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Name
Meera Syal

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1961-06-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

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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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Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

2006 Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
1996 Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
1998 Girls' Night as Carmen
2009 Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
2021 Spin as Asha
2022 The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
2006 The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
1997 A Night in with the Girls as Self
2002 Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
2012 All in Good Time as Lopa
2009 Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
2016 A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
2015 Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
2017 Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
2023 The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
1992 My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
2000 Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
1994 A Nice Arrangement as Sita
1995 It's Not Unusual as Shushila
2012 Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
2014 The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
2023 The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
2018 The Homestay as Meera
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
1986 Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
2015 Absolutely Anything as Fiona
2016 Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
2016 Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
2010 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
2015 National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
2002 Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
2018 Patrick as Miss Phillips
2017 Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
2020 Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
1996 Crossing the Floor as Reporter
2018 To Provide All People as District Nurse
2018 Nativity Rocks! as Nina
1987 Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
2019 Yesterday as Sheila Malik
1994 Memsahib Rita as Unumma
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
2016 Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
1984 Majdhar as Rehana
2000 Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
1994 O Mary This London as Ranting woman
2015 Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
2024 Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self / Suzy
2025 Tinsel Town as Cassandra
2005 The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
2014 All About TWO as Self - Panellist
2025 National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
1992 Gummed Labels as Mira
1989 Interviewers From Hell
2026 Lysistrata as Lysistrata (voice)
1997 Sixth Happiness as Breathing Generator
1997 Flight as Tasleema
2004 King of Bollywood as Mrs Jones
2023 Samosa & Sons as Rai Bahadur

