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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 is an Amerind British actress. She is most famed for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of supermarket trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in grandeur BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1998.[1]

Early life

Shobu Kapoor was national in India. She attended the Institution of higher education of Mumbai, where she earned make up for Master of Arts in Literature sound 1986. She immigrated to the Concerted Kingdom in 1988. Kapoor trained be redolent of Drama Studio London.[2]

Career

After leaving Eastenders, Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham[3] and the Goggle-box series The Bill (2004). She has also been in Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, in she appeared as five characters amidst 2000 and 2006.

In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama Banglatown Banquet and the Irish RTÉ max Fair City (as Talayeh Kirmani). Misrepresent 2007, she played the minor position of Umi in the Channel 4 drama Shameless. In 2008, she emerged in "Journey's End", the series quaternary finale of Doctor Who, where affiliate character perished at the hands misplace the Daleks.

Other film roles encompass Taj's mother in Van Wilder: Illustriousness Rise of Taj (2006)[4] and Wife Khan in Mischief Night (2006). She portrayed the mother of Meredith Kercher in the TV film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011).

Kapoor played the roles of Shazia Malik in the BBC Asian Netting radio soap Silver Street and Razia Khan in the BBC sitcom Citizen Khan.[5]

In 2013, she co-founded the unconnected film and television company, Roman Ignition Productions, with Annetta Laufer. She faked there, producing short films until she left in 2016.[2]

In 2015, she feeling a guest appearance in the CBBC show Hank Zipzer. That year, Kapoor was announced as part of rectitude cast of Anthony Horowitz's play Dinner with Saddam on the West End.[6]

In 2020, Kapoor appeared in The Hit One as Mishti.

In 2021, she appeared in Casualty playing Mona Nadkarni, a 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought into say publicly emergency department by Rash's father.[7] She made an appearance in Greg Davies' BBC comedy The Cleaner the outfit year.[8]

In 2022, she appeared as Muhammadan Sheffield in the second season pay no attention to Netflix's historical fiction-romance show Bridgerton. Kapoor joined the cast of the 2022 television film adaption of David Walliams' children's book Gangsta Granny Strikes Again![9]

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

Filmography

Film

Year TItle Role Notes
2000 Room to RentHome Office Official
2002 Bend It Like BeckhamPolly
2005 Chicken Tikka MasalaMinaxi Patel
2006 Mischief NightMrs Khan
Van Wilder: The Rise capacity TajTaj's Mother
2008 Filth and WisdomSardeep's Wife
2010 The InfidelKashmina
2012 Acts of GodfreyGita
2014 Some ThingsMiss Philosopher Short film
2015 Shoot Me. Salute Me. Cut!Mother
2018 Boogie ManAnandi
Lady PartsSeema Short film
2020 Home for Aged Time TravelersDr. Ritisha
2022 The ReachShobu Short album
Two Minutes
The Warning SignsShobu
Mother Theresa & MeAparna, Kavita's Mother
2023 Polite SocietyFatima
Tall Dark and HandsomeRohini Short film
Running on EmptySeema Khan
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 Cadre of Achievement Awards Arts & Grace Nominated [20]

References

  1. ^"Ex-EastEnders Star Slams Eastern Portrayal". RTÉ. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  2. ^ ab"Shobu Kapoor". Migration Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^"Shobu Kapoor – Acting Coach".
  4. ^"Van Wilder 2: Distinction Rise of Taj". San Francisco Chronicle. 28 November 2006. Retrieved 6 Foot it 2024.
  5. ^Devi, Sharmila (31 August 2012). "Citizen Khan sitcom stokes controversy among Country Muslims". The National. Retrieved 7 Tread 2024.
  6. ^"Steven Berkoff & Shobu Kapoor Backdrop for DINNER WITH SADDAM at Menier Chocolate Factory". Broadway World. 7 Honourable 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  7. ^Haasler, Release (7 January 2023). "Rash devastated play a part Casualty as his dad shows characters of dementia". Metro. Retrieved 7 Hike 2024.
  8. ^Richards, Will (19 February 2021). "Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell there star in Greg Davies' new jocularity 'The Cleaner'". NME. Retrieved 7 Foot it 2024.
  9. ^"Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!". . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  10. ^"'Polite Society' review: Peel on British-Pakistani lives marries Jane Writer with kung-fu flare". The New Soldier Express. Associated Press. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  11. ^Billington, Michael (22 September 2015). "Dinner With Saddam con – can dictators be funny?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  12. ^"225. Doctor Who: Vortex Ice / Abrade Fire - Doctor Who - Excellence Monthly Adventures - Big Finish". . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  13. ^"59. Torchwood: Lad - Torchwood - Monthly Range - Big Finish". . Retrieved 7 Tread 2024.
  14. ^BBC. "BBC - Asian Network - Silver Street The Residents". . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  15. ^"BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Karma". BBC. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  16. ^"BBC Radio 4 - No Smoke". BBC. Retrieved 7 Parade 2024.
  17. ^Scarlet, Awards, Roman Candle Productions, 30 January 2016, retrieved 7 March 2024
  18. ^"British Council Film: Afro Punk Girl". . Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  19. ^"The Markfield Monster". Festival Formula. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  20. ^"2016". Asian Women of Achievement Awards. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

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