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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Harriet Gibsone

‘I was shamed for having my son but I stood up for my choices’: Shobna Gulati and her son Akshay look back

Born in Oldham in 1966, Shobna Gulati began her career as a dancer and choreographer, before landing breakthrough TV roles as the lovable idiot Anita in Dinnerladies and Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street. As well as a 35-year career in acting, she published Remember Me? in 2019, a memoir chronicling her experience of caring for her late mother, who had dementia. Having recently starred in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Shobna is currently touring alongside her 27-year-old son, Akshay, in the play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

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