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Shobna Gulati

Shobna Gulati

Known for ActingBorn 1966-08-07 (age 59)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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

Dinnerladies Diaries9.0
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Dinnerladies Diaries

2018 · Series

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?9.0
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What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

1994 · Movie

Everybody's Talking About Jamie8.5
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2018 · Movie

Brassic8.4
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Brassic

2019 · Series

Inside No. 98.0
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Inside No. 9

2014 · Series

Shadowscan
8.0
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Shadowscan

2000 · Movie

Ready, Steady, Cook8.0
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Ready, Steady, Cook

1994 · Series

Doctor Who7.6
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Doctor Who

2005 · Series

Vera7.4
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Vera

2011 · Series

Midsomer Murders7.5
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Midsomer Murders

1997 · Series

dinnerladies7.4
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dinnerladies

1998 · Series

Murder, They Hope7.2
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Murder, They Hope

2021 · Series

RuPaul's Drag Race UK7.1
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RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019 · Series

Have I Got News for You7.2
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Have I Got News for You

1990 · Series

Soapstar Superstar
7.0
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Soapstar Superstar

2006 · Series

Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings7.0
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

2000 · Movie

Celebrity Juice6.6
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Celebrity Juice

2008 · Series

New Street Law6.6
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New Street Law

2006 · Series

In the Club6.3
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In the Club

2014 · Series

Everybody's Talking About Jamie6.2
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021 · Movie

Richard Osman's House of Games6.1
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Richard Osman's House of Games

2017 · Series

The Weakest Link6.0
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The Weakest Link

2021 · Series

The Serial Killer's Wife5.9
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The Serial Killer's Wife

2023 · Series

Celebrity Masterchef6.1
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Celebrity Masterchef

2006 · Series

Casualty6.2
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Casualty

1986 · Series

GMTV5.8
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GMTV

1993 · Series

Comedy Connections5.5
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Comedy Connections

2003 · Series

The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
5.3
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The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall

2006 · Movie

This Morning5.2
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This Morning

1988 · Series

Coronation Street5.4
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Coronation Street

1960 · Series

Junkhearts4.6
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Junkhearts

2011 · Movie

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
4.5
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The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007 · Series

Finding Fatimah4.3
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Finding Fatimah

2017 · Movie

My Name Is Leon3.7
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My Name Is Leon

2022 · Movie

Loose Women3.6
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Loose Women

1999 · Series

On the Edge3.0
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On the Edge

2018 · Series

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
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National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

2025 · Movie

Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
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Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial

2023 · Movie

The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
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The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa

2023 · Movie

Incompatible
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Incompatible

2022 · Movie

Celebrity Best Home Cook
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Celebrity Best Home Cook

2021 · Series

This Fortress Built By Nature
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This Fortress Built By Nature

2020 · Movie

East Street
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East Street

2010 · Movie

Saving Planet Earth UK
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Saving Planet Earth UK

2007 · Series

Magnolia
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Magnolia

2006 · Movie

Love on a Saturday Night
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Love on a Saturday Night

2004 · Series