Shobu Kapoor

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

Doctor Who

Scared Woman

EastEnders

Gita Kapoor

The Bill

Casualty

Mona Nadkarni

Bridgerton

Lady Sheffield

Whitstable Pearl

Hiral

A Discovery of Witches

Linda Cosby

The Other One

Mishti

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Best Man	Jasminder
2023	Polite Society	Fatima
2023	Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	Additional Voices (voice)
2023	Tall Dark and Handsome	Rohini
2022	Mother Teresa & Me	Aparna
2022	Gangsta Granny Strikes Again	Esha
2020	The Dark Tower	Rhea of the Coos
2018	Boogie Man	Anandi
2018	Lady Parts	Seema
2012	Acts of Godfrey	Gita
2011	Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy	Arlene Kercher
2010	The Infidel	Kashmina
2008	Filth and Wisdom	Sardeep's Wife
2006	Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj	Taj's Mother
2006	Mischief Night	Mrs Khan
2006	Banglatown Banquet	Joolie
2005	Chicken Tikka Masala	Minaxi Patel
2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Polly
1993	Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time	Gita Kapoor
	The Last Hurrah	Shelly D'Souza

Year	TV Show	Role
2024	Mr. Bigstuff	Sheila
2022	DI Ray	Debo Ray
2021	The Cleaner	Neeta
2021	We Are Lady Parts	Seema
2021	Whitstable Pearl	Hiral
2020	Bridgerton	Lady Sheffield
2020	I Hate Suzie	Dr Wack
2020	The Other One	Mishti
2018	Krypton	Mama Zed
2018	A Discovery of Witches	Linda Cosby
2017	Man Like Mobeen	Saj's Mum
2012	Citizen Khan	Mrs. Khan
2005	Doctor Who	Scared Woman
1986	Casualty	Mona Nadkarni
1985	EastEnders	Gita Kapoor
1984	The Bill