Shobu Kapoor
Acting
1961-05-28 · 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.
Filmography
Bait
2026 · Series
Christmas Karma
2025 · Movie
The Best Man
2025 · Movie
Mr Bigstuff
2024 · Series
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
2023 · Movie
Polite Society
2023 · Movie
Tall Dark and Handsome
2023 · Movie
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
2022 · Movie
Mother Teresa & Me
2022 · Movie
DI Ray
2022 · Series
The Cleaner
2021 · Series
Whitstable Pearl
2021 · Series
We Are Lady Parts
2021 · Series
Bridgerton
2020 · Series
I Hate Suzie
2020 · Series
The Other One
2020 · Series
The Dark Tower
2020 · Movie
Lady Parts
2018 · Movie
A Discovery of Witches
2018 · Series
Boogie Man
2018 · Movie
Krypton
2018 · Series
Man Like Mobeen
2017 · Series
Afro Punk Girl
2016 · Movie
Shoot Me. Kiss Me. Cut!
2015 · Movie
Citizen Khan
2012 · Series
Acts of Godfrey
2012 · Movie
Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
2011 · Movie
Mrs Brown's Boys
2011 · Series
The Infidel
2010 · Movie
Filth and Wisdom
2008 · Movie
Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
2006 · Movie
Mischief Night
2006 · Movie
Banglatown Banquet
2006 · Movie
Chicken Tikka Masala
2005 · Movie
Doctor Who
2005 · Series
Shameless
2004 · Series
Celebrity Mastermind
2003 · Series
Bend It Like Beckham
2002 · Movie
Room to Rent
2001 · Movie
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
1993 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
EastEnders
1985 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Some Things
Movie
The Last Hurrah
Movie