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
2026
- Phony as Sharla
- Lysistrata as Lysistrata (voice)
2025
- The Revenge Club as Rita Eggleston
- Tinsel Town as Cassandra
- National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
- Uncanny Post Mortem as Self
2024
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self / Suzy
- Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
2023
- Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
- The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
- The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
- Samosa & Sons as Rai Bahadur
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
- We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
- Spin as Asha
- Diana's Decades as Narrator
- Beena and Amrit as Amrit
2020
- Between the Covers as Self
- Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- Code 404 as Elizabeth Churchland
- Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
- Comedians: Home Alone as Reena
2019
- Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- Back to Life as Gaia
2018
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- The Split as Goldie
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- Patrick as Miss Phillips
- To Provide All People as District Nurse
- Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- The Homestay as Meera
2017
- Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- Riviera as Sonya Roche
- Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
- Our Lives as Self - Narrator
- We Have Been Watching as Self
- Don't Ask Me Ask Britain as Herself
- Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
2016
- Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
- Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
- John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
- Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- Walliams & Friend as Various
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
2015
- The Brink as Naeema
- Absolutely Anything as Fiona
- National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
- Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
2014
- The Musketeers as Theresa
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo as Self
- The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- Original Comedy Shorts
- All About TWO as Self - Panellist
2013
- Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- Psychobitches as Hera
- Crackanory as Self
- The Job Lot as Jamina McNulty
- Family Tree as Chitra
- Love Matters as Kuldip
2012
- Hunted as Fatima Zahir
- All in Good Time as Lopa
- Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2011
- Silk as Aisha Wiseman
2010
- Little Crackers as Herself
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
- Tinga Tinga Tales as Owl (voice)
2009
- Horrible Histories as Storyteller
- Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
- Grandpa in My Pocket as Mrs Pointy Pencil
- Minder as Jess Robinson
- Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
2008
- Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
- When Were We Funniest? as Self
2007
- Phineas and Ferb as Baljeet's Mom (voice)
- Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
- 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
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
- Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- School's Out as Self
- The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
- Uncle Max as Snooty Neighbour
2005
- Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- The F Word
- Nigella as Self
- Monkey Trousers
- Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as Sunita
- The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
2004
- New Tricks as Baroness Samira Khan
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Parkinson as Self - Guest
- Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as Self
- King of Bollywood as Mrs Jones
2003
- QI as Self
- Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
2002
- The Jury as Headteacher
- Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
- All About Me as Rupinder
- Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
- Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
2001
- The Kumars at No. 42
- In Deep as Marta Drusic
- Linda Green as Sukie
- Bedtime as Ruby
- Double Income, No Kids Yet as Katie
- Treasure as Voices
2000
- Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
- The Strangerers as Volunteer
- Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
- Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
1999
- Holby City as Tara Sodi
- Loose Women as Self
- Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
1998
- Parkinson as Self
- Goodness Gracious Me
- The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
- Girls' Night as Carmen
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
- Ruby as Self
- Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
- Holding On as Zita
- A Night in with the Girls as Self
- Wavelength as Mrs Kumar
- Sixth Happiness as Breathing Generator
- Flight as Tasleema
1996
- Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- Crossing the Floor as Reporter
1995
- Band of Gold as Anne Denver
- Degrees of Error as Dr. Jean Lowell
- It's Not Unusual as Shushila
1994
- Room 101 as Self
- Jo Brand Through the Cakehole as Various
- O Mary This London as Ranting woman
- A Nice Arrangement as Sita
- Memsahib Rita as Unumma
1993
- GMTV as Self
- Bhaji on the Beach ... (Writer)
1992
- Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
- Sean's Show as Trudy
- Gummed Labels as Mira
- My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
- The Real McCoy
- Kinsey as Val
1990
- Have I Got News for You as Self
- Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
1988
- This Morning as Self
1987
- A Little Princess as Anna
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
1986
- Boon as Council Supervisor
- To Have and to Hold as Janine
- Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
1985
- Screen Two as Farah Khan
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Mrs. Singh
- Tandoori Nights ... (Writer)
- Black Silk as Mumtaz Khan
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Taggart as Sharon Lal