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name: "Shobna Gulati"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shobna-gulati"
fi1m_id: "shobna-gulati"
imdb_id: "nm0347666"
tmdb_id: 144247
wikidata_id: "Q7499805"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 August 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T02:10:06.929966+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Shobna Gulati

## Identity

Shobna Gulati

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shobna-gulati
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shobna-gulati
- **IMDb ID:** nm0347666
- **TMDB ID:** 144247
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7499805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobna_Gulati, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144247

Actor. Born 7 August 1966 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 August 1966, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shobna_Gulati, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7499805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0347666/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144247

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Everybody's Talking About Jamie*](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Shobna Gulati is an English actor, presenter, writer and dancer. Born on 7 August 1966 in Oldham, she holds a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester.

She is known for playing Anita in the BBC sitcom *dinnerladies* and Sunita Alahan in the ITV soap *Coronation Street* from 2001 to 2013. Gulati has also appeared in *EastEnders* (2000), *Doctor Who*, *Midsomer Murders*, *Inside No. 9*, *Brassic*, *Vera* and *Casualty*. She took over the role of Ray in the West End production of *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* and reprised it in the 2021 film adaptation.

Gulati was appointed MBE in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to the cultural industries. Her other stage work includes productions of *The Rise and Fall of Little Voice* and *Richard II*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), Fi1m 73, as Ray — [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes* (2025), as Indrani
- *Mr Bigstuff* (2024), series, as Sheryl
- *The Serial Killer's Wife* (2023), series, as Kiran
- *My Name Is Leon* (2022), as Salma
- *Incompatible* (2022), as Dr Banerjee
- *Hullraisers* (2022), series, as Nima
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), as Ray — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)
- *Murder, They Hope* (2021), series, as Vicky
- *This Fortress Built By Nature* (2020), Actor
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Gina
- *Richard II* (2019), as Duke of York
- *On the Edge* (2018), series, as Andi
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2018), as Ray
- *Hold the Sunset* (2018), series, as Desiree
- *Treasure Champs* (2018), series, as Kari (voice)
- *Finding Fatimah* (2017), as Saba
- *In the Club* (2014), series, as Fiona
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Posy — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Junkhearts* (2011), as Beth
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Chief Superintendent Khalon — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *East Street* (2010), as Sunita Alahan
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Pauline
- *Magnolia* (2006), as Janice
- *New Street Law* (2006), series, as Salina Morris
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Najia Khan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *Coming Up* (2003), series, as Maya
- *Comedy Connections* (2003), series, Actor
- *River City* (2002), series, as Farah Khurana
- *Doctors* (2000), series, as Sujatha Shah, Gina Kasana
- *Shadowscan* (2000), as Satinda
- *dinnerladies* (1998), series, as Anita
- *Where the Heart Is* (1997), series, as Nisha Clayton
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Shaila Handsworth — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Preethi Chhabra
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Ameena Badawi
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Sunita Alahan / Sunita Parekh

## Gallery

- ![Shobna Gulati](https://film.one/media/person/4205834/gallery-2f43b74ad692.jpg) Shobna Gulati — University of Salford Press Office, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Shobna_Gulati_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Shobna Gulati](https://film.one/media/person/4205834/gallery-3ac70c1c7b56.jpg) Shobna Gulati — Image via TMDB
- ![Shobna Gulati](https://film.one/media/person/4205834/gallery-fd5ddfb85e8d.jpg) Shobna Gulati — Image via TMDB
- ![Shobna Gulati](https://film.one/media/person/4205834/gallery-0649b0da8a39.jpg) Shobna Gulati — Image via TMDB
- ![Shobna Gulati](https://film.one/media/person/4205834/gallery-ae1eb7e29eed.jpg) Shobna Gulati — Image via TMDB

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