Meera Syal
June 27, 1961 (63 years old) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and became one of the UK's best-known Indian personalities portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1997 and in 2003 was listed in The Observer as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
- 2023 · Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
- 2022 · The Devil's Hour as Dr Ruby Bennett
- 2022 · The Devil's Hour as Dr. Ruby Bennett
- 2022 · The Sandman as Ric the Vic
- 2022 · Roar as Anu
- 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Verin Mathwin
- 2021 · We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2019 · Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- 2018 · The Split as Goldie
- 2018 · The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- 2017 · Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
- 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- 2017 · Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
- 2016 · John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- 2015 · Absolutely Anything as Fiona
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2014 · The Musketeers as Theresa
- 2013 · Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- 2010 · Little Crackers as Herself
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Kingdom as Head Teacher
- 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2003 · Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
- 2002 · All About Me as Rupinder
- 2002 · The Jury as
- 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
- 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
- 2000 · Fat Friends as
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Holding On as
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
- 1991 · The Real McCoy as
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Herself
- 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · Horrible Histories: The Six Idiots as
- 2025 · Tinsel Town as
- 2025 · Uncanny Post Mortem as
- 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
- 2024 · Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
- 2023 · The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- 2022 · The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
- 2021 · Beena and Amrit as Amrit
- 2021 · Spin as Asha
- 2021 · Diana's Decades as Narrator
- 2020 · Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
- 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
- 2018 · The Homestay as Meera
- 2017 · Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
- 2017 · We Have Been Watching as Self
- 2016 · Walliams & Friend as Various
- 2016 · A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
- 2016 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 2015 · Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as
- 2015 · Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
- 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
- 2014 · The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- 2014 · Original Comedy Shorts as
- 2014 · The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2012 · All in Good Time as Lopa
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- 2009 · Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- 2008 · When Were We Funniest? as
- 2007 · Jekyll as Miranda
- 2007 · Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
- 2006 · The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- 2006 · School's Out as Self
- 2005 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2005 · Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as
- 2002 · Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
- 2002 · Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
- 2001 · Bedtime as Ruby
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- 2000 · The Strangerers as Volunteer
- 1998 · Girls' Night as Carmen
- 1997 · Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
- 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as
- 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Reporter
- 1996 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
- 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
- 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
- Future · All About TWO as Self - Panellist
- 1984 · Majdhar as