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Shobna Gulati

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


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Born:
Aug 7, 1966 In Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
23
First Appeared:
In the series Coronation Street 1960-12-09
Latest Project:
Movie My Name Is Leon 2022-06-10
Known For
Poster of Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Poster of Soapstar Superstar
Poster of Love on a Saturday Night
Poster of Dinnerladies
Filmography
Movie My Name Is Leon Salma 2022-06-10
Series Celebrity Best Home Cook Self - Contestant 2021-01-26
Series Murder, They Hope Vicky 2021-05-08
Movie Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray 2021-09-10
Movie Everybody's Talking About Jamie Ray 2018-07-05
Movie Finding Fatimah Saba 2017-04-21
Series In the Club Fiona 2014-08-05
Movie Junkhearts Beth 2011-11-04
Series Celebrity Juice Unknown 2008-09-24
Series The Alan Titchmarsh Show Unknown 2007-09-03
Series New Street Law Unknown 2006-05-04
Series Soapstar Superstar 2006-01-06
Series Celebrity Masterchef Unknown 2006-09-11
Movie The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall Self 2006-10-31
Series Doctor Who Najia Khan 2005-03-26
Series Love on a Saturday Night Unknown 2004-02-07
Series Comedy Connections Unknown 2003-06-09
Movie Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings Herself 2000-12-25
Series Dinnerladies Anita 1998-11-12
Series GMTV Unknown 1993-01-01
Series This Morning Unknown 1988-10-03
Series Casualty Preethi Chhabra 1986-09-06
Series Coronation Street Sunita Alahan 1960-12-09