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Shobu Kapoor
Acting
Born: May 28, 1961
London, England, UK
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.
Known For
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Additional Voices (voice)
Polite Society
as Fatima
Bend It Like Beckham
as Polly
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
as Taj's Mother
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
as Arlene Kercher
The Infidel
as Kashmina
Mother Teresa & Me
as Aparna
Room to Rent
as Home Office Official
Boogie Man
as Anandi
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
as Esha
