Meera Syal
Known for Acting · 142 credits
- Born
- 1961-06-27 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (88)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Clara Myerscough
Doctor Who
2005
as Nasreen Chaudhry
The Sandman
2022
as Ric the Vic
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
QI
2003
as Self
Loose Women
1999
as Self
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
The Bill
1984
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Verin Mathwin
Broadchurch
2013
as Judge Sonia Sharma
Silk
2011
as Aisha Wiseman
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self - Panellist
Bad Girls
1999
as Janan Hamad
Parkinson
1998
as Self
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Suzy
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Horrible Histories
2009
as Storyteller
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Taggart
1983
GMTV
1993
as Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
The Musketeers
2014
as Theresa
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Sangita Sharma
Room 101
1994
as Self
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Our Lives
2017
as Self - Narrator
The Devil's Hour
2022
as Dr Ruby Bennett / Dr. Ruby Bennett
Roar
2022
as Anu
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Kingdom
2007
as Head Teacher
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
as Barmaid
The Split
2018
as Goldie
Psychobitches
2013
as Hera
The Jury
2002
Double Income, No Kids Yet
2001
as Katie
Ruby
1997
as Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
We Are Lady Parts
2021
as Sister Squire
The Revenge Club
2025
as Rita
Murder Investigation Team
2003
as DCI Anita Wishart
Jekyll
2007
as Miranda
Crackanory
2013
as Self
This Morning
1988
as Self
Beautiful People
2008
as Aunty Hayley
Fat Friends
2000
as Aysha Kapoor
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Little Crackers
2010
as Herself
In Deep
2001
as Marta Drusic
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
The Job Lot
2013
as Jamina McNulty
To Have and to Hold
1986
as Janine
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
as Mrs. Singh
Nigella
2005
as Self
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Madame Marlene
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
as Mrs. Sidhu
Movies (54)
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Patel
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Nobody (voice)
Paddington 2
2017
as Prosecutor
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Fiona
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Cook
Desert Flower
2009
as Pushpa Patel
Yesterday
2019
as Sheila Malik
The Canterville Ghost
2023
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
Scoop
2006
as Joe's Co-Passenger
Tinsel Town
2025
as Cassandra
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Dia's Mother
Forgive and Forget
2000
as Judith Adams
Patrick
2018
as Miss Phillips
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Rashmi
To Provide All People
2018
as District Nurse
Handsworth Songs
1986
as Voice Over
Dragon Rider
2020
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Miss Chauhan
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Jaspreet
The Homestay
2018
as Meera
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rani
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Nurse
Crossing the Floor
1996
as Reporter
A Nice Arrangement
1994
as Sita
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Girls' Night
1998
as Carmen
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Farah Khan
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
as Aunt Smed (voice)
Anita and Me
2002
as Auntie Shaila
Gummed Labels
1992
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
as Beatrice
Spin
2021
as Asha
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
as Satvinder’s mother
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Suzy
Lysistrata
2026
as Lysistrata (voice)
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
as Queenie
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as High Priestess
All in Good Time
2012
as Lopa
Nativity Rocks!
2018
as Nina
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
as Mary (The BFG)
A Night in with the Girls
1997
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022
as Dr. Falmer
Majdhar
1984
as Rehana
O Mary This London
1994
as Ranting woman
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
as Presenter
It's Not Unusual
1995
as Shushila
All About TWO
2014
as Self - Panellist
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
as Zehrunisa Husain
Memsahib Rita
1994
as Unumma
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
as Joyti De-Laurey
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
as Priri
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
as Honey
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
as Narrator
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
as Narrator
About Meera Syal
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… With 142 credits spanning from 1978 to 2026, Meera Syal has appeared in 54 films and 88 TV shows.
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- Doctor Strange (2016) — as Dr. Patel
- Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) — as Nobody (voice)
- Paddington 2 (2017) — as Prosecutor
- Absolutely Anything (2015) — as Fiona
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) — as Cook
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