Shobna Gulati

Shobna Gulati
MBE DL
Gulati in 2012
Born (1966-08-07) 7 August 1966 (age 58)
Oldham, Lancashire, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • presenter
  • writer
Years active1991–present
Television
Spouse
Anshu Srivastava
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(m. 1990; div. 1994)​
Children1 (Akshay Gulati)

Shobna Gulati MBE DL (born 7 August 1966)[1] is a British actress and presenter. Gulati is known for her roles as Anita in dinnerladies, and Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime talk show Loose Women. She took over the role of Ray in the West End production of Everybody's Taking About Jamie in 2019 and also reprised the role for the movie adaptation. Most recently, she played the role of Nima in Hullraisers, Mari Hoff in the 2022 UK Tour of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and is reprising the role of Ray in Everybody's Talking About Jamie for the 2023-2024 UK and Ireland Tour.[2]

Gulati was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 Birthday Honours for services to the cultural industries.[3]

  1. ^ www.shobnagulati.co.uk, Shobna Gulati official website
  2. ^ https://playbill.com/article/ivano-turco-rebecca-mckinnis-shobna-gulati-more-to-star-in-everybodys-talking-about-jamie-u-k-and-ireland-tour [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Awards for Birthday Honours List 2024" (PDF).