Meera Syal

Meera Syal

1961-06-27 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK Female 127 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1961-06-27

Place of Birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Known Credits

127

Known For

Acting

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Doctor Strange

2016

Dr. Patel

Paddington 2

2017

Prosecutor

Desert Flower

2009

Pushpa Patel

Yesterday

2019

Sheila Malik

The Canterville Ghost

2023

Lucretia Otis (voice)

All About TWO

2014

Self - Panellist

Scoop

2006

Joe's Co-Passenger

It's Not Unusual

1995

Shushila

Dragon Rider

2020

Subisha Gulab (voice)

The Smeds and the Smoos

2023

Aunt Smed (voice)

Spin

2021

Asha

Patrick

2018

Miss Phillips

Beautiful Thing

1996

Miss Chauhan

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

2007

Satvinder’s mother

Forgive and Forget

2000

Judith Adams

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

2000

High Priestess

To Provide All People

2018

District Nurse

Girls' Night

1998

Carmen

The Homestay

2018

Meera

Anita and Me

2002

Auntie Shaila

O Mary This London

1994

Ranting woman

Crossing the Floor

1996

Reporter

Memsahib Rita

1994

Unumma

Mad Sad & Bad

2009

Rashmi

Handsworth Songs

1986

Voice Over

My Sister-Wife

1992

Farah Khan

TV Credits

Midsomer Murders

1997

Clara Myerscough (1 episodes)

Doctor Who

2005

Nasreen Chaudhry (2 episodes)

The Wheel of Time

2021

Verin Mathwin (13 episodes)

The Sandman

2022

Ric the Vic (1 episodes)

The One Show

2006

Self - Guest (1 episodes)

QI

2003

Self (1 episodes)

Have I Got News for You

1990

Self (3 episodes)

Broadchurch

2013

Judge Sonia Sharma (7 episodes)

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

Self (1 episodes)

Natural World

1983

Narrator (1 episodes)

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

Self (1 episodes)

Loose Women

1999

Self (1 episodes)

Taggart

1983

(1 episodes)

Bad Girls

1999

Janan Hamad (1 episodes)

The Bill

1984

(1 episodes)

The Musketeers

2014

Theresa (1 episodes)

Absolutely Fabulous

1992

Suzy (1 episodes)

Horrible Histories

2009

Storyteller (10 episodes)

GMTV

1993

Self (1 episodes)

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

Self (1 episodes)

Parkinson

1998

Self (1 episodes)

An Audience with...

1978

Self (1 episodes)

Soldier Soldier

1991

Sangita Sharma (3 episodes)

Room 101

1994

Self (2 episodes)

Richard Osman's House of Games

2017

Self - Contestant (5 episodes)

The Devil's Hour

2022

Dr Ruby Bennett (4 episodes)

Roar

2022

Anu (1 episodes)

Fat Friends

2000

Aysha Kapoor (4 episodes)

Kingdom

2007

Head Teacher (1 episodes)

The Split

2018

Goldie (6 episodes)

Drop the Dead Donkey

1990

Barmaid (1 episodes)

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

2023

Mrs. Sidhu (4 episodes)

Ruby

1997

Self (2 episodes)

In Deep

2001

Marta Drusic (6 episodes)

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

2014

(1 episodes)

Beautiful People

2008

Aunty Hayley (12 episodes)

Jekyll

2007

Miranda (6 episodes)

It's Only TV But I Like It

1999

Self (1 episodes)

The Jury

2002

(2 episodes)

Our Lives

2017

Self - Narrator (2 episodes)

We Are Lady Parts

2021

Sister Squire (3 episodes)

Murder Investigation Team

2003

DCI Anita Wishart (4 episodes)

Bedtime

2001

Ruby (6 episodes)

Little Crackers

2010

Herself (1 episodes)

The Kumars at No. 42

2001

(51 episodes)

Between the Covers

2020

Self (1 episodes)

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

2006

Liz Shannon (6 episodes)

Crackanory

2013

Self (1 episodes)

Monkey Trousers

2005

(7 episodes)

Holding On

1997

(1 episodes)

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

1998

Madame Marlene (1 episodes)

Johnny Vaughan Tonight

2002

Self (1 episodes)

The Kumars

2014

Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar (6 episodes)

A Little Princess

1987

Anna (6 episodes)

All About Me

2002

Rupinder (6 episodes)

The Strangerers

2000

Volunteer (1 episodes)

Goodness Gracious Me

1996

(22 episodes)

This Morning

1988

Self (1 episodes)

School's Out

2006

Self (1 episodes)

Nigella

2005

Self (1 episodes)

Original Comedy Shorts

2014

(1 episodes)

The Real McCoy

1991

(30 episodes)

Kate & Koji

2020

Dr Ayesha Radwan (6 episodes)

We Have Been Watching

2017

Self (5 episodes)

Keeping Mum

1997

Tina Beare (16 episodes)

When Were We Funniest?

2008

(4 episodes)

Uncanny Post Mortem

2025

(1 episodes)

Walliams & Friend

2016

Various (1 episodes)

Beena and Amrit

2021

Amrit (1 episodes)

Diana's Decades

2021

Narrator (3 episodes)

Our Tiny Islands

2024

Self - Narrator (4 episodes)

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