Meera Syal
June 27, 1961 (64 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
- 2025 · The Revenge Club as Rita
- 2025 · Tinsel Town as Cassandra
- 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
- 2023 · The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- 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 · Spin as Asha
- 2021 · We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
- 2020 · Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
- 2019 · Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
- 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
- 2016 · Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
- 2016 · John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- 2015 · National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
- 2015 · Absolutely Anything as Fiona
- 2014 · The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- 2014 · The Musketeers as Theresa
- 2013 · Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
- 2007 · Kingdom as Head Teacher
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2002 · The Jury as
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- 2000 · Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
- 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- 1999 · Loose Women 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
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Majdhar as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 2025 · A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
- 2025 · Uncanny Post Mortem as
- 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
- 2024 · Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
- 2023 · Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
- 2022 · The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
- 2021 · Beena and Amrit as Amrit
- 2021 · Diana's Decades as Narrator
- 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
- 2018 · The Homestay as Meera
- 2017 · Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
- 2017 · Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- 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
- 2014 · Original Comedy Shorts as
- 2014 · All About TWO as Self - Panellist
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2014 · The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- 2013 · Crackanory as Self
- 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2012 · All in Good Time as Lopa
- 2010 · Little Crackers as Herself
- 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 Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
- 2006 · The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- 2006 · School's Out as Self
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2005 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- 2005 · Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as
- 2004 · Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as
- 2003 · Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
- 2002 · Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
- 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 · Bedtime as Ruby
- 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
- 2000 · The Strangerers as Volunteer
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 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 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
- 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- 1992 · Gummed Labels as
- 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- 1991 · The Real McCoy as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
- 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over