Shobu Kapoor
Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent. Life and career. 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 Tikka Masala" (2005), "Casualty" (2005) and "Doctors", where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2016. In 2006, she appeared in the BBC drama  Banglatown Banquet and the Irish RTÉ soap "Fair City" (as Talayeh Kirmani). In 2007, she played the minor role of Umi in the Channel 4 drama "Shameless". In 2008, she appeared in "Journey's End", the series four finale of "Doctor Who", where her character perished at the hands of the Daleks. Other film roles include Taj's mother in "" (2006) and Mrs Khan in "Mischief Night" (2006). She portrayed the mother of Meredith Kercher in the TV film "" (2011). Kapoor played the roles of Shazia Malik in the BBC Asian Network radio soap "Silver Street" and Razia Khan in  the BBC sitcom "Citizen Khan". In 2015, she made a guest appearance in CBBC show Hank Zipzer. In 2015, Kapoor was announced as part of the cast of Anthony Horowitz's play "Dinner with Saddam" on the West End. In 2020, Kapoor appeared in "The Other One" as Mishti. In 2021, Kapoor appeared in "Casualty" (series 35, episode 13) playing Mona Nadkarni, a 'friend' of Dr Rashid Masum's family, who was brought into the emergency department by Rash's father, after becoming unwell. This episode aired on Saturday 3 April. In 2022 she appeared as Lady Sheffield in the  second season of Bridgerton on Netflix.