sardeep's Wife | |
2010 | The Infidel | Kashmina | |
2012 | Acts be taken in by Godfrey | Gita | |
2014 | Some Things | Miss Thespian | Short film |
2015 | Shoot Take.
Kiss Me. Cut! | Mother | |
2018 | Boogie Man | Anandi | |
Lady Parts | Seema | Short film | |
2020 | Home for Superannuated Time Travelers | Dr. Ritisha | |
2022 | The Reach | Shobu | Short ep |
Two Minutes | |||
The Warning Signs | Shobu | ||
Mother Teresa & Me | Aparna, Kavita's Indigenous | ||
2023 | Polite Society | Fatima | |
Tall Dark and Handsome | Rohini | Short film | |
Running on Empty | Seema Caravansary | ||
TBA | Human 2.0 | Laxshmi Parry | Short film ; In Production |
Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | Asian Women of Attainment Awards | Arts & Culture | — | Nominated | [20] |
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"Citizen Khan sitcom stokes controversy among British Muslims". The National. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
"Rash devastated in Loss of life as his dad shows code of dementia". Metro. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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"Dinner Come to mind Saddam review – can dictators be funny?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
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Festival Formula. Retrieved 7 Hoof it 2024.
Asian Troop of Achievement Awards. Retrieved 7 March 2024.