Meera Syal
June 27, 1961 (65 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
- 2026 · Lysistrata as Lysistrata (voice)
- 2025 · The Revenge Club as Rita
- 2025 · Tinsel Town as Cassandra
- 2025 · National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
- 2025 · Uncanny Post Mortem as Self
- 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self / Suzy
- 2024 · Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
- 2023 · Samosa & Sons as Rai Bahadur
- 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
- 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 · Spin as Asha
- 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 · Comedians: Home Alone as Reena
- 2020 · Code 404 as Elizabeth Churchland
- 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- 2019 · Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- 2019 · Back to Life as Gaia
- 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
- 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
- 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 · Riviera as Sonya Roche
- 2017 · Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Don't Ask Me Ask Britain as Herself
- 2017 · We Have Been Watching as Self
- 2016 · Walliams & Friend as Various
- 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 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- 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 Narrator
- 2015 · The Brink as Naeema
- 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 · Original Comedy Shorts as
- 2014 · All About TWO as Self - Panellist
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as Self
- 2014 · The Musketeers as Theresa
- 2014 · The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- 2013 · Crackanory as Self
- 2013 · Psychobitches as Hera
- 2013 · Family Tree as Chitra
- 2013 · The Job Lot as Jamina McNulty
- 2013 · Love Matters as Kuldip
- 2013 · Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- 2012 · Hunted as Fatima Zahir
- 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
- 2012 · All in Good Time as Lopa
- 2011 · Silk as Aisha Wiseman
- 2010 · Little Crackers as Herself
- 2010 · Tinga Tinga Tales as Owl (voice)
- 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- 2009 · Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
- 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- 2009 · Grandpa in My Pocket as Mrs Pointy Pencil
- 2009 · Minder as Jess Robinson
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- 2008 · When Were We Funniest? as Self
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Baljeet's Mom (voice)
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
- 2007 · Jekyll as Miranda
- 2007 · Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
- 2007 · Kingdom as Head Teacher
- 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- 2006 · The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- 2006 · School's Out as Self
- 2006 · Uncle Max as Snooty Neighbour
- 2005 · Nigella as Self
- 2005 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
- 2005 · Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as Sunita
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · King of Bollywood as Mrs Jones
- 2004 · Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as Self
- 2004 · New Tricks as Baroness Samira Khan
- 2003 · QI as Self
- 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 · The Jury as Headteacher
- 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
- 2001 · Treasure as Voices
- 2001 · Linda Green as Sukie
- 2001 · Bedtime as Ruby
- 2001 · Double Income, No Kids Yet as Katie
- 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
- 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- 2000 · Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
- 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- 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
- 1999 · Holby City as Tara Sodi
- 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- 1998 · Girls' Night as Carmen
- 1998 · Goodness Gracious Me as
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Flight as Tasleema
- 1997 · Sixth Happiness as Breathing Generator
- 1997 · Holding On as Zita
- 1997 · Wavelength as Mrs Kumar
- 1997 · Ruby as Self
- 1997 · Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as Self
- 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Reporter
- 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- 1995 · Degrees of Error as Dr. Jean Lowell
- 1995 · Band of Gold as Anne Denver
- 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 Self
- 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1986 · Boon as Council Supervisor
- 1985 · The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Mrs. Singh
- 1985 · Screen Two as Farah Khan
- 1985 · Screen Two as Ranting Woman
- 1985 · Screen Two as Reporter
- 1984 · The Bill as Linda Morgan
- 1984 · The Bill as Woman in Street
- 1984 · The Bill as Solicitor
- 1984 · The Bill as Miss Choudry
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Taggart as Sharon Lal
- 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
- Future · Phony as Sharla
- 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
- 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- 1994 · Jo Brand Through the Cakehole as Various
- 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- 1992 · Gummed Labels as Mira
- 1992 · Sean's Show as Trudy
- 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- 1991 · Kinsey as Val
- 1989 · Interviewers From Hell as
- 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
- 1986 · To Have and to Hold as Janine
- 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
- 1985 · Black Silk as Mumtaz Khan
- 1984 · Majdhar as Rehana