Meera Syal

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
Prodigies poster

Prodigies

TV · as Dahlia · 7 eps

2026
Lysistrata poster

Lysistrata

Movie · as Lysistrata (voice)

2026
Phony poster

Phony

TV · as Sharla · 8 eps

2025
Tinsel Town poster

Tinsel Town

Movie · as Cassandra

2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes poster

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

Movie · as Queenie

2025
Uncanny Post Mortem poster

Uncanny Post Mortem

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
The Revenge Club poster

The Revenge Club

TV · as Rita Eggleston · 6 eps

2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out poster

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Movie · as Self / Suzy

2024
Our Tiny Islands poster

Our Tiny Islands

TV · as Self - Narrator · 12 eps

2023
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

Movie · as Lucretia Otis (voice)

2023
The Smeds and the Smoos poster

The Smeds and the Smoos

Movie · as Aunt Smed (voice)

2023
Samosa & Sons poster

Samosa & Sons

Movie · as Rai Bahadur

2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates poster

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

TV · as Mrs. Sidhu · 4 eps

2022
The Almond and the Seahorse poster

The Almond and the Seahorse

Movie · as Dr. Falmer

2022
Roar poster

Roar

TV · as Anu · 1 ep

2022
The Sandman poster

The Sandman

TV · as Ric the Vic · 1 ep

2022
The Devil's Hour poster

The Devil's Hour

TV · as Dr Ruby Bennett · 6 eps

2021
Spin poster

Spin

Movie · as Asha

2021
Diana's Decades poster

Diana's Decades

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2021
Beena and Amrit poster

Beena and Amrit

TV · as Amrit · 1 ep

2021
The Wheel of Time poster

The Wheel of Time

TV · as Verin Mathwin · 13 eps

2021
We Are Lady Parts poster

We Are Lady Parts

TV · as Sister Squire · 3 eps

2020
Dragon Rider poster

Dragon Rider

Movie · as Subisha Gulab (voice)

2020
Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2020
Kate & Koji poster

Kate & Koji

TV · as Dr Ayesha Radwan · 1 ep

2020
Comedians: Home Alone poster

Comedians: Home Alone

TV · as Reena · 1 ep

2020
Code 404 poster

Code 404

TV · as Elizabeth Churchland · 6 eps

2019
Yesterday poster

Yesterday

Movie · as Sheila Malik

2019
Back to Life poster

Back to Life

TV · as Gaia · 2 eps

2018
The Homestay poster

The Homestay

Movie · as Meera

2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

Movie · as Miss Phillips

2018
To Provide All People

To Provide All People

Movie · as District Nurse

2018
Nativity Rocks! poster

Nativity Rocks!

Movie · as Nina

2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms poster

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Movie · as Cook

2018
The Split poster

The Split

TV · as Goldie · 6 eps

2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer poster

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt poster

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

Movie · as Priri

2017
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

Movie · as Prosecutor

2017
We Have Been Watching poster

We Have Been Watching

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2017
House of Games poster

House of Games

TV · as Self - Contestant · 5 eps

2017
Our Lives poster

Our Lives

TV · as Self - Narrator · 2 eps

2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain poster

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2017
Riviera poster

Riviera

TV · as Sonya Roche · 1 ep

2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Movie · as Presenter

2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Nurse

2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass poster

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Movie · as Nobody (voice)

2016
Doctor Strange poster

Doctor Strange

Movie · as Dr. Patel

2016
Walliams & Friend poster

Walliams & Friend

TV · as Various · 1 ep

2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with... poster

John Bishop: In Conversation with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version poster

