Shobu Kapoor

Acting · Production

Born May 28, 1961, 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 — Faiza Aunty
• 2025Christmas Karma — Mrs Joshi
• 2025The Best Man — Jasminder
• Mr Bigstuff — Sheila
• 2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Additional Voices (voice)
• 2023Polite Society — Fatima
• 2023Tall Dark and Handsome — Rohini
• DI Ray — Debo Ray
• 2022Gangsta Granny Strikes Again — Esha
• 2022Mother Teresa & Me — Aparna
• The Cleaner — Neeta
• We Are Lady Parts — Seema
• Whitstable Pearl — Hiral
• Bridgerton — Lady Sheffield
• I Hate Suzie — Dr Wack
• 2020The Dark Tower — Rhea of the Coos
• The Other One — Mishti
• A Discovery of Witches — Linda Cosby
• 2018Boogie Man — Anandi
• Krypton — Mama Zed
• 2018Lady Parts — Seema
• Man Like Mobeen — Saj's Mum
• 2016Afro Punk Girl — Producer
• 2015Shoot Me. Kiss Me. Cut! — Mother
• 2012Acts of Godfrey — Gita
• Citizen Khan — Mrs. Khan
• 2011Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy — Arlene Kercher
• Mrs Brown's Boys — Professor Murphy
• 2010The Infidel — Kashmina
• 2008Filth and Wisdom — Sardeep's Wife
• 2006Banglatown Banquet — Joolie
• 2006Mischief Night — Mrs Khan
• 2006Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj — Taj's Mother
• 2005Chicken Tikka Masala — Minaxi Patel
• Doctor Who — Scared Woman
• Shameless — Umi
• Celebrity Mastermind
• 2002Bend It Like Beckham — Polly
• 2001Room to Rent — Home Office Official
• 1993Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time — Gita Kapoor
• Casualty — Mona Nadkarni
• EastEnders — Gita Kapoor
• The Bill
• Some Things — Miss Stewart
• The Last Hurrah — Shelly D'Souza