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Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Acting1961Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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.

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Acting History

Future
2026
Would I Lie to You?
TVas Self - Panellist• 1 eps
2025
Tinsel Town
as Cassandra
2024
Our Tiny Islands
TVas Self - Narrator
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
TVas Mrs. Sidhu• 4 eps
The Wheel of Time
TVas Verin Mathwin• 13 eps
2022
Roar
TVas Anu• 1 eps
The Devil's Hour
TVas Dr Ruby Bennett / Dr. Ruby Bennett• 2 eps
The Sandman
TVas Ric the Vic• 1 eps
2021
Spin
as Asha
We Are Lady Parts
TVas Sister Squire
Diana's Decades
TVas Narrator
Beena and Amrit
TVas Amrit
2020
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Kate & Koji
TVas Dr Ayesha Radwan
2019
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
Our Lives
TVas Self - Narrator• 2 eps
2018
Patrick The Pug
as Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
The Homestay
as Meera
The Split
TVas Goldie
2017
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
Richard Osman's House of Games
TVas Self - Contestant
2016
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
Midsomer Murders
TVas Clara Myerscough• 1 eps
The Musketeers
TVas Theresa• 1 eps
Walliams & Friend
TVas Various
2015
Broadchurch
TVas Judge Sonia Sharma• 7 eps
2014
All About TWO
as Self - Panellist
Silk
TVas Aisha Wiseman• 1 eps
The Kumars
TVas Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
2013
Crackanory
TVas Self
2012
2010
The One Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Doctor Who
TVas Nasreen Chaudhry• 2 eps
Little Crackers
TVas Herself
2009
Desert Flower
as Pushpa Patel
Mad Sad & Bad
as Rashmi
Horrible Histories
TVas Storyteller• 10 eps
2008
Beautiful People
TVas Aunty Hayley
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Satvinder’s mother
Kingdom
TVas Head Teacher• 1 eps
Jekyll
TVas Miranda
2006
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger
8 Out of 10 Cats
TVas Self• 1 eps
School's Out
TVas Self
2005
Murder Investigation Team
TVas DCI Anita Wishart• 4 eps
Nigella
TVas Self
2004
Bad Girls
TVas Janan Hamad• 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
TVas Self• 1 eps
2003
QI
TVas Self• 1 eps
2002
Anita and Me
as Auntie Shaila
An Audience with...
TVas Self• 1 eps
All About Me
TVas Rupinder
Anita and Me
Producer
2001
In Deep
TVas Marta Drusic
Bedtime
TVas Ruby
2000
Forgive and Forget
as Judith Adams
Fat Friends
TVas Aysha Kapoor• 4 eps
Natural World
TVas Narrator• 1 eps
Parkinson
TVas Self• 1 eps
The Strangerers
TVas Volunteer
1999
Room 101
TVas Self• 2 eps
Loose Women
TVas Self
1998
Girls' Night
as Carmen
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
TVas Madame Marlene
1997
Ruby
TVas Self
Keeping Mum
TVas Tina Beare
1996
Beautiful Thing
as Miss Chauhan
Drop the Dead Donkey
TVas Barmaid• 1 eps
1995
It's Not Unusual
as Shushila
Soldier Soldier
TVas Sangita Sharma• 3 eps
1994
Memsahib Rita
as Unumma
O Mary This London
as Ranting woman
Absolutely Fabulous
TVas Suzy• 1 eps
1993
GMTV
TVas Self
1992
My Sister-Wife
as Farah Khan
Have I Got News for You
TVas Self• 3 eps
1991
1989
1988
This Morning
TVas Self
1987
1986
Handsworth Songs
as Voice Over
1985
1984
Majdhar
as Rehana

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/27/1961(64 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK