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Shobna Gulati

Shobna Gulati

Actor · Born 1966-08-07 · Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

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Biography

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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Doctor Who (2005) — Najia Khan
  2. Midsomer Murders (1997) — Shaila Handsworth
  3. Inside No. 9 (2014) — Posy
  4. Brassic (2019) — Gina
  5. Vera (2011) — Chief Superintendent Khalon
  6. Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021) — Ray
  7. Coronation Street (1960) — Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh
  8. Casualty (1986) — Preethi Chhabra
  9. Have I Got News for You (1990) — Self
  10. RuPaul's Drag Race UK (2019) — Self - Special Guest
  11. dinnerladies (1998) — Anita
  12. Celebrity Juice (2008) — Self
  13. The Serial Killer's Wife (2023) — Kiran
  14. Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) — Self - Contestant
  15. This Morning (1988) — Self
  16. Loose Women (1999) — Self
  17. Junkhearts (2011) — Beth
  18. Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
  19. GMTV (1993) — Self
  20. Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2018) — Ray
  21. Murder, They Hope (2021) — Vicky
  22. New Street Law (2006) — Salina Morris
  23. Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings (2000) — Herself
  24. Finding Fatimah (2017) — Saba
  25. In the Club (2014) — Fiona
  26. The Weakest Link (2021) — Self - Contestant
  27. The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall (2006) — Self
  28. The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) — Self
  29. On the Edge (2018) — Andi
  30. My Name Is Leon (2022) — Salma
  31. Comedy Connections (2003)
  32. Dinnerladies Diaries (2018) — Self
  33. Shadowscan (2000) — Satinda
  34. What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny? (1994) — Self
  35. Incompatible (2022) — Dr Banerjee
  36. Soapstar Superstar (2006)
  37. Ready, Steady, Cook (1994) — Self - Guest
  38. This Fortress Built By Nature (2020)
  39. Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial (2023) — Self
  40. Magnolia (2006) — Janice