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
- 2023 · The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- 2022 · The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
- 2021 · Spin as Asha
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
- 2017 · Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Walliams & Friend as Various
- 2016 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- 2014 · The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- 2014 · Original Comedy Shorts as
- 2012 · All in Good Time as Lopa
- 2009 · Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- 2007 · Jekyll as Miranda
- 2006 · The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- 2006 · School's Out as Self
- 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2002 · Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
- 2002 · The Jury as
- 2001 · Bedtime as Ruby
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- 1998 · Girls' Night as Carmen
- 1997 · Holding On as
- 1997 · Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
- 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Reporter
- 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
- Future · Tinsel Town as
- 2025 · Uncanny Post Mortem as
- 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
- 2024 · Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
- 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 · Beena and Amrit as Amrit
- 2021 · Diana's Decades as Narrator
- 2021 · We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
- 2020 · Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- 2019 · Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
- 2018 · The Homestay as Meera
- 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 · Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
- 2017 · We Have Been Watching as Self
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
- 2016 · A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
- 2016 · John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- 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 · Absolutely Anything as Fiona
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2014 · The Musketeers as Theresa
- 2014 · The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- 2013 · Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2010 · Little Crackers as Herself
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- 2008 · When Were We Funniest? as
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
- 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 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as
- 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 · Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
- 2002 · All About Me as Rupinder
- 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
- 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
- 2000 · Fat Friends as
- 2000 · The Strangerers as Volunteer
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as
- 1996 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1995 · Hamish Macbeth as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- 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
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Matron
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Majdhar as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self