"Born in Oldham, Shobna Gulati, 59, studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at the University of Manchester. She appeared in Dinnerladies before taking a long-running role in Coronation Street in 2001. Her stage work includes the National Theatre's A Tupperware of Ashes, and she played Ray in UK and US productions of Everybody's Talking About Jamie and the 2021 film version. In 2020, she published Remember Me? Discovering My Mother As She Lost Her Memory."
"When were you happiest? In recent times, when I was looking after my mum. She would take me on journeys in her mind and I'd travel with her wherever she went. I felt happy that I had the opportunity to have that time despite her illness. What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?"
Shobna Gulati was born in Oldham and studied Arabic and Middle Eastern politics at the University of Manchester. She built a career in television and theatre with roles in Dinnerladies, Coronation Street, and the National Theatre production A Tupperware of Ashes. She played Ray in UK and US productions of Everybody's Talking About Jamie and in the 2021 film adaptation. She published a memoir about her mother’s memory loss in 2020. She is based in London, has a son, treasures her mother’s wedding bangle, and describes herself as curious, kind and frustrating.
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