Shobna Gulati
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK — Aug 07 1966
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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…
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Doctor Who
Najia Khan
Midsomer Murders
Shaila Handsworth
Coronation Street
Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh
Casualty
Preethi Chhabra
Vera
Chief Superintendent Khalon
Inside No. 9
Posy
Ready, Steady, Cook
Self - Guest
Brassic
Gina
The Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
Self - Special Guest
Celebrity Masterchef
dinnerladies
Anita
Murder, They Hope
Vicky
On the Edge
Andi
In the Club
Fiona
Comedy Connections
New Street Law
Soapstar Superstar
Saving Planet Earth UK
Herself - Presenter
The Serial Killer's Wife
Kiran
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Ray
Junkhearts
Beth
Dinnerladies Diaries
Self
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Self
Celebrity Best Home Cook
Self - Contestant
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Herself
Love on a Saturday Night
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
Self
My Name Is Leon
Salma
Magnolia
Janice
Finding Fatimah
Saba
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
Self
East Street
Sunita Alahan
Incompatible
Dr Banerjee
This Fortress Built By Nature
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Ray
What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?
Self
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Indrani
Shadowscan
Satinda