Shobu Kapoor
Known for: Acting
Born: May 28, 1961
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
25 movies · 20 TV shows, newest first
6.6
Bait
2026
5.3
Christmas Karma
2025
NR
The Best Man
2025
6.8
Mr Bigstuff
2024
6.9
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023
6.3
Polite Society
2023
6.5
Tall Dark and Handsome
2023
5.1
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022
6.9
Mother Teresa & Me
2022
6.9
DI Ray
2022
7.0
The Cleaner
2021
6.7
Whitstable Pearl
2021
7.5
We Are Lady Parts
2021
8.1
Bridgerton
2020
6.6
I Hate Suzie
2020
6.3
The Other One
20204.0
The Dark Tower
2020
8.0
Lady Parts
2018
7.8
A Discovery of Witches
2018
9.0
Boogie Man
2018
7.1
Krypton
2018
6.8
Man Like Mobeen
2017
8.0
Afro Punk Girl
2016
4.0
Shoot Me. Kiss Me. Cut!
2015
7.0
Citizen Khan
2012
NR
Acts of Godfrey
2012
6.1
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
2011
7.4
Mrs Brown's Boys
2011
6.1
The Infidel
2010
5.6
Filth and Wisdom
2008
5.1
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
2006
5.7
Mischief Night
2006
NR
Banglatown Banquet
2006
4.1
Chicken Tikka Masala
2005
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
7.5
Shameless
2004
6.0
Celebrity Mastermind
2003
6.3
Bend It Like Beckham
2002
6.0
Room to Rent
2001
4.8
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993
6.2
Casualty
1986
4.2
EastEnders
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984NR
The Last Hurrah
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Some Things
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