Balvinder Sopal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Balvinder Sopal

• Balvinder Sopal grew up in Gillingham, Medway.

  

• In 2001, she started working as a theatre artist and made her first professional appearance as Bhelua in the play ‘The Beautiful Violin,’ which was staged at Oldham Coliseum Theatre in Oldham, England.

• Balvinder Sopal then went on to appear in various stage plays, including Absent Friends, Relatively Speaking, and The Tales of the Harrow.

• In 2001, she appeared as Reena in an episode of the BBC series Kidhaar!, which was directed by Kate Rowland.

• From 2004 to 2010, Balvinder Sopal lent her voice to the character Simran Kaur in the radio series Silver Street, which aired on BBC Asian Network.

  

• In 2005, after appearing as Dr Ali in the film Anatomy of a Crime, she went on to appear in various films such as Naachle London (2012) and Honeycomb Lodge (2014).

• In 2008, Balvinder Sopal played the role of Fatima in the BBC film White Girl.

• From 2009 to 2018, she appeared several times in four British television shows, Emmerdale, Coronation Street, Doctors, and Hollyoaks.

• In 2012, Balvinder Sopal appeared as Mam in a short film titled Perfume.

• In December 2019, she began appearing regularly as Suki Panesar in the television series EastEnders, which aired on the BBC.

  

• Balvinder Sopal became well-known for her role as ‘Suki Panesar’ and her on-off affair with Eve Unwin (Heather Peace). She won several awards for her role.

• In August 2025, Sopal participated as a contestant in the 23rd series of the television dancing reality show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ with Julian Caillon. The show was aired on the BBC.

• During the show, Balvinder Sopal set a record for most dance-offs in the show’s history, winning five.

  

• In the semi-finals of the show, she got eliminated after her sixth dance-off against her opponents, Amber Davies and Nikita Kuzmin.

• That same year, Balvinder Sopal appeared in Pointless, a British television quiz show, which aired on the BBC.

• She has been featured on the cover of many noted magazines and tabloids.

  

• Balvinder Sopal likes reading books and travelling to distant places in her free time.

  

• She is often spotted enjoying alcoholic beverages on various occasions.