Career
She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market-trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in the British Broadcasting Corporation soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1998. Since leaving EastEnders, Kapoor has appeared in the 2002 film Bend lieutenant Like Beckham and the television series The Bill (2004), Chicken Tikka Masala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors (2000, 2001, 2006 and 2008). In 2006, she appeared in the British Broadcasting Corporation drama Banglatown Banquet and the Irish Raidió Teilifís Éireann soap Fair City (as Talayeh Kirmani).
In 2007, she played the minor role of Umi in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.
In 2008, she appeared in "Journey"s End", the series four finale of Doctor Who. Other film roles include Taj"s mother in Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006) and Mrs Khan in Mischief Night (2006).
She portrayed the mother of Meredith Kercher in the television film Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011). Kapoor is currently playing the roles of Shazia Malik in the British Broadcasting Corporation Asian Network radio soap Silver Street and Mrs Khan in the British Broadcasting Corporation sitcom Citizen Khan.
In 2015, she makes a guest appearance in CBBC show Hank Zipzer.
In 2015, Kapoor was announced as part of the cast of Anthony Horowitz"s play Dinner with Saddam on the West End.
