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
- The Revenge Club as Rita
- Tinsel Town as Cassandra
- Uncanny Post Mortem
- National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
2024
- Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self / Suzy
2023
- Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
- The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
- The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
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
- Beena and Amrit as Amrit
- Diana's Decades as Narrator
2020
- Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
- Between the Covers as Self
- Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
2019
- Yesterday as Sheila Malik
- Back to Life as Gaia
2018
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
- The Split as Goldie
- Patrick as Miss Phillips
- Nativity Rocks! as Nina
- To Provide All People as District Nurse
- The Homestay as Meera
2017
- Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
- Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- 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
- Walliams & Friend as Various
- Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
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
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
2014
- The Musketeers as Theresa
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- Original Comedy Shorts
- The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
- All About TWO as Self - Panellist
2013
- Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
- Psychobitches as Hera
- Crackanory as Self
2012
- 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
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
- 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
- Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
- The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
- School's Out as Self
- The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
2005
- Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
- 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- Nigella as Self
- Monkey Trousers
- The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
- Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2004
2003
- QI as Self
- Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
2002
- The Jury
- 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
- In Deep as Marta Drusic
- Bedtime as Ruby
- The Kumars at No. 42
2000
- Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
- The Strangerers as Volunteer
- Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
- Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
1999
- Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
- Loose Women as Self
- 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
- A Night in with the Girls
1996
- Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
- Crossing the Floor as Reporter
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
- My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
- Gummed Labels
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
- A Little Princess as Anna
- Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
1986
- Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
1985
- The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Mrs. Singh
- Tandoori Nights ... (Writer)
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
- Taggart
1978
- An Audience with... as Self