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Shobu Kapoor

May 28, 1961 (63 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Doctor Who
Scared Woman
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EastEnders
Gita Kapoor
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Doctor Who
Gita Kapoor
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A Discovery of Witches
Linda Cosby
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The Bill
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Bridgerton
Lady Sheffield
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Casualty
Mona Nadkarni
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Krypton
Mama Zed
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Citizen Khan
Mrs. Khan
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
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