Meera Syal
Birthdate
June 27, 1961 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
June 27, 1961 (62 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Biography
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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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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Meera Syal's LGBTQ+ Titles
Beautiful Thing
Miss Chauhan
Forgive and Forget
Judith Adams
Acting (114)
Flavia de Luce
2023
The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu (4 episodes)
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
2022
The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
2022
The Devil's Hour as Dr Ruby Bennett (3 episodes)
2022
The Devil's Hour as Dr. Ruby Bennett (2 episodes)
2022
The Sandman as Ric the Vic (1 episode)
2022
Roar as Anu (1 episode)
2021
The Wheel of Time as Verin Mathwin (5 episodes)
2021
Beena and Amrit as Amrit (1 episode)
2021
Spin as Asha
2021
Diana's Decades as Narrator (3 episodes)
2020
Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020
Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan (6 episodes)
2019
Yesterday as Sheila Malik
2018
Nativity Rocks! as Nina
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
2018
Patrick as Miss Phillips
2018
To Provide All People as District Nurse
2018
The Homestay as Meera
2018
The Split as Goldie (6 episodes)
2017
Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant (5 episodes)
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
2017
We Have Been Watching as Self (5 episodes)
2016
Walliams & Friend as Various (1 episode)
2016
Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation With... as Herself (1 episode)
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (1 episode)
2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
2015
Absolutely Anything as Fiona
2015
Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
2014
The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
2014
Original Comedy Shorts (1 episode)
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo (1 episode)
2014
The Musketeers as Theresa (1 episode)
2014
The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar (6 episodes)
2012
Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2012
All in Good Time as Lopa
2010
Little Crackers as Herself (1 episode)
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
2009
Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
2009
Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
2009
Horrible Histories as Storyteller (10 episodes)
2008
Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley (11 episodes)
2008
When Were We Funniest? (4 episodes)
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self (1 episode)
2007
Jekyll as Miranda (6 episodes)
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
2007
Kingdom as Head Teacher (1 episode)
2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (6 episodes)
2006
The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
The One Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2006
Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
2006
School's Out (1 episode)
2005
Nigella as Self (1 episode)
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats as Self (1 episode)
2005
Monkey Trousers (7 episodes)
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (3 episodes)
2005
Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry (2 episodes)
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind (1 episode)
2003
QI as Self (1 episode)
2003
Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart (4 episodes)
2002
Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
2002
All About Me as Rupinder (6 episodes)
2002
The Jury (2 episodes)
2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self (1 episode)
2001
The Kumars at No. 42 (51 episodes)
2001
Bedtime as Ruby (6 episodes)
2001
In Deep as Marta Drusic (6 episodes)
2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
2000
Fat Friends (4 episodes)
2000
Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
2000
The Strangerers (1 episode)
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It as Self (1 episode)
1999
Bad Girls as Janan Hamad (1 episode)
1998
Girls' Night as Carmen
1997
Holding On (1 episode)
1997
Ruby as Self (2 episodes)
1997
Keeping Mum as Tina Beare (16 episodes)
1997
Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough (1 episode)
1997
A Night in with the Girls
1996
Crossing the Floor as Reporter
1996
Goodness Gracious Me (22 episodes)
1996
Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
1995
Hamish Macbeth as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1995
It's Not Unusual as Shushila
1994
Room 101 as Self (2 episodes)
1994
A Nice Arrangement as Sita
1994
O Mary This London as Ranting woman
1994
Memsahib Rita as Unumma
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992
Absolutely Fabulous (1 episode)
1992
My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
1991
The Real McCoy (30 episodes)
1990
Have I Got News for You as Herself (2 episodes)
1990
Drop the Dead Donkey (1 episode)
1988
This Morning as Self (1 episode)
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Matron (1 episode)
1986
Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
1984
The Bill (2 episodes)
1984
Majdhar
1983
Natural World as Narrator (1 episode)
1983
Taggart (1 episode)
1978
An Audience with... as Self (1 episode)
Creator (1)
1996
Goodness Gracious Me
• Creator
Writing (6)
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
• Writer
2014
Original Comedy Shorts (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)
2010
Little Crackers (1 episode)
• Writer (1 episode)
2002
Anita and Me
• Writer
1993
Bhaji on the Beach
• Writer
1992
My Sister-Wife
• Writer