2006 The Amazing Mrs Pritchard ( 6 episodes ) as Liz Shannon
2007 Jekyll ( 6 episodes ) as Miranda
1988 This Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
2001 The Kumars at No. 42 ( 51 episodes )
2005 Monkey Trousers ( 7 episodes )
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2002 All About Me ( 6 episodes ) as Rupinder
1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Linda Morgan
1998 Goodness Gracious Me ( 22 episodes )
1983 Taggart ( 1 episode ) as Sharon Lal
2004 Who Do You Think You Are? ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 Murder Investigation Team ( 4 episodes ) as DCI Anita Wishart
2005 8 Out of 10 Cats ( 1 episode ) as Self
2017 We Have Been Watching ( 5 episodes ) as Self
2000 The Strangerers ( 1 episode ) as Volunteer
2006 School's Out ( 1 episode ) as Self
1991 The Real McCoy ( 30 episodes )
2007 The Alan Titchmarsh Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2001 Bedtime ( 6 episodes ) as Ruby
2002 Johnny Vaughan Tonight ( 1 episode ) as Self
2004 Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind ( 1 episode ) as Self
1983 Natural World ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
1997 Keeping Mum ( 16 episodes ) as Tina Beare
1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
1999 It's Only TV But I Like It ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 Diana's Decades ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
2008 When Were We Funniest? ( 4 episodes ) as Self
2005 Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee ( 3 episodes ) as Sunita
2005 Doctor Who ( 2 episodes ) as Nasreen Chaudhry
2014 The Kumars ( 6 episodes ) as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
2009 Horrible Histories ( 10 episodes ) as Storyteller
1999 Bad Girls ( 1 episode ) as Janan Hamad
2003 QI ( 1 episode ) as Self
2002 The Jury ( 2 episodes ) as Headteacher
2001 In Deep ( 6 episodes ) as Marta Drusic
2007 Kingdom ( 1 episode ) as Head Teacher
2021 Beena and Amrit ( 1 episode ) as Amrit
2005 Nigella ( 1 episode ) as Self
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2014 The Musketeers ( 1 episode ) as Theresa
1990 Drop the Dead Donkey ( 1 episode ) as Barmaid
1997 Ruby ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2014 Original Comedy Shorts ( 1 episode )
2015 Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
2016 Walliams & Friend ( 1 episode ) as Various
1978 An Audience with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
2021 The Wheel of Time ( 13 episodes ) as Verin Mathwin
1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Clara Myerscough
2023 Mrs Sidhu Investigates ( 4 episodes ) as Mrs. Sidhu
2010 Little Crackers ( 1 episode ) as Herself
2022 Roar ( 1 episode ) as Anu
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo ( 1 episode ) as Self
1994 Room 101 ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2022 The Sandman ( 1 episode ) as Ric the Vic
2017 Richard Osman's House of Games ( 5 episodes ) as Self - Contestant
2016 John Bishop: In Conversation with... ( 1 episode ) as Self
2022 The Devil's Hour ( 6 episodes ) as Dr Ruby Bennett
2013 Broadchurch ( 7 episodes ) as Judge Sonia Sharma
2018 The Split ( 6 episodes ) as Goldie
2021 We Are Lady Parts ( 3 episodes ) as Sister Squire
2008 Beautiful People ( 12 episodes ) as Aunty Hayley
1999 Loose Women ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries ( 1 episode ) as Madame Marlene
1991 Soldier Soldier ( 3 episodes ) as Sangita Sharma
2017 Our Lives ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
2024 Our Tiny Islands ( 8 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
1998 Parkinson ( 1 episode ) as Self
2020 Between the Covers ( 1 episode ) as Self
2025 Uncanny Post Mortem ( 1 episode ) as Self
2018 The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2025 The Revenge Club ( 6 episodes ) as Rita Eggleston
1990 Have I Got News for You ( 3 episodes ) as Self
2000 Fat Friends ( 4 episodes ) as Aysha Kapoor
2013 Crackanory ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 1 episode ) as Self - Panellist
2011 Silk ( 1 episode ) as Aisha Wiseman
1985 The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Singh
1987 A Little Princess ( 3 episodes ) as Anna
2017 Don't Ask Me Ask Britain ( 1 episode ) as Herself
1992 Absolutely Fabulous ( 1 episode ) as Suzy
2013 Psychobitches ( 1 episode ) as Hera
2019 Back to Life ( 2 episodes ) as Gaia
Soon Phony ( 1 episode ) as Sharla
2013 The Job Lot ( 1 episode ) as Jamina McNulty
2020 Kate & Koji ( 1 episode ) as Dr Ayesha Radwan
2001 Double Income, No Kids Yet ( 6 episodes ) as Katie
1991 Kinsey ( 12 episodes ) as Val
1986 To Have and to Hold ( 7 episodes ) as Janine
1985 Black Silk ( 1 episode ) as Mumtaz Khan
1986 Boon ( 1 episode ) as Council Supervisor
1992 Sean's Show ( 3 episodes ) as Trudy
1995 Band of Gold ( 1 episode ) as Anne Denver
1995 Degrees of Error ( 4 episodes ) as Dr. Jean Lowell
1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Woman in Street
1984 The Bill ( 1 episode ) as Solicitor
1984 The Bill ( 2 episodes ) as Miss Choudry
1994 Jo Brand Through the Cakehole ( 1 episode ) as Various
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Farah Khan
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Ranting Woman
1985 Screen Two ( 1 episode ) as Reporter
1997 Holding On ( 1 episode ) as Zita
1997 Wavelength ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Kumar
2001 Treasure ( 13 episodes ) as Voices
2001 Linda Green ( 1 episode ) as Sukie
2006 Uncle Max ( 1 episode ) as Snooty Neighbour
2009 Minder ( 1 episode ) as Jess Robinson
2009 Grandpa in My Pocket ( 1 episode ) as Mrs Pointy Pencil
1999 Holby City ( 9 episodes ) as Tara Sodi
2010 Tinga Tinga Tales ( 26 episodes ) as Owl (voice)
2012 Hunted ( 2 episodes ) as Fatima Zahir
2013 Love Matters ( 1 episode ) as Kuldip
2013 Family Tree ( 2 episodes ) as Chitra
2015 The Brink ( 10 episodes ) as Naeema
2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode ) as Baroness Samira Khan
2017 Riviera ( 1 episode ) as Sonya Roche
2020 Comedians: Home Alone ( 1 episode ) as Reena
2020 Code 404 ( 6 episodes ) as Elizabeth Churchland
2007 Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Baljeet's Mom (voice)
2005 The F Word ( 1 episode )

Name
Meera Syal

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1961-06-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

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Name Meera Syal

Known For Acting

Birthday 1961-06-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Biography

Known For

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7.595

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Name
Meera Syal

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1961-06-27 (65 years old)

Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK