Balvinder Sopal
Balvinder Sopal | |
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Education | University of Huddersfield |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2001–present |
Television | EastEnders |
Balvinder Sopal is an English actress. She is currently portraying the role of Suki Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Career
Sopal made her professional acting debut as Bhelua in The Beautiful Violin at Oldham Coliseum Theatre in 2001.[2] She then went on to appear in stage productions such as Absent Friends, Relatively Speaking and The Tales of the Harrow.[3][4] Sopal made her onscreen debut in a 2001 episode of the BBC series Kidhaar! as Reena directed by Kate Rowland.[3] In 2008, she appeared in the BBC film White Girl as Fatima.[4]
From 2009 to 2018, Sopal made numerous appearances in four British soap operas; Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Doctors and Hollyoaks.[5][6] In December 2019, Sopal was cast in her first regular role in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Suki Panesar.[7] Her first scene aired on 27 January 2020.[7]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Kidhaar! | Reena | |
2005 | Anatomy of a Crime | Dr Ali | Film |
2008 | White Girl | Fatima | Television film |
2008 | Coming Up | Sofia | Episode: "Adha Cup" |
2009 | Emmerdale | Ms Khan | 1 episode |
2009 | Five Days | Detainee's Wife | Episode: "Day 8" |
2010 | Waterloo Road | Doctor | 1 episode |
2012 | Naachle London | Laxmi Khan | Film |
2012 | Perfume | Mam | Short film |
2013, 2017 | Coronation Street | P.C. Marks | 4 episodes |
2014 | Honeycomb Lodge | Jas' Girlfriend | Film |
2014 | Emmerdale | DC Graves | 1 episode |
2018 | Call the Midwife | Mumtaz Gani | 1 episode |
2018 | Doctors | Aafiyah Choudary | Episode: "Without and Within" |
2018 | Hollyoaks | Liz | 4 episodes |
2020 | EastEnders | Suki Panesar | Series regular |
Stage
Year | Title | Role |
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2001 | The Beautiful Violin | Bhelua |
2004 | Absent Friends | Evelyn |
2006 | Relatively Speaking | Ginny |
2008 | Beast Market | Various |
2008 | Mela | Mariam |
2009 | Table Manners | Annie |
2009 | Counted? | Various |
2010 | The House of Bilquis Bibi | Zainab |
2010 | The Tales of the Narrow Road | Mukti |
2011 | Behna | Masi Ji |
2012–2013 | The Snow Queen | Snow Queen/Goddess |
2013 | Our Glass House | Sufiya |
2014, 2016 | Stowaway | Salma/Debbie |
2014 | Home Sweet Home | Daadi |
2015 | The Deranged Marriage | Lata |
2015 | Storm in a Chai Cup | Reet |
2015 | The Edge | The Edge |
2016 | Sleepless | Cosima Trevison |
2017 | Running Wild | Mum |
2017 | Partition | Denise |
2018 | The Thing that Came to Dinner | Mrs Caldwell |
2018 | Delete | Sue |
2019 | Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile | Mo |
2019 | My Beautiful Launderette | Bilquis/Moose |
References
- ^ Stelfox, Hillarie. "Huddersfield actress Balvinder Sopal celebrating old age in Britain". Examiner Live. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Iain Bloomfield Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Spotlight: Balvinder Sopal". Spotlight. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Profiling: Balvinder Sopal". Dick and Lottie. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar". Radio Times. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Slade, Alison (22 December 2019). "EastEnders announces 'powerful, ruthless and Machiavellian' new character arriving in the New Year". Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ a b Edwards, Chris (22 December 2019). "Former Coronation Street star Balvinder Sopal joins EastEnders as the Panesars' mum". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 December 2019.