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
- 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 · Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- 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 · Walliams & Friend as Various
- 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
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Jekyll as Miranda
- 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 · Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 2003 · Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
- 2002 · The Jury as
- 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
- 2001 · Bedtime as Ruby
- 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
- 2000 · Fat Friends as
- 2000 · The Strangerers as Volunteer
- 1999 · Loose Women as Self
- 1999 · Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- 1996 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1994 · Room 101 as Self
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Herself
- 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
- 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Taggart as
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · The Revenge Club as Rita
- 2022 · The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
- 2021 · Spin as Asha
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
- 2018 · The Homestay as Meera
- 2017 · We Have Been Watching as Self
- 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 · All in Good Time as Lopa
- 2008 · When Were We Funniest? as
- 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 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2004 · Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as
- 2002 · All About Me as Rupinder
- 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
- 1998 · Girls' Night as Carmen
- 1997 · Holding On as
- 1997 · Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
- 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- 1991 · The Real McCoy as
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
- Future · Flavia de Luce as
- 2025 · Tinsel Town 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 · The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- 2021 · Beena and Amrit as Amrit
- 2021 · Diana's Decades as Narrator
- 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
- 2017 · Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
- 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 Narrator
- 2015 · Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as
- 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- 2014 · All About TWO as Self - Panellist
- 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2009 · Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
- 2005 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- 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
- 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as
- 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Reporter
- 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
- 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- 1992 · Gummed Labels as
- 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
- 1984 · Majdhar as