Site Revisions Underway Some Features May Not Work
Photo of Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Acting 64 years old Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK ★ 1.4
Born: June 27, 1961

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

Acting Credits (137)

Flavia
Flavia 2026
The Revenge Club
The Revenge Club Rita 2025
Tinsel Town
Tinsel Town Cassandra 2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes Queenie 2025
Uncanny Post Mortem
Uncanny Post Mortem 2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out Self / Suzy 2024
Our Tiny Islands
Our Tiny Islands Self - Narrator 2024
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost Lucretia Otis (voice) 2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs Sidhu Investigates Mrs. Sidhu 2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
The Smeds and the Smoos Aunt Smed (voice) 2023
The Almond and the Seahorse
The Almond and the Seahorse Dr. Falmer 2022
The Devil's Hour
The Devil's Hour Dr Ruby Bennett 2022
The Devil's Hour
The Devil's Hour Dr. Ruby Bennett 2022
The Sandman
The Sandman Ric the Vic 2022
Roar
Roar Anu 2022
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time Verin Mathwin 2021
Beena and Amrit
Beena and Amrit Amrit 2021
Spin
Spin Asha 2021
Diana's Decades
Diana's Decades Narrator 2021
We Are Lady Parts
We Are Lady Parts Sister Squire 2021
Dragon Rider
Dragon Rider Subisha Gulab (voice) 2020
Between the Covers
Between the Covers Self 2020
Kate & Koji
Kate & Koji Dr Ayesha Radwan 2020
Yesterday
Yesterday Sheila Malik 2019
Nativity Rocks!
Nativity Rocks! Nina 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Cook 2018
Patrick
Patrick Miss Phillips 2018
To Provide All People
To Provide All People District Nurse 2018
The Homestay
The Homestay Meera 2018
The Split
The Split Goldie 2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer Self - Guest 2018
Paddington 2
Paddington 2 Prosecutor 2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games Self - Contestant 2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt Priri 2017
Our Lives
Our Lives Self - Narrator 2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain Herself 2017
We Have Been Watching
We Have Been Watching Self 2017
Walliams & Friend
Walliams & Friend Various 2016
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange Dr. Patel 2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Presenter 2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
John Bishop: In Conversation with... Self 2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Nurse 2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass Nobody (voice) 2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version Narrator 2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version 2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
Amar Akbar & Tony Honey 2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Zehrunisa Husain 2015
Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything Fiona 2015
The Boy in the Dress
The Boy in the Dress Jaspreet 2014
Original Comedy Shorts
Original Comedy Shorts 2014
All About TWO
All About TWO Self - Panellist 2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Duck Quacks Don't Echo 2014
The Musketeers
The Musketeers Theresa 2014
The Kumars
The Kumars Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar 2014
Crackanory
Crackanory Self 2013
Psychobitches
Psychobitches Hera 2013
Broadchurch
Broadchurch Judge Sonia Sharma 2013
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice 2012
All in Good Time
All in Good Time Lopa 2012
Silk
Silk Aisha Wiseman 2011
Little Crackers
Little Crackers Herself 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Dia's Mother 2010
Desert Flower
Desert Flower Pushpa Patel 2009
Mad Sad & Bad
Mad Sad & Bad Rashmi 2009
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories Storyteller 2009
Beautiful People
Beautiful People Aunty Hayley 2008
When Were We Funniest?
When Were We Funniest? 2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
The Alan Titchmarsh Show Self 2007
Jekyll
Jekyll Miranda 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Would I Lie to You? Self - Panellist 2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Satvinder’s mother 2007
Kingdom
Kingdom Head Teacher 2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Liz Shannon 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self - Guest 2006
The One Show
The One Show Self 2006
Scoop
Scoop Joe's Co-Passenger 2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
The Children's Party at the Palace Mary (The BFG) 2006
School's Out
School's Out Self 2006
Nigella
Nigella Self 2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million Joyti De-Laurey 2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats Self 2005
Monkey Trousers
Monkey Trousers 2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee 2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Nasreen Chaudhry 2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? Self 2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind 2004
QI
QI Self 2003
Murder Investigation Team
Murder Investigation Team DCI Anita Wishart 2003
Anita and Me
Anita and Me Auntie Shaila 2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India Narrator 2002
All About Me
All About Me Rupinder 2002
The Jury
The Jury 2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Johnny Vaughan Tonight Self 2002
The Kumars at No. 42
The Kumars at No. 42 2001
Bedtime
Bedtime Ruby 2001
In Deep
In Deep Marta Drusic 2001
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime High Priestess 2000
Fat Friends
Fat Friends Aysha Kapoor 2000
Forgive and Forget
Forgive and Forget Judith Adams 2000
The Strangerers
The Strangerers Volunteer 2000
Loose Women
Loose Women Self 1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
It's Only TV But I Like It Self 1999
Bad Girls
Bad Girls Janan Hamad 1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries Madame Marlene 1998
Girls' Night
Girls' Night Carmen 1998
Parkinson
Parkinson Self 1998
Ruby
Ruby Self 1997
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum Tina Beare 1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Clara Myerscough 1997
A Night in with the Girls
A Night in with the Girls 1997
Crossing the Floor
Crossing the Floor Reporter 1996
Goodness Gracious Me
Goodness Gracious Me 1996
Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing Miss Chauhan 1996
It's Not Unusual
It's Not Unusual Shushila 1995
Room 101
Room 101 Self 1994
A Nice Arrangement
A Nice Arrangement Sita 1994
O Mary This London
O Mary This London Ranting woman 1994
Memsahib Rita
Memsahib Rita Unumma 1994
GMTV
GMTV Self 1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous Suzy 1992
Gummed Labels
Gummed Labels 1992
My Sister-Wife
My Sister-Wife Farah Khan 1992
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier Sangita Sharma 1991
The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy 1991
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You Self 1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey Barmaid 1990
Interviewers From Hell
Interviewers From Hell 1989
This Morning
This Morning Self 1988
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Rani 1987
A Little Princess
A Little Princess Anna 1987
Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs Voice Over 1986
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ Mrs. Singh 1985
Majdhar
Majdhar Rehana 1984
The Bill
The Bill 1984
Natural World
Natural World Narrator 1983
Taggart
Taggart 1983
An Audience with...
An Audience with... Self 1978

Powered by

TMDB
× Person photo
Back to Person Search