Meera Syal

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
June 27, 1961

Place of Birth:
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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Meera Syal

Biography

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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