Meera Syal
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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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Acted in
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self
Our Tiny Islands
2024
as Self - Narrator
The Canterville Ghost
2023
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
as Mrs. Sidhu
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
as Aunt Smed (voice)
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022
as Dr. Falmer
The Devil's Hour
2022
as Dr Ruby Bennett
The Devil's Hour
2022
as Dr. Ruby Bennett
The Sandman
2022
as Ric the Vic
Roar
2022
as Anu
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Verin Mathwin
Beena and Amrit
2021
as Amrit
Spin
2021
as Asha
Diana's Decades
2021
as Narrator
We Are Lady Parts
2021
as Sister Squire
Dragon Rider
2020
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Kate & Koji
2020
as Dr Ayesha Radwan
Yesterday
2019
as Sheila Malik
Nativity Rocks!
2018
as Nina
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Cook
Patrick
2018
as Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
2018
as District Nurse
The Homestay
2018
as Meera
The Split
2018
as Goldie
Paddington 2
2017
as Prosecutor
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
as Priri
Our Lives
2017
as Self - Narrator
We Have Been Watching
2017
as Self
Walliams & Friend
2016
as Various
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Patel
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
as Presenter
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Nurse
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Nobody (voice)
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
as Narrator
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Fiona
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
as Honey
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
as Zehrunisa Husain
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Jaspreet
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Jaspreet
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Musketeers
2014
as Theresa
Broadchurch
2013
as Judge Sonia Sharma
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
as Beatrice
All in Good Time
2012
as Lopa
Little Crackers
2010
as Herself
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Dia's Mother
Desert Flower
2009
as Pushpa Patel
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Rashmi
Horrible Histories
2009
as Storyteller
Beautiful People
2008
as Aunty Hayley
When Were We Funniest?
2008
Jekyll
2007
as Miranda
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
as Satvinder’s mother
Kingdom
2007
as Head Teacher
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Scoop
2006
as Joe's Co-Passenger
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
as Mary (The BFG)
School's Out
2006
as Self
Nigella
2005
as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Monkey Trousers
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
2005
as Nasreen Chaudhry
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
Murder Investigation Team
2003
as DCI Anita Wishart
Anita and Me
2002
as Auntie Shaila
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
as Narrator
All About Me
2002
as Rupinder
The Jury
2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
as Self
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
2001
as Ruby
In Deep
2001
as Marta Drusic
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as High Priestess
Fat Friends
2000
Forgive and Forget
2000
as Judith Adams
The Strangerers
2000
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
Bad Girls
1999
as Janan Hamad
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Madame Marlene
Girls' Night
1998
as Carmen
Holding On
1997
Ruby
1997
as Self
Keeping Mum
1997
as Tina Beare
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Clara Myerscough
A Night in with the Girls
1997
Crossing the Floor
1996
as Reporter
Goodness Gracious Me
1996
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Miss Chauhan
Hamish Macbeth
1995
as Self - Narrator (voice)
It's Not Unusual
1995
as Shushila
A Nice Arrangement
1994
as Sita
O Mary This London
1994
as Ranting woman
Memsahib Rita
1994
as Unumma
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Suzy
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Farah Khan
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Sangita Sharma
The Real McCoy
1991
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rani
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Matron
A Little Princess
1987
as Anna
Handsworth Songs
1986
as Voice Over
The Bill
1984
Majdhar
1984
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
Taggart
1983
