Meera Syal

Personal Info

Birthday

June 27, 1961

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Meera Syal

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.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

The Sandman

Doctor Who

Horrible Histories

The Wheel of Time

Drop the Dead Donkey

Natural World

Broadchurch

Filmography

2025
A Tupperware of Ashes
as Queenie
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self
2023
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
2022
The Almond and the Seahorse
as Dr. Falmer
2021
Spin
as Asha
2020
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
2019
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
2018
Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Cook
Patrick
as Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
The Homestay
as Meera
2017
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
as Priri
2016
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Presenter
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
as Narrator
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
Absolutely Anything
as Fiona
2014
The Boy in the Dress
as Jaspreet
All About TWO
as Self - Panellist
2012
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
All in Good Time
as Lopa
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Dia's Mother
2009
Desert Flower
as Pushpa Patel
Mad Sad & Bad
as Rashmi
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Satvinder’s mother
2006
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Mary (The BFG)
2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Joyti De-Laurey
2002
Anita and Me
as Auntie Shaila
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
as Narrator
2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as High Priestess
Forgive and Forget
as Judith Adams
1998
Girls' Night
as Carmen
1996
Crossing the Floor
as Reporter
Beautiful Thing
as Miss Chauhan
1995
It's Not Unusual
as Shushila
1994
A Nice Arrangement
as Sita
O Mary This London
as Ranting woman
Memsahib Rita
as Unumma
1992
My Sister-Wife
as Farah Khan
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rani
1986
Handsworth Songs
as Voice Over