Meera Syal
- Acting
- June 27, 1961 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Prodigies · Dahlia
- Phony · Sharla
- Lysistrata · Lysistrata (Voice)
- The Revenge Club · Rita Eggleston
- Tinsel Town · Cassandra
- National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes · Queenie
- Uncanny Post Mortem · Self
- Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out · Self / Suzy
- Our Tiny Islands · Self
- Samosa & Sons · Rai Bahadur
- The Canterville Ghost · Lucretia Otis (Voice)
- Mrs Sidhu Investigates · Mrs. Sidhu
- The Smeds and the Smoos · Aunt Smed (Voice)
- The Almond and the Seahorse · Dr. Falmer
- The Devil's Hour · Dr Ruby Bennett
- The Sandman · Ric the Vic
- Roar · Anu
- The Wheel of Time · Verin Mathwin
- Beena and Amrit · Amrit
- Spin · Asha
- Diana's Decades · Narrator
- We Are Lady Parts · Sister Squire
- Dragon Rider · Subisha Gulab (Voice)
- Between the Covers · Self
- Comedians: Home Alone · Reena
- Code 404 · Elizabeth Churchland
- Kate & Koji · Dr Ayesha Radwan
- Yesterday · Sheila Malik
- Back to Life · Gaia
- Nativity Rocks! · Nina
- The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · Cook
- Patrick · Miss Phillips
- To Provide All People · District Nurse
- The Homestay · Meera
- The Split · Goldie
- The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer · Self
- Paddington 2 · Prosecutor
- House of Games · Self
- Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt · Priri, Writer
- Riviera · Sonya Roche
- Our Lives · Self
- Don't Ask Me Ask Britain · Self
- We Have Been Watching · Self
- Walliams & Friend · Various
- Doctor Strange · Dr. Patel
- A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe · Presenter
- John Bishop: In Conversation with... · Self
- Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet · Nurse
- Alice Through the Looking Glass · Nobody (Voice)
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version · Narrator
- Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version · Narrator
- The Brink · Naeema
- Amar Akbar & Tony · Honey
- National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers · Zehrunisa Husain
- Absolutely Anything · Fiona
- The Boy in the Dress · Jaspreet
- Original Comedy Shorts · Writer
- All About TWO · Self
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo · Self
- The Musketeers · Theresa
- The Kumars · Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
- Crackanory · Self
- Psychobitches · Hera
- Family Tree · Chitra
- The Job Lot · Jamina McNulty
- Love Matters · Kuldip
- Broadchurch · Judge Sonia Sharma
- Hunted · Fatima Zahir
- Much Ado About Nothing · Beatrice
- All in Good Time · Lopa
- Silk · Aisha Wiseman
- Little Crackers · Self, Writer
- Tinga Tinga Tales · Owl (Voice)
- You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · Dia's Mother
- Desert Flower · Pushpa Patel
- Mad Sad & Bad · Rashmi
- Horrible Histories · Storyteller
- Grandpa in My Pocket · Mrs Pointy Pencil
- Minder · Jess Robinson
- Beautiful People · Aunty Hayley