- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 7, 1966
- Place of Birth
- Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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…
Filmography
movieNational Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025 · Indrani
tvThe Serial Killer's Wife
2023 · Kiran
movieThe Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023 · Self
movieScandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
2023 · Self
movieMy Name Is Leon
2022 · Salma
movieIncompatible
2022 · Dr Banerjee
tvThe Weakest Link
2021 · Self - Contestant
movieEverybody's Talking About Jamie
2021 · Ray
tvMurder, They Hope
2021 · Vicky
tvCelebrity Best Home Cook
2021 · Self - Contestant
movieThis Fortress Built By Nature
2020
tvRuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Special Guest
tvBrassic
2019 · Gina
tvOn the Edge
2018 · Andi
movieEverybody's Talking About Jamie
2018 · Ray
tvDinnerladies Diaries
2018 · Self
tvRichard Osman's House of Games
2017 · Self - Contestant
movieFinding Fatimah
2017 · Saba
tvIn the Club
2014 · Fiona
tvInside No. 9
2014 · Posy
movieJunkhearts
2011 · Beth
tvVera
2011 · Chief Superintendent Khalon
movieEast Street
2010 · Sunita Alahan
tvCelebrity Juice
2008 · Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
tvThe Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 · Self
Saving Planet Earth UK
tvSaving Planet Earth UK
2007 · Herself - Presenter
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
movieThe Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006 · Self
movieMagnolia
2006 · Janice
tvCelebrity Masterchef
2006
tvNew Street Law
2006 · Salina Morris
Soapstar Superstar
tvSoapstar Superstar
2006
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Najia Khan
Love on a Saturday Night
tvLove on a Saturday Night
2004
tvComedy Connections
2003
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Herself
Shadowscan
movieShadowscan
2000 · Satinda
tvLoose Women
1999 · Self
tvdinnerladies
1998 · Anita
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Shaila Handsworth
movieWhat Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?
1994 · Self
tvReady, Steady, Cook
1994 · Self - Guest
tvGMTV
1993 · Self
tvHave I Got News for You
1990 · Self
tvThis Morning
1988 · Self
tvCasualty
1986 · Preethi Chhabra
tvCoronation Street
1960 · Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh