Meera Syal
Acting
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
Acting142
Lysistrata
2026
Lysistrata (voice)
movieTinsel Town
2025
Cassandra
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Self / Suzy
tvOur Tiny Islands
2024
Self - Narrator
movieThe Canterville Ghost
2023
Lucretia Otis (voice)
tvMrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
Mrs. Sidhu
movieThe Smeds and the Smoos
2023
Aunt Smed (voice)
movieThe Almond and the Seahorse
2022
Dr. Falmer
tvThe Devil's Hour
2022
Dr Ruby Bennett / Dr. Ruby Bennett
tvThe Sandman
2022
Ric the Vic
tvRoar
2022
Anu
tvThe Wheel of Time
2021
Verin Mathwin
movieSpin
2021
Asha
tvDiana's Decades
2021
Narrator
tvWe Are Lady Parts
2021
Sister Squire
movieDragon Rider
2020
Subisha Gulab (voice)
tvKate & Koji
2020
Dr Ayesha Radwan
movieYesterday
2019
Sheila Malik
moviePatrick
2018
Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
2018
District Nurse
tvThe Split
2018
Goldie
moviePaddington 2
2017
Prosecutor
tvRichard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Contestant
tvOur Lives
2017
Self - Narrator
tvWalliams & Friend
2016
Various
movieDoctor Strange
2016
Dr. Patel
movieAlice Through the Looking Glass
2016
Nobody (voice)
movieNational Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
Zehrunisa Husain
movieThe Boy in the Dress
2014
Jaspreet
movieAll About TWO
2014
Self - Panellist
tvThe Musketeers
2014
Theresa
The Kumars
2014
Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
tvCrackanory
2013
Self
tvThe Job Lot
2013
Jamina McNulty
tvBroadchurch
2013
Judge Sonia Sharma
movieMuch Ado About Nothing
2012
Beatrice
tvSilk
2011
Aisha Wiseman
tvLittle Crackers
2010
Herself
movieYou Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
Dia's Mother
movieDesert Flower
2009
Pushpa Patel
movieMad Sad & Bad
2009
Rashmi
tvHorrible Histories
2009
Storyteller
tvBeautiful People
2008
Aunty Hayley
tvJekyll
2007
Miranda
tvWould I Lie to You?
2007
Self - Panellist
movieJhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Satvinder’s mother
tvKingdom
2007
Head Teacher
tvThe Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Liz Shannon
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest / Self
movieScoop
2006
Joe's Co-Passenger
movieThe Children's Party at the Palace
2006
Mary (The BFG)
tvNigella
2005
Self
tvDoctor Who
2005
Nasreen Chaudhry
tvQI
2003
Self
tvMurder Investigation Team
2003
DCI Anita Wishart
movieAnita and Me
2002
Auntie Shaila
tvAll About Me
2002
Rupinder
tvBedtime
2001
Ruby
tvIn Deep
2001
Marta Drusic
movieAladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
High Priestess
tvFat Friends
2000
Aysha Kapoor
movieForgive and Forget
2000
Judith Adams
tvThe Strangerers
2000
Volunteer
tvBad Girls
1999
Janan Hamad
tvThe Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
Madame Marlene
movieGirls' Night
1998
Carmen
tvParkinson
1998
Self
tvRuby
1997
Self
tvKeeping Mum
1997
Tina Beare
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Clara Myerscough
movieCrossing the Floor
1996
Reporter
movieBeautiful Thing
1996
Miss Chauhan
movieIt's Not Unusual
1995
Shushila
tvRoom 101
1994
Self
movieO Mary This London
1994
Ranting woman
movieMemsahib Rita
1994
Unumma
tvGMTV
1993
Self
movieMy Sister-Wife
1992
Farah Khan
tvSoldier Soldier
1991
Sangita Sharma
tvDrop the Dead Donkey
1990
Barmaid
movieHandsworth Songs
1986
Voice Over
Black Silk
1985
Mumtaz Khan
movieMajdhar
1984
Rehana
tvNatural World
1983
Narrator
Phony
Sharla
Writing8
Creator1
tvGoodness Gracious Me
1998
Creator
Production1
movieAnita and Me
2002
Producer