Shobna Gulati

Shobna Gulati

Actor Aug 7 (age 59) Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK 1986–2025 (39 year career)

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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 ve…

Known For

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Ray

dinnerladies

dinnerladies

Anita

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Ray

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Najia Khan

Murder, They Hope

Murder, They Hope

Vicky

The Serial Killer's Wife

The Serial Killer's Wife

Kiran

Brassic

Brassic

Gina

Filmography

Acting (48)

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Movies (16)

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

as Indrani

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

as Self

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

as Self

Incompatible

Incompatible

as Dr Banerjee

My Name Is Leon

My Name Is Leon

as Salma

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as Ray

This Fortress Built By Nature

This Fortress Built By Nature

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

as Ray

Finding Fatimah

Finding Fatimah

as Saba

Junkhearts

Junkhearts

as Beth

East Street

East Street

as Sunita Alahan

Magnolia

Magnolia

as Janice

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

as Self

Shadowscan

as Satinda

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Herself

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

as Self

Television (32)

The Serial Killer's Wife

The Serial Killer's Wife

as Kiran

The Weakest Link

The Weakest Link

as Self - Contestant

Murder, They Hope

Murder, They Hope

as Vicky

Murder, They Hope

Murder, They Hope

as Vicky

Celebrity Best Home Cook

Celebrity Best Home Cook

as Self - Contestant

Brassic

Brassic

as Gina

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

as Self - Special Guest

On the Edge

On the Edge

as Andi

Dinnerladies Diaries

Dinnerladies Diaries

as Self

Richard Osman's House of Games

Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Contestant

Inside No. 9

Inside No. 9

as Posy

In the Club

In the Club

as Fiona

Vera

Vera

as Chief Superintendent Khalon

Celebrity Juice

Celebrity Juice

as Self

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

as Self

Saving Planet Earth UK

as Herself - Presenter

Celebrity Masterchef

Celebrity Masterchef

New Street Law

New Street Law

Soapstar Superstar

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

as Najia Khan

Love on a Saturday Night

Comedy Connections

Comedy Connections

Loose Women

Loose Women

as Self

dinnerladies

dinnerladies

as Anita

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Shaila Handsworth

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Café Assistant

Ready, Steady, Cook

Ready, Steady, Cook

as Self - Guest

GMTV

GMTV

as Self

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You

as Self

This Morning

This Morning

as Self

Casualty

Casualty

as Preethi Chhabra

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

as Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh