Meera Syal
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.
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- Born:
- Jun 27, 1961 In Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 76
- First Appeared:
- Movie Dragon Rider 2020-10-15
- Latest Project:
- In the series An Audience with... 1978-01-08
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Dragon Rider | (voice) | 2020-10-15 |
| Series | Kate & Koji | Dr Ayesha Radwan | 2020-03-18 |
| Movie | Yesterday | Sheila Malik | 2019-06-27 |
| Movie | Nativity Rocks! | Nina | 2018-11-23 |
| Movie | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Cook | 2018-10-26 |
| Movie | Patrick | Miss Phillips | 2018-06-29 |
| Movie | To Provide All People | District Nurse | 2018-06-28 |
| Series | The Split | Goldie | 2018-04-24 |
| Movie | Paddington 2 | Prosecutor | 2017-11-09 |
| Series | Walliams & Friend | Various | 2016-11-28 |
| Movie | Doctor Strange | Dr. Patel | 2016-10-25 |
| Series | John Bishop: In Conversation With... | Herself | 2016-09-01 |
| Movie | Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | 2016-07-07 |
| Movie | Alice Through the Looking Glass | Nobody (voice) | 2016-05-25 |
| Series | Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version | Unknown | 2015-11-06 |
| Movie | Absolutely Anything | Fiona | 2015-06-26 |
| Movie | National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers | 2015-01-01 | |
| Series | The Musketeers | Unknown | 2014-01-19 |
| Series | Original Comedy Shorts | Unknown | 2014-06-01 |
| Movie | The Boy in the Dress | Jaspreet | 2014-12-26 |
| Movie | All in Good Time | Lopa | 2012-05-11 |
| Series | Little Crackers | Herself | 2010-12-19 |
| Movie | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Dia's Mother | 2010-05-23 |
| Movie | Desert Flower | Pushpa Patel | 2009-09-24 |
| Movie | Mad Sad & Bad | Rashmi | 2009-07-31 |
| Series | When Were We Funniest? | 2008-02-28 | |
| Series | Kingdom | Unknown | 2007-04-22 |
| Movie | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Satvinder’s mother | 2007-06-15 |
| Series | Jekyll | Miranda | 2007-06-16 |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Series | The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | 2006-10-03 | |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| Movie | Scoop | Joe's Co-Passenger #3 | 2006-07-27 |
| Series | School's Out | Unknown | 2006-04-19 |
| Series | 8 out of 10 Cats | Herself | 2005-06-03 |
| Series | Monkey Trousers | 2005-05-20 | |
| Series | Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee | 2005-05-10 | |
| Series | Doctor Who | Nasreen Chaudhry | 2005-03-26 |
| Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown | 2004-10-12 |
| Series | Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind | Unknown | 2004-04-23 |
| Series | QI | Panellist | 2003-09-11 |
| Series | Murder Investigation Team | 2003-05-03 | |
| Movie | Anita and Me | Auntie Shaila | 2002-11-22 |
| Series | All About Me | 2002-03-08 | |
| Series | The Jury | Unknown | 2002-02-17 |
| Series | Johnny Vaughan Tonight | Unknown | 2002-01-07 |
| Series | In Deep | Unknown | 2001-02-19 |
| Series | Bedtime | 2001-08-28 | |
| Series | The Kumars at No. 42 | 2001-11-12 | |
| Movie | Forgive and Forget | Judith Adams | 2000-06-12 |
| Series | The Strangerers | Unknown | 2000-02-15 |
| Series | Fat Friends | Unknown | 2000-10-12 |
| Series | It's Only TV But I Like It | Unknown | 1999-06-03 |
| Movie | Girls' Night | Carmen | 1998-06-26 |
| Series | Holding On | Unknown | 1997-09-08 |
| Series | Keeping Mum | Unknown | 1997-04-17 |
| Series | Midsomer Murders | Clara Myerscough | 1997-03-23 |
| Movie | Beautiful Thing | Miss Chauhan | 1996-06-21 |
| Movie | Crossing the Floor | Reporter | 1996-10-05 |
| Series | Goodness Gracious Me | 1996-07-05 | |
| Series | Room 101 | Unknown | 1994-07-04 |
| Movie | O Mary This London | Ranting woman | 1994-03-30 |
| Movie | Memsahib Rita | Unumma | 1994-01-01 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
| Series | The Real McCoy | Unknown | 1991-05-10 |
| Series | Drop the Dead Donkey | Unknown | 1990-08-09 |
| Series | Have I Got News for You | Herself | 1990-09-28 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Sammy and Rosie Get Laid | Rani | 1987-10-30 |
| Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |
| Movie | Handsworth Songs | Voice Over | 1986-01-01 |
| Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
| Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |
| Series | Taggart | Unknown | 1983-09-06 |
| Series | An Audience with... | Herself | 1978-01-08 |