Meera Syal
Acting
Born: 1961-06-27 · Wolverhampton, 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
🎬 Movies (20)
Tinsel Town
2025
Cassandra
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
Queenie
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Self / Suzy
The Canterville Ghost
2023
Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
Aunt Smed (voice)
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022
Dr. Falmer
Spin
2021
Asha
Dragon Rider
2020
Subisha Gulab (voice)
Yesterday
2019
Sheila Malik
Nativity Rocks!
2018
Nina
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Cook
Patrick
2018
Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
2018
District Nurse
The Homestay
2018
Meera
Paddington 2
2017
Prosecutor
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
Priri
Doctor Strange
2016
Dr. Patel
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
Presenter
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
Nurse
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Nobody (voice)
📺 TV Shows (20)
The Revenge Club
2025
Rita
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
Our Tiny Islands
2024
Self - Narrator
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
Mrs. Sidhu
The Devil's Hour
2022
Dr Ruby Bennett
The Devil's Hour
2022
Dr. Ruby Bennett
The Sandman
2022
Ric the Vic
Roar
2022
Anu
The Wheel of Time
2021
Verin Mathwin
Beena and Amrit
2021
Amrit
Diana's Decades
2021
Narrator
We Are Lady Parts
2021
Sister Squire
Between the Covers
2020
Self
Kate & Koji
2020
Dr Ayesha Radwan
Back to Life
2019
Gaia
The Split
2018
Goldie
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
Self - Guest
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Contestant
Our Lives
2017
Self - Narrator
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
2017
Herself