
Meera Syal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 27, 1961 (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography

Prodigies
TV · as Dahlia · 7 eps

Lysistrata
Movie · as Lysistrata (voice)

Phony
TV · as Sharla · 8 eps

Tinsel Town
Movie · as Cassandra

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Movie · as Queenie

Uncanny Post Mortem
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Revenge Club
TV · as Rita Eggleston · 6 eps

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Movie · as Self / Suzy

Our Tiny Islands
TV · as Self - Narrator · 12 eps

The Canterville Ghost
Movie · as Lucretia Otis (voice)

The Smeds and the Smoos
Movie · as Aunt Smed (voice)

Samosa & Sons
Movie · as Rai Bahadur

Mrs Sidhu Investigates
TV · as Mrs. Sidhu · 4 eps

The Almond and the Seahorse
Movie · as Dr. Falmer

Roar
TV · as Anu · 1 ep

The Sandman
TV · as Ric the Vic · 1 ep

The Devil's Hour
TV · as Dr Ruby Bennett · 6 eps

Spin
Movie · as Asha

Diana's Decades
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

Beena and Amrit
TV · as Amrit · 1 ep

The Wheel of Time
TV · as Verin Mathwin · 13 eps

We Are Lady Parts
TV · as Sister Squire · 3 eps

Dragon Rider
Movie · as Subisha Gulab (voice)

Between the Covers
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Kate & Koji
TV · as Dr Ayesha Radwan · 1 ep

Comedians: Home Alone
TV · as Reena · 1 ep

Code 404
TV · as Elizabeth Churchland · 6 eps

Yesterday
Movie · as Sheila Malik

Back to Life
TV · as Gaia · 2 eps

The Homestay
Movie · as Meera

Patrick
Movie · as Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
Movie · as District Nurse

Nativity Rocks!
Movie · as Nina

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Movie · as Cook

The Split
TV · as Goldie · 6 eps

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Movie · as Priri

Paddington 2
Movie · as Prosecutor

We Have Been Watching
TV · as Self · 5 eps

House of Games
TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps

Our Lives
TV · as Self - Narrator · 2 eps

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
TV · as Herself · 1 ep

Riviera
TV · as Sonya Roche · 1 ep

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Movie · as Presenter

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Nurse

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Movie · as Nobody (voice)

Doctor Strange
Movie · as Dr. Patel

Walliams & Friend
TV · as Various · 1 ep

John Bishop: In Conversation with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Movie · as Narrator

Absolutely Anything
Movie · as Fiona

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Movie · as Zehrunisa Husain

Amar Akbar & Tony
Movie · as Honey

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

The Brink
TV · as Naeema · 10 eps

The Boy in the Dress
Movie · as Jaspreet

All About TWO
Movie · as Self - Panellist
The Kumars
TV · as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar · 6 eps

The Musketeers
TV · as Theresa · 1 ep
Original Comedy Shorts
TV · 1 ep

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Broadchurch
TV · as Judge Sonia Sharma · 7 eps

Crackanory
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Psychobitches
TV · as Hera · 1 ep

The Job Lot
TV · as Jamina McNulty · 1 ep

Love Matters
TV · as Kuldip · 1 ep

Family Tree
TV · as Chitra · 2 eps

All in Good Time
Movie · as Lopa

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Beatrice

Hunted
TV · as Fatima Zahir · 2 eps

Silk
TV · as Aisha Wiseman · 1 ep

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Movie · as Dia's Mother

Little Crackers
TV · as Herself · 1 ep

Tinga Tinga Tales
TV · as Owl (voice) · 26 eps

Desert Flower
Movie · as Pushpa Patel

Mad Sad & Bad
Movie · as Rashmi

Horrible Histories
TV · as Storyteller · 10 eps

Minder
TV · as Jess Robinson · 1 ep

Grandpa in My Pocket
TV · as Mrs Pointy Pencil · 1 ep
When Were We Funniest?
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Beautiful People
TV · as Aunty Hayley · 12 eps

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Movie · as Satvinder’s mother

