Meera Syal
Born: 1961-06-27 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Tinsel Town as Cassandra
- Uncanny Post Mortem
- A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
2024
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
- Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
2023
- The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
- The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
2022
- The Sandman as Ric the Vic
- Roar as Anu
- The Devil's Hour as Dr Ruby Bennett
- The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
2021
- The Wheel of Time as Verin Mathwin
- Spin as Asha
- We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
- Diana's Decades as Narrator
- Beena and Amrit as Amrit
2020
- Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- Between the Covers as Self
- Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
2019
- Yesterday as Sheila Malik
2018
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- The Split as Goldie
- The Homestay as Meera
- Patrick as Miss Phillips
- To Provide All People as District Nurse
2017
- Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
- Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
- Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- We Have Been Watching as Self
2016
- Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
- John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
- Walliams & Friend as Various
2015
- Absolutely Anything as Fiona
- Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2014
- The Musketeers as Theresa
- The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- All About TWO as Self - Panellist
- The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- Original Comedy Shorts
2013
- Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- Crackanory as Self
2012
- All in Good Time as Lopa
- Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2010
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- Little Crackers as Herself
2009
- Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
2008
- Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- When Were We Funniest?
2007
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- Kingdom as Head Teacher
- Jekyll as Miranda
- Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
2006
- The One Show as Self - Guest
- Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
- School's Out as Self
2005
- Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- Nigella as Self
- Monkey Trousers
- Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
- The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
2004
2003
- QI as Self
- Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
2002
- The Jury
- Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
- Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
- Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- All About Me as Rupinder
2001
- The Kumars at No. 42
- In Deep as Marta Drusic
- Bedtime as Ruby
2000
- Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
- Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- The Strangerers as Volunteer
1999
- Loose Women as Self
- Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- Girls' Night as Carmen
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- Ruby as Self
- A Night in with the Girls
- Holding On
- Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
1996
- Crossing the Floor as Reporter
- Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- Goodness Gracious Me
1995
- It's Not Unusual as Shushila
1994
- Room 101 as Self
- O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- Memsahib Rita as Unumma
- A Nice Arrangement as Sita
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Bhaji on the Beach ... (Writer)
1992
- Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
- Gummed Labels
- My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
- The Real McCoy
1990
- Have I Got News for You as Self
- Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
1988
- This Morning as Self
1987
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
- A Little Princess as Anna
1986
- Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Taggart
1978
- An Audience with... as Self