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 from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 27, 1961 In Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 83
- First Appeared:
- In the series An Audience with... 1978-01-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Canterville Ghost 2023-09-22
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Mrs Sidhu Investigates | Mrs. Sidhu | 2023-09-18 |
| Movie | The Canterville Ghost | Lucretia Otis (voice) | 2023-09-22 |
| Series | Diana's Decades | Narrator | 2021-07-08 |
| Movie | Spin | Asha | 2021-09-18 |
| Movie | Dragon Rider | Subisha Gulab (voice) | 2020-10-15 |
| Movie | Yesterday | Sheila Malik | 2019-06-26 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | District Nurse | 2018-06-28 |
| Movie | Patrick | Miss Phillips | 2018-06-29 |
| Movie | Nativity Rocks! | Nina | 2018-11-23 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Cook | 2018-10-26 |
| Series | We Have Been Watching | Self | 2017-01-04 |
| Movie | Paddington 2 | Prosecutor | 2017-11-09 |
| Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Nobody (voice) | 2016-05-25 |
| Movie | Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | 2016-07-07 |
| Series | Walliams & Friend | Various | 2016-11-28 |
| Movie | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe | Presenter | 2016-09-11 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange | Dr. Patel | 2016-10-25 |
| Movie | Amar Akbar & Tony | Honey | 2015-04-17 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers | Zehrunisa Husain | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Absolutely Anything | Fiona | 2015-06-26 |
| Series | Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version | 2015-11-06 | |
| Series | The Musketeers | Unknown | 2014-01-19 |
| Series | The Kumars | Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar | 2014-01-15 |
| Series | Original Comedy Shorts | Unknown | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | The Boy in the Dress | Jaspreet | 2014-12-26 |
| Movie | All in Good Time | Lopa | 2012-05-11 |
| Movie | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Dia's Mother | 2010-09-22 |
| Series | Little Crackers | Herself | 2010-12-19 |
| Movie | Mad Sad & Bad | Rashmi | 2009-07-31 |
| Movie | Desert Flower | Pushpa Patel | 2009-09-24 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | 2008-02-28 | |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Series | Kingdom | Unknown | 2007-04-22 |
| Movie | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Satvinder’s mother | 2007-06-15 |
| Series | Jekyll | Miranda | 2007-06-16 |
| Series | School's Out | Unknown | 2006-04-19 |
| Movie | The Children's Party at the Palace | Mary (The BFG) | 2006-06-25 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Scoop | Joe's Co-Passenger | 2006-07-27 |
| Series | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | 2006-10-03 | |
| Series | Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee | 2005-05-10 | |
| Series | Doctor Who | Nasreen Chaudhry | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Monkey Trousers | 2005-05-20 | |
| Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Unknown | 2005-06-03 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind | Unknown | 2004-04-23 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | Murder Investigation Team | DCI Anita Wishart | 2003-05-03 |
| Series | QI | Panellist | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | The Jury | Unknown | 2002-02-17 |
| Series | Johnny Vaughan Tonight | Unknown | 2002-01-07 |
| Series | All About Me | 2002-03-08 | |
| Movie | Anita and Me | Auntie Shaila | 2002-11-22 |
| Series | In Deep | Unknown | 2001-02-19 |
| Series | The Kumars at No. 42 | 2001-11-12 | |
| Series | Bedtime | 2001-08-28 | |
| Series | The Strangerers | Unknown | 2000-02-15 |
| Series | Fat Friends | Unknown | 2000-10-12 |
| Movie | Forgive and Forget | Judith Adams | 2000-06-12 |
| Series | It's Only TV But I Like It | Unknown | 1999-06-03 |
| Movie | Girls' Night | Carmen | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | Keeping Mum | Tina Beare | 1997-04-17 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Clara Myerscough | 1997-03-23 |
| Series | Holding On | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
| Movie | Beautiful Thing | Miss Chauhan | 1996-06-21 |
| Series | Goodness Gracious Me | 1996-07-05 | |
| Movie | Crossing the Floor | Reporter | 1996-10-05 |
| Movie | Memsahib Rita | Unumma | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | A Nice Arrangement | Sita | 1994-06-11 |
| Series | Room 101 | Unknown | 1994-07-04 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | The Real McCoy | 1991-05-10 | |
| Series | Drop the Dead Donkey | Unknown | 1990-08-09 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Herself | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |
| Movie | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Rani | 1987-10-30 |
| Movie | Handsworth Songs | Voice Over | 1986-05-08 |
| Movie | Majdhar | 1984-01-01 | |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Series | Taggart | Unknown | 1983-09-06 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Herself | 1978-01-08 |