Jekyll
TV · as Miranda · 6 eps
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Kingdom
TV · as Head Teacher · 1 ep

Would I Lie to You?
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Baljeet's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

Scoop
Movie · as Joe's Co-Passenger

The Children's Party at the Palace
Movie · as Mary (The BFG)

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV · as Liz Shannon · 6 eps

The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
School's Out
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Uncle Max
TV · as Snooty Neighbour · 1 ep
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Movie · as Joyti De-Laurey

Monkey Trousers
TV · 7 eps

8 Out of 10 Cats
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
TV · as Sunita · 3 eps

Doctor Who
TV · as Nasreen Chaudhry · 2 eps

Nigella
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The F Word
TV · 1 ep

King of Bollywood
Movie · as Mrs Jones

Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
TV · as Self · 1 ep

New Tricks
TV · as Baroness Samira Khan · 1 ep

Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

Murder Investigation Team
TV · as DCI Anita Wishart · 4 eps

QI
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Movie · as Narrator

Anita and Me
Movie · as Auntie Shaila

All About Me
TV · as Rupinder · 6 eps
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Jury
TV · as Headteacher · 2 eps

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Kumars at No. 42
TV · 51 eps

Bedtime
TV · as Ruby · 6 eps

In Deep
TV · as Marta Drusic · 6 eps

Double Income, No Kids Yet
TV · as Katie · 6 eps

Linda Green
TV · as Sukie · 1 ep

Forgive and Forget
Movie · as Judith Adams

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Movie · as High Priestess

The Strangerers
TV · as Volunteer · 1 ep

Fat Friends
TV · as Aysha Kapoor · 4 eps
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Bad Girls
TV · as Janan Hamad · 1 ep

Loose Women
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Holby City
TV · as Tara Sodi · 9 eps

Girls' Night
Movie · as Carmen

Sixth Happiness
Movie · as Breathing Generator

Goodness Gracious Me
TV · 22 eps

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TV · as Madame Marlene · 1 ep

Parkinson
TV · as Self · 1 ep

A Night in with the Girls
Movie · as Self

Flight
Movie · as Tasleema

Keeping Mum
TV · as Tina Beare · 16 eps

Ruby
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Clara Myerscough · 1 ep

Holding On
TV · as Zita · 1 ep
Wavelength
TV · as Mrs Kumar · 1 ep

Beautiful Thing
Movie · as Miss Chauhan

Crossing the Floor
Movie · as Reporter

It's Not Unusual
Movie · as Shushila

Band of Gold
TV · as Anne Denver · 1 ep
Degrees of Error
TV · as Dr. Jean Lowell · 4 eps

A Nice Arrangement
Movie · as Sita

Memsahib Rita
Movie · as Unumma

O Mary This London
Movie · as Ranting woman

Room 101
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
TV · as Various · 1 ep

GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep

My Sister-Wife
Movie · as Farah Khan
Gummed Labels
Movie · as Mira

Absolutely Fabulous
TV · as Suzy · 1 ep

Sean's Show
TV · as Trudy · 3 eps

The Real McCoy
TV · 30 eps

Soldier Soldier
TV · as Sangita Sharma · 3 eps
Kinsey
TV · as Val · 12 eps

Drop the Dead Donkey
TV · as Barmaid · 1 ep

Have I Got News for You
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Interviewers From Hell
Movie

This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Movie · as Rani

A Little Princess
TV · as Anna · 3 eps

Handsworth Songs
Movie · as Voice Over
To Have and to Hold
TV · as Janine · 7 eps

Boon
TV · as Council Supervisor · 1 ep
Black Silk
TV · as Mumtaz Khan · 1 ep

Screen Two
TV · as Farah Khan, Ranting Woman, Reporter · 1 ep

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾
TV · as Mrs Singh · 2 eps

Majdhar
Movie · as Rehana

The Bill
TV · as Linda Morgan, Woman in Street, Solicitor, Miss Choudry · 1 ep

Taggart
TV · as Sharon Lal · 1 ep

Natural World
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep

