National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025 · Movie
as Indrani
Shobna Gulati
1966-08-07
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Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Shobna Gulati (born 7 August 1966) is a British actress, writer, and dancer. Gulati is a soap star best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's dinnerladies, Sunita Alahan in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013, and Farah Khurana in River City from 2017 to 2018. From 13 March 2013 to 30 May 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime chatshow Loose Women. Gulati is also one of very few actors to have appeared on both Coronation Street and its rival series EastEnders in 2000. Gulati was born in Oldham, Lancashire to parents of Hindu Indian descent. She has a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester. One of Gulati's earliest appearances was as a dancer in the video for Boy George's 1991 single "Bow Down Mister." In the late 1990s, she appeared in both series' of Victoria Wood's BBC sitcom Dinnerladies. She appeared as Ameena Badawi from October to December 2000, in EastEnders. She is one of few to have appeared in both EastEnders and Coronation Street. Gulati appeared as her main character, Sunita, in East Street, the crossover between both soaps in 2010, as part of Children in Need's telethon. In 2001, she appeared in the short film Shadowscan, directed by Tinge Krishnan, which won a Bafta Award; and, in 2004, Gulati was nominated for a Manchester Evening News theatre award for her work in the play Dancing Within Walls, which was staged at the Contact Theatre in Manchester. Gulati has also appeared on the TV quiz shows Call My Bluff, Have I Got News for You, The Weakest Link, Russian Roulette and as Diana Ross in Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes. In early 2006, Gulati took part in the Reality TV series Soapstar Superstar. After Gulati left Coronation Street initially in 2006, she played Nisha Clayton, a recurring role in the final series of Where the Heart Is, and made appearances in New Street Law and the one-off comedy drama Magnolia which was written by Dave Spikey for BBC's Comedy Playhouse series. In October 2006, Gulati appeared at the Royal Albert Hall as part of a short skit featured in The Secret Policeman's Ball. In the sketch, Gulati and co-star Nitin Ganatra play a holidaying couple who are under the mistaken belief Guantanamo Bay is a holiday resort. The sketch also starred American actors Chevy Chase and Seth Green. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
2023 · Movie
as Self
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Movie
as Self
The Serial Killer's Wife
2023 · TV Show
as Kiran
My Name Is Leon
2022 · Movie
as Salma
Incompatible
2022 · Movie
as Dr Banerjee
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021 · Movie
as Ray
Celebrity Best Home Cook
2021 · TV Show
as Self - Contestant
Murder, They Hope
2021 · TV Show
as Vicky
The Weakest Link
2021 · TV Show
as Self - Contestant
This Fortress Built By Nature
2020 · Movie
Brassic
2019 · TV Show
as Gina
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · TV Show
as Self - Special Guest
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2018 · Movie
as Ray
On the Edge
2018 · TV Show
as Andi
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Finding Fatimah
2017 · Movie
as Saba
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 · TV Show
as Self - Contestant
In the Club
2014 · TV Show
as Fiona
Inside No. 9
2014 · TV Show
as Posy
Junkhearts
2011 · Movie
as Beth
Vera
2011 · TV Show
as Chief Superintendent Khalon
East Street
2010 · Movie
as Sunita Alahan
Celebrity Juice
2008 · TV Show
as Self
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self
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Saving Planet Earth UK
2007 · TV Show
as Herself - Presenter
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006 · Movie
as Self
Magnolia
2006 · Movie
as Janice
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Soapstar Superstar
2006 · TV Show
Celebrity Masterchef
2006 · TV Show
New Street Law
2006 · TV Show
as Salina Morris
Doctor Who
2005 · TV Show
as Najia Khan
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Love on a Saturday Night
2004 · TV Show
Comedy Connections
2003 · TV Show
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Shadowscan
2000 · Movie
as Satinda
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Movie
as Herself
Loose Women
1999 · TV Show
as Self
dinnerladies
1998 · TV Show
as Anita
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV Show
as Shaila Handsworth
What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?
1994 · Movie
as Self
Ready, Steady, Cook
1994 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
GMTV
1993 · TV Show
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990 · TV Show
as Self
This Morning
1988 · TV Show
as Self
Casualty
1986 · TV Show
as Preethi Chhabra
Coronation Street
1960 · TV Show
as Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh
