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Meera Syal

Meera Syal

Acting

Born: June 27, 1961Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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
Filmography
Flavia

Flavia

2026
Tinsel Town

Tinsel Town

Cassandra

2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

Queenie

2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Self / Suzy

2024
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

Lucretia Otis (voice)

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
Spin

Spin

Asha

2021
Dragon Rider

Dragon Rider

Subisha Gulab (voice)

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

District Nurse

2018
The Homestay

The Homestay

Meera

2018
Paddington 2

Paddington 2

Prosecutor

2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

Priri

2017
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
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
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
All About TWO

All About TWO

Self - Panellist

2014
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Beatrice

2012
All in Good Time

All in Good Time

Lopa

2012
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
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Satvinder’s mother

2007
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

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

Joyti De-Laurey

2005
Anita and Me

Anita and Me

Auntie Shaila

2002

Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

Narrator

2002
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

High Priestess

2000
Forgive and Forget

Forgive and Forget

Judith Adams

2000
Girls' Night

Girls' Night

Carmen

1998
A Night in with the Girls

A Night in with the Girls

1997
Crossing the Floor

Crossing the Floor

Reporter

1996
Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

Miss Chauhan

1996
It's Not Unusual

It's Not Unusual

Shushila

1995
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

Gummed Labels

1992
My Sister-Wife

My Sister-Wife

Farah Khan

1992
Interviewers From Hell

Interviewers From Hell

1989
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Rani

1987
Handsworth Songs

Handsworth Songs

Voice Over

1986
Majdhar

Majdhar

Rehana

1984