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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Known For
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Doctor Strange
2016
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
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Yesterday
2019
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Doctor Who
2005
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Paddington 2
2017
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The Sandman
2022
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The Wheel of Time
2021
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
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Scoop
2006
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Absolutely Anything
2015
Acting
2025
Tinsel Town
as Cassandra
2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
as Queenie
2025
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
The Revenge Club
as Rita
(6 episodes)
2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Suzy
2024
Our Tiny Islands
as Self - Narrator
(4 episodes)
2023
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
as Mrs. Sidhu
(4 episodes)
2022
The Almond and the Seahorse
as Dr. Falmer
2022
Roar
as Anu
(1 episode)
2022
The Sandman
as Ric the Vic
(1 episode)
2022
The Devil's Hour
as Dr Ruby Bennett
(4 episodes)
2022
The Devil's Hour
as Dr. Ruby Bennett
(2 episodes)
2021
Spin
as Asha
2021
Diana's Decades
as Narrator
(3 episodes)
2021
Beena and Amrit
as Amrit
(1 episode)
2021
The Wheel of Time
as Verin Mathwin
(13 episodes)
2021
We Are Lady Parts
as Sister Squire
(3 episodes)
2020
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020
Kate & Koji
as Dr Ayesha Radwan
(6 episodes)
2020
Between the Covers
as Self
(1 episode)
2019
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
2018
The Homestay
as Meera
2018
Patrick
as Miss Phillips
2018
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
2018
Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Cook
2018
The Split
as Goldie
(6 episodes)
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
as Priri
2017
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
2017
We Have Been Watching
as Self
(5 episodes)
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
(5 episodes)
2017
Our Lives
as Self - Narrator
(2 episodes)
2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
as Herself
(1 episode)
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Presenter
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
2016
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
2016
Walliams & Friend
as Various
(1 episode)
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
(1 episode)
2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
as Narrator
2015
Absolutely Anything
as Fiona
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2014
The Boy in the Dress
as Jaspreet
2014
All About TWO
as Self - Panellist
2014
The Kumars
as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
(6 episodes)
2014
The Musketeers
as Theresa
(1 episode)
2014
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2013
Broadchurch
as Judge Sonia Sharma
(7 episodes)
2013
Crackanory
as Self
(1 episode)
2013
Psychobitches
as Hera
(1 episode)
2012
All in Good Time
as Lopa
2012
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
2011
Silk
as Aisha Wiseman
(1 episode)
2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Dia's Mother
2010
Little Crackers
as Herself
(1 episode)
2009
Desert Flower
as Pushpa Patel
2009
Mad Sad & Bad
as Rashmi
2009
Horrible Histories
as Storyteller
(10 episodes)
2008
When Were We Funniest?
2008
Beautiful People
as Aunty Hayley
(12 episodes)
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Satvinder’s mother
2007
Jekyll
as Miranda
(6 episodes)
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2007
Kingdom
as Head Teacher
(1 episode)
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self - Panellist
(1 episode)
2006
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Mary (The BFG)
2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
as Liz Shannon
(6 episodes)
2006
The One Show
as Self - Guest
(1 episode)
2006
School's Out
as Self
(1 episode)
2006
The One Show
as Self
(1 episode)
2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Joyti De-Laurey
2005
Monkey Trousers
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
(1 episode)
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
as Nasreen Chaudhry
(2 episodes)
2005
Nigella
as Self
(1 episode)
2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
(1 episode)
2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2003
Murder Investigation Team
as DCI Anita Wishart
(4 episodes)
2003
QI
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
as Narrator
2002
Anita and Me
as Auntie Shaila
2002
All About Me
as Rupinder
(6 episodes)
2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
(1 episode)
2002
The Jury
2001
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
as Ruby
(6 episodes)
2001
In Deep
as Marta Drusic
(6 episodes)
2000
Forgive and Forget
as Judith Adams
2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as High Priestess
2000
The Strangerers
as Volunteer
(1 episode)
2000
Fat Friends
as Aysha Kapoor
(4 episodes)
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
(1 episode)
1999
Bad Girls
as Janan Hamad
(1 episode)
1999
Loose Women
as Self
(1 episode)
1998
Girls' Night
as Carmen
1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Madame Marlene
(1 episode)
1998
Parkinson
as Self
(1 episode)
1997
A Night in with the Girls
1997
Keeping Mum
as Tina Beare
(16 episodes)
1997
Ruby
as Self
(2 episodes)
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Clara Myerscough
(1 episode)
1996
Beautiful Thing
as Miss Chauhan
1996
Crossing the Floor
as Reporter
1996
Goodness Gracious Me
1995
It's Not Unusual
as Shushila
1994
A Nice Arrangement
as Sita
1994
Memsahib Rita
as Unumma
1994
O Mary This London
as Ranting woman
1994
Room 101
as Self
(2 episodes)
1993
GMTV
as Self
(1 episode)
1992
My Sister-Wife
as Farah Khan
1992
Gummed Labels
1992
Absolutely Fabulous
as Suzy
(1 episode)
1991
The Real McCoy
1991
Soldier Soldier
as Sangita Sharma
(3 episodes)
1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Barmaid
(1 episode)
1990
Have I Got News for You
as Self
(3 episodes)
1989
Interviewers From Hell
1988
This Morning
as Self
(1 episode)
1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rani
1987
A Little Princess
as Anna
(3 episodes)
1986
Handsworth Songs
as Voice Over
1985
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
as Mrs. Singh
(2 episodes)
1984
Majdhar
as Rehana
1984
The Bill
1983
Taggart
1983
Natural World
as Narrator
(1 episode)
1978
An Audience with...
as Self
(1 episode)
Writing
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Writer
2014
Original Comedy Shorts
Writer
2010
Little Crackers
Writer
2002
Anita and Me
Writer
1994
A Nice Arrangement
Story
1993
Bhaji on the Beach
Writer
1992
My Sister-Wife
Writer
1985
Tandoori Nights
Writer
Production
2002
Anita and Me
Producer
Creator
1996
Goodness Gracious Me
Creator