Shobna Gulati
Acting
Born: 1966-08-07 · Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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
🎬 Movies (16)
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
Indrani
The Royle Family - Down the Back of the Sofa
2023
Self
Scandalous: Phone Hacking on Trial
2023
Self
My Name Is Leon
2022
Salma
Incompatible
2022
Dr Banerjee
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021
Ray
This Fortress Built By Nature
2020
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2018
Ray
Finding Fatimah
2017
Saba
Junkhearts
2011
Beth
East Street
2010
Sunita Alahan
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006
Self
Magnolia
2006
Janice
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Herself
Shadowscan
2000
Satinda
What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?
1994
Self
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Serial Killer's Wife
2023
Kiran
The Weakest Link
2021
Self - Contestant
Murder, They Hope
2021
Vicky
Celebrity Best Home Cook
2021
Self - Contestant
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019
Self - Special Guest
Brassic
2019
Gina
On the Edge
2018
Andi
Dinnerladies Diaries
2018
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Contestant
In the Club
2014
Fiona
Inside No. 9
2014
Posy
Vera
2011
Chief Superintendent Khalon
Celebrity Juice
2008
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Self
Saving Planet Earth UK
2007
Herself - Presenter
Celebrity Masterchef
2006
New Street Law
2006
Soapstar Superstar
2006
Doctor Who
2005
Najia Khan
Love on a Saturday Night
2004