Actress Shobna Gulati detailed feeling “rejected” and questioning her career choice after missing another audition in an emotional Instagram post on Wednesday.
The former Coronation Stress actress, 58, who played Sunita Alaha, appears to have struggled to land acting roles and jobs.
Shobna updated her 26,000 followers and wrote: ‘The face of rejection for something I didn’t even know I wanted to do in the first place.
‘Honestly, why the hell did I choose this career? Sometimes I really don’t know, just so it’s cold out there (sic)’
Her post comes after she revealed that since allowing her long locks to grow grey, after dying her hair brunette for years, she now feels more “comfortable.”
The soap star wrote: ‘Wiser? Definitely older! and very silvery, growing grayish.
Former Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, 58, who played Sunita Alahan, revealed on Instagram on Wednesday that she feels “rejected” for missing another audition.
The star who has been proudly showing off her stunning natural hair lately, seemed to have had trouble landing acting roles and jobs.
“Many said I should re-dye the dark brown hair I had: ‘I look old, why am I succumbing to being an old woman?’ It’s not attractive, etc., etc.”
‘But times are changing and I am very happy with what has happened and I feel very comfortable now.
“I don’t know, but I think my head feels better without the 2 times a week root dye… and that’s a positive, no harsh chemicals, no color protecting shampoo like when I was younger.. “Anyway, I thought I’d share it.”
Even though the star said fans had been negative about her new look, several took to the comments of her latest post to say she looked “beautiful” and that they “wished they had the guts to do it too.”
She gushed that she is “very happy” with her new look after some fans told her to “dye it back” to brunette.
‘Wow! That’s so beautiful! I can’t wait for my hair to completely change; I think it looks beautiful; You look beautiful… I wish I had the courage to do it too; I love your hair color!! I’m going to do this someday! Xx’
‘You look fantastic. I think it suits you, I would love to be brave enough to embrace grey; I think the natural look looks fabulous on you x; Some people look great with silver hair and you are definitely one of them; It really suits you. Don’t dye it!’
Her post comes after she revealed that since allowing her long locks to grow grey, after dying her hair brunette for years, she now feels more “comfortable.”
Shobna gushed that she is “very happy” with her new look after some fans told her to “dye it back” to brunette.
She revealed that since she allowed her long locks to grow grey, after dying her hair brunette for years, she now feels more “comfortable.”
Even though Shobna said fans had been negative about her new look, several took to the comments of her latest post to say she looked “beautiful” and that they “wished they had the guts.”
The actress played Sunita Alahan on Corrie between 2001 and 2006, returning to the popular role between 2009 and 2013; photographed with John Mitch as Karl Munroe in 2012
In 2021, Shobna spoke with Platinum Magazine about her age and older appearance, explaining, “I don’t want to have to look a certain way or how people perceive I should look.”
“I think having my gray hair is deeply empowering because when people tell me, ‘Oh, you don’t look your age,’ I can say, ‘Well, I do.’
She continued: “Ours is a society obsessed with youth, but the good news is that I have watched a lot of European thrillers and dramas during lockdown and it seems that being a woman of a certain age and experience is represented on screen.”
‘Whatever you look like is fine; The faces move and there are gray hairs, things that I have allowed myself to do.’
The actress played Sunita Alahan on Corrie between 2001 and 2006, returning to the popular role between 2009 and 2013.
In 2019, he took on the role of Ray in the West End production of Everybody’s Taking About Jamie and also reprized the role for the film adaptation.
Shobna reprized her role in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie for the 2023-2024 UK and Ireland tour.