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Known ForActing
Born1961-06-27
BirthplaceWolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Meera Syal
Acting
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.
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Filmography
Acting (58)
2026
Lysistrataas Lysistrata (voice)
2025
Tinsel Townas Cassandra
5.8
2025
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Outas Self / Suzy
7.3
2023
Samosa & Sonsas Rai Bahadur
2.0
2023
The Canterville Ghostas Lucretia Otis (voice)
6.6
2023
The Smeds and the Smoosas Aunt Smed (voice)
6.8
2022
The Almond and the Seahorseas Dr. Falmer
4.9
2021
Spinas Asha
6.9
2020
Dragon Rideras Subisha Gulab (voice)
6.9
2019
Yesterdayas Sheila Malik
6.7
2018
Nativity Rocks!as Nina
3.9
2018
6.1
2018
Patrickas Miss Phillips
6.7
2018
To Provide All Peopleas District Nurse
8.0
2018
The Homestayas Meera
5.5
2017
Paddington 2as Prosecutor
7.5
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirtas Priri
10.0
2016
Doctor Strangeas Dr. Patel
7.4
2016
10.0
2016
8.0
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glassas Nobody (voice)
6.6
2015
2015
Amar Akbar & Tonyas Honey
6.0
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Foreversas Zehrunisa Husain
6.0
2015
Absolutely Anythingas Fiona
5.9
2014
The Boy in the Dressas Jaspreet
6.3
2014
All About TWOas Self - Panellist
2012
Much Ado About Nothingas Beatrice
2012
All in Good Timeas Lopa
6.5
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Strangeras Dia's Mother
5.9
2009
Desert Floweras Pushpa Patel
7.6
2009
Mad Sad & Badas Rashmi
4.7
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoomas Satvinder’s mother
4.1
2006
Scoopas Joe's Co-Passenger
6.6
2006
The Children's Party at the Palaceas Mary (The BFG)
2.8
2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Millionas Joyti De-Laurey
9.0
2004
King of Bollywoodas Mrs Jones
6.0
2002
Anita and Meas Auntie Shaila
6.0
2002
9.0
2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomimeas High Priestess
9.0
2000
Forgive and Forgetas Judith Adams
5.5
1998
Girls' Nightas Carmen
6.8
1997
Flightas Tasleema
8.5
1997
Sixth Happinessas Breathing Generator
4.8
1997
A Night in with the Girlsas Self
1996
Crossing the Flooras Reporter
6.8
1996
Beautiful Thingas Miss Chauhan
7.3
1995
It's Not Unusualas Shushila
7.5
1994
A Nice Arrangementas Sita
6.5
1994
O Mary This Londonas Ranting woman
8.0
1994
Memsahib Ritaas Unumma
8.0
1992
Gummed Labelsas Mira
8.0
1992
My Sister-Wifeas Farah Khan
9.0
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laidas Rani
5.7
1986
Handsworth Songsas Voice Over
5.9
1984
Majdharas Rehana
8.5
Production & Directing (6)
2017
10.0
2002
Anita and MeWriter
6.0
2002
Anita and MeProducer
6.0
1994
A Nice ArrangementStory
6.5
1993
Bhaji on the BeachWriter
5.3
1992
My Sister-WifeWriter
9.0