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

Movie · as Narrator

2015
Absolutely Anything poster

Absolutely Anything

Movie · as Fiona

2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers poster

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Movie · as Zehrunisa Husain

2015
Amar Akbar & Tony poster

Amar Akbar & Tony

Movie · as Honey

2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version poster

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2015
The Brink poster

The Brink

TV · as Naeema · 10 eps

2014
The Boy in the Dress poster

The Boy in the Dress

Movie · as Jaspreet

2014
All About TWO poster

All About TWO

Movie · as Self - Panellist

2014
The Kumars

The Kumars

TV · as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar · 6 eps

2014
The Musketeers poster

The Musketeers

TV · as Theresa · 1 ep

2014
Original Comedy Shorts

Original Comedy Shorts

TV · 1 ep

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Broadchurch poster

Broadchurch

TV · as Judge Sonia Sharma · 7 eps

2013
Crackanory poster

Crackanory

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches

TV · as Hera · 1 ep

2013
The Job Lot poster

The Job Lot

TV · as Jamina McNulty · 1 ep

2013
Love Matters poster

Love Matters

TV · as Kuldip · 1 ep

2013
Family Tree poster

Family Tree

TV · as Chitra · 2 eps

2012
All in Good Time poster

All in Good Time

Movie · as Lopa

2012
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Beatrice

2012
Hunted poster

Hunted

TV · as Fatima Zahir · 2 eps

2011
Silk poster

Silk

TV · as Aisha Wiseman · 1 ep

2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger poster

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Movie · as Dia's Mother

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Herself · 1 ep

2010
Tinga Tinga Tales poster

Tinga Tinga Tales

TV · as Owl (voice) · 26 eps

2009
Desert Flower poster

Desert Flower

Movie · as Pushpa Patel

2009
Mad Sad & Bad poster

Mad Sad & Bad

Movie · as Rashmi

2009
Horrible Histories poster

Horrible Histories

TV · as Storyteller · 10 eps

2009
Minder poster

Minder

TV · as Jess Robinson · 1 ep

2009
Grandpa in My Pocket poster

Grandpa in My Pocket

TV · as Mrs Pointy Pencil · 1 ep

2008
When Were We Funniest?

When Were We Funniest?

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2008
Beautiful People poster

Beautiful People

TV · as Aunty Hayley · 12 eps

2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom poster

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Movie · as Satvinder’s mother

2007
Jekyll poster

Jekyll

TV · as Miranda · 6 eps

2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Kingdom poster

Kingdom

TV · as Head Teacher · 1 ep

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep

2007
Phineas and Ferb poster

Phineas and Ferb

TV · as Baljeet's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2006
Scoop poster

Scoop

Movie · as Joe's Co-Passenger

2006
The Children's Party at the Palace poster

The Children's Party at the Palace

Movie · as Mary (The BFG)

2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard poster

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

TV · as Liz Shannon · 6 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
School's Out

School's Out

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
Uncle Max

Uncle Max

TV · as Snooty Neighbour · 1 ep

2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

Movie · as Joyti De-Laurey

2005
Monkey Trousers poster

Monkey Trousers

TV · 7 eps

2005
8 Out of 10 Cats poster

8 Out of 10 Cats

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee poster

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

TV · as Sunita · 3 eps

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Nasreen Chaudhry · 2 eps

2005
Nigella poster

Nigella

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The F Word poster

The F Word

TV · 1 ep

2004
King of Bollywood poster

King of Bollywood

Movie · as Mrs Jones

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind poster

Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
New Tricks poster

New Tricks

TV · as Baroness Samira Khan · 1 ep

2004
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2003
Murder Investigation Team poster

Murder Investigation Team

TV · as DCI Anita Wishart · 4 eps

2003
QI poster

QI

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

Movie · as Narrator

2002
Anita and Me poster

Anita and Me

Movie · as Auntie Shaila

2002
All About Me poster

All About Me

TV · as Rupinder · 6 eps

2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight

Johnny Vaughan Tonight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The Jury poster

The Jury

TV · as Headteacher · 2 eps

2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
The Kumars at No. 42 poster

The Kumars at No. 42

TV · 51 eps

2001
Bedtime poster

Bedtime

TV · as Ruby · 6 eps

2001
In Deep poster

In Deep

TV · as Marta Drusic · 6 eps

2001
Double Income, No Kids Yet poster

Double Income, No Kids Yet

TV · as Katie · 6 eps

2001
Linda Green poster

Linda Green

TV · as Sukie · 1 ep

2000
Forgive and Forget poster

Forgive and Forget

Movie · as Judith Adams

2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime poster

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

Movie · as High Priestess

2000
The Strangerers poster

The Strangerers

TV · as Volunteer · 1 ep

2000
Fat Friends poster

Fat Friends

TV · as Aysha Kapoor · 4 eps

1999
It's Only TV But I Like It

It's Only TV But I Like It

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Bad Girls poster

Bad Girls

TV · as Janan Hamad · 1 ep

1999
Loose Women poster

Loose Women

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Holby City poster

Holby City

TV · as Tara Sodi · 9 eps

1998
Girls' Night poster

Girls' Night

Movie · as Carmen

1998
Sixth Happiness poster

Sixth Happiness

Movie · as Breathing Generator

1998
Goodness Gracious Me poster

Goodness Gracious Me

TV · 22 eps

1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries poster

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

TV · as Madame Marlene · 1 ep

1998
Parkinson poster

Parkinson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
A Night in with the Girls poster

A Night in with the Girls

Movie · as Self

1997
Flight poster

Flight

Movie · as Tasleema

1997
Keeping Mum poster

Keeping Mum

TV · as Tina Beare · 16 eps

1997
Ruby poster

Ruby

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Clara Myerscough · 1 ep

1997
Holding On poster

Holding On

TV · as Zita · 1 ep

1997
Wavelength

Wavelength

TV · as Mrs Kumar · 1 ep

1996
Beautiful Thing poster

Beautiful Thing

Movie · as Miss Chauhan

1996
Crossing the Floor poster

Crossing the Floor

Movie · as Reporter

1995
It's Not Unusual poster

It's Not Unusual

Movie · as Shushila

1995
Band of Gold poster

Band of Gold

TV · as Anne Denver · 1 ep

1995
Degrees of Error

Degrees of Error

TV · as Dr. Jean Lowell · 4 eps

1994
A Nice Arrangement poster

A Nice Arrangement

Movie · as Sita

1994
Memsahib Rita poster

Memsahib Rita

Movie · as Unumma

1994
O Mary This London poster

O Mary This London

Movie · as Ranting woman

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1994
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole poster

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

TV · as Various · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
My Sister-Wife poster

My Sister-Wife

Movie · as Farah Khan

1992
Gummed Labels

Gummed Labels

Movie · as Mira

1992
Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous

TV · as Suzy · 1 ep

1992
Sean's Show poster

Sean's Show

TV · as Trudy · 3 eps

1991
The Real McCoy poster

The Real McCoy

TV · 30 eps

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Sangita Sharma · 3 eps

1991
Kinsey

Kinsey

TV · as Val · 12 eps

1990
Drop the Dead Donkey poster

Drop the Dead Donkey

TV · as Barmaid · 1 ep

1990
Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1989
Interviewers From Hell poster

Interviewers From Hell

Movie

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid poster

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Movie · as Rani

1987
A Little Princess poster

A Little Princess

TV · as Anna · 3 eps

1986
Handsworth Songs poster

Handsworth Songs

Movie · as Voice Over

1986
To Have and to Hold

To Have and to Hold

TV · as Janine · 7 eps

1986
Boon poster

Boon

TV · as Council Supervisor · 1 ep

1985
Black Silk

Black Silk

TV · as Mumtaz Khan · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

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

1985
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ poster

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾

TV · as Mrs Singh · 2 eps

1984
Majdhar poster

Majdhar

Movie · as Rehana

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

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

1983
Taggart poster

Taggart

TV · as Sharon Lal · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1978
The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show

TV · 1 ep