| Year | Title | Role | Note |
| 1994 | What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny? | Themself | Gurinder Chadha's short documentary focusing on Gulati, Nina Wadia, Parminder Chadha, and Syreeta Kumar |
| 1998–2000 | dinnerladies | Anita | Series 1 & 2; 16 episodes |
| 1999 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Café assistant | Television short (part of Comic Relief 1999) |
| 2000 | EastEnders | Ameena Badawi | 6 episodes |
| 2001–2006, 2009–2013 | Coronation Street | Sunita Alahan | 674 episodes |
| 2006 | New Street Law | Salina Morris | Series 1; episode 8 |
| Where the Heart Is | Nisha Clayton | Series 10; episodes 5–9 |
| Magnolia | Janice | Television film |
| 2008 | Coming Up | Maya | Series 6; episode 2: "The Circle" |
| 2010 | East Street | Sunita Alahan | Charity crossover between Coronation Street and EastEnders |
| 2013 | You, Me & Them | Rachel | Series 1; episode 1: "First Encounters" |
| The Slammer | Hilda Baton | Series 5; episode 4: "Slammer Symphony" |
| 2014 | Doctors | Sujatha Shah | Series 15; episode 187: "The Good Samaritan" |
| In the Club | Fiona | Series 1; episodes 1–5 |
| 2016 | Paranoid | Dr. Parcival | Mini-series; episodes 1, 3 & 4 |
| Casualty | Preethi Chhabra | Series 31; episode 10: "Shock to the System" |
| 2016–2017 | Doctors | Gina Kasana | Series 18; 4 episodes |
| 2017–2018 | River City | Farah Khurana | 9 episodes |
| 2018 | Hold the Sunset | Desiree | Series 1; episode 6: "Old Flames" |
| 2018–2019 | Treasure Champs | Kari (voice) | Series 1 & 2; 28 episodes |
| 2018–2020 | Doctor Who | Najia Khan | Series 11; episodes 4 & 6, and series 12; episodes 1 & 2 |
| 2019 | Moving On | Pauline | Series 10; episode 1: "By Any Other Name" |
| 2020 | Adulting | Shona | Television film |
| On the Edge | Andi | Series 2; episode 2: "For You" |
| 2021 | Celebrity Best Home Cook | Themself - Contestant | Episodes 1–6 |
| Midsomer Murders | Shaila Handsworth | Series 22; episode 5: "For Death Prepare" |
| Going the Distance | Vic | Television film |
| 2021–2022 | Murder, They Hope | Vicky | Series 1; episodes 1–3, and series 2; episode 2 |
| 2022 | My Name is Leon | Salma | Television film |
| Inside No. 9 | Posy | Series 8; episode 1: "The Bones of St Nicholas" |
| 2022–2023 | Hullraisers | Nima | Series 1 & 2; 10 episodes |
| 2023 | Brassic | Gina | Series 5; episode 5: "The Rat Catcher" |
| The Serial Killer's Wife | Kiran | Episodes 1 & 3: "Chapter 1" and "Chapter 3" |
| 2025 | Vera | Chief Superintendent Khalon | Series 14; episodes 1 & 2: "Inside" and "The Dark Wives" |
| RuPaul's Drag Race UK | Special guest | Series 7 |
