Meera Syal
Acting·June 27, 1961 — 65 years old·Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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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.
Known For
Doctor Strange
2016·7.4
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016·6.6
Yesterday
2019·6.7
Doctor Who
2005·7.6
Paddington 2
2017·7.5
The Sandman
2022·7.9
The Wheel of Time
2021·7.6
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018·6.1
Scoop
2006·6.6
Absolutely Anything
2015·5.9
Broadchurch
2013·7.9
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010·5.9
Filmography · 143
—PhonyTVSharla2026LysistrataLysistrata (voice)2025The Revenge ClubTVRita2025Tinsel TownCassandra2025National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of AshesQueenie2025Uncanny Post MortemTV2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside OutSelf / Suzy2024Our Tiny IslandsTVSelf - Narrator2023The Canterville GhostLucretia Otis (voice)2023Mrs Sidhu InvestigatesTVMrs. Sidhu2023The Smeds and the SmoosAunt Smed (voice)2022The Almond and the SeahorseDr. Falmer2022The Devil's HourTVDr Ruby Bennett · Dr. Ruby Bennett2022The SandmanTVRic the Vic2022RoarTVAnu2021The Wheel of TimeTVVerin Mathwin2021Beena and AmritTVAmrit2021SpinAsha2021Diana's DecadesTVNarrator2021We Are Lady PartsTVSister Squire2020Dragon RiderSubisha Gulab (voice)2020Between the CoversTVSelf2020Kate & KojiTVDr Ayesha Radwan2019YesterdaySheila Malik2019Back to LifeTVGaia2018Nativity Rocks!Nina2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsCook2018PatrickMiss Phillips2018To Provide All PeopleDistrict Nurse2018The HomestayMeera2018The SplitTVGoldie2018The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To CancerTVSelf - Guest2017Paddington 2Prosecutor2017Richard Osman's House of GamesTVSelf - Contestant2017Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirtPriri · Writer2017Our LivesTVSelf - Narrator2017Don't Ask Me Ask BritainTVHerself2017We Have Been WatchingTVSelf2016Walliams & FriendTVVarious2016Doctor StrangeDr. Patel2016A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's GlobePresenter2016John Bishop: In Conversation with...TVSelf2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and JulietNurse2016Alice Through the Looking GlassNobody (voice)2015Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover VersionNarrator2015Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover VersionTV2015Amar Akbar & TonyHoney2015National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful ForeversZehrunisa Husain2015Absolutely AnythingFiona2014The Boy in the DressJaspreet2014Original Comedy ShortsTVWriter2014All About TWOSelf - Panellist2014Duck Quacks Don't EchoTV2014The MusketeersTVTheresa2014The KumarsTVSushil 'Ummi' Kumar2013CrackanoryTVSelf2013PsychobitchesTVHera2013The Job LotTVJamina McNulty2013BroadchurchTVJudge Sonia Sharma2012Much Ado About NothingBeatrice2012All in Good TimeLopa2011SilkTVAisha Wiseman2010Little CrackersTVHerself · Writer2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerDia's Mother2009Desert FlowerPushpa Patel2009Mad Sad & BadRashmi2009Horrible HistoriesTVStoryteller2008Beautiful PeopleTVAunty Hayley2008When Were We Funniest?TV2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowTVSelf2007JekyllTVMiranda2007Would I Lie to You?TVSelf - Panellist2007Jhoom Barabar JhoomSatvinder’s mother2007KingdomTVHead Teacher2006The Amazing Mrs PritchardTVLiz Shannon2006The One ShowTVSelf - Guest · Self2006ScoopJoe's Co-Passenger2006The Children's Party at the PalaceMary (The BFG)2006School's OutTVSelf2005NigellaTVSelf2005The Secretary Who Stole £4 MillionJoyti De-Laurey20058 Out of 10 CatsTVSelf2005Monkey TrousersTV2005Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee HeeTV2005Doctor WhoTVNasreen Chaudhry2004Who Do You Think You Are?TVSelf2004Derren Brown: Trick of the MindTV2003QITVSelf2003Murder Investigation TeamTVDCI Anita Wishart2002Anita and MeAuntie Shaila · Writer · Producer2002Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss IndiaNarrator2002All About MeTVRupinder2002The JuryTV2002Johnny Vaughan TonightTVSelf2001The Kumars at No. 42TV2001BedtimeTVRuby2001Double Income, No Kids YetTVKatie2001In DeepTVMarta Drusic2000Aladdin: The ITV PantomimeHigh Priestess2000Fat FriendsTVAysha Kapoor2000Forgive and ForgetJudith Adams2000The StrangerersTVVolunteer1999Loose WomenTVSelf1999It's Only TV But I Like ItTVSelf1999Bad GirlsTVJanan Hamad1998The Mrs Bradley MysteriesTVMadame Marlene1998Girls' NightCarmen1998Goodness Gracious MeTVCreator1998ParkinsonTVSelf1997RubyTVSelf1997Keeping MumTVTina Beare1997Midsomer MurdersTVClara Myerscough1997A Night in with the Girls1996Crossing the FloorReporter1996Beautiful ThingMiss Chauhan1995It's Not UnusualShushila1994Room 101TVSelf1994A Nice ArrangementSita · Story1994O Mary This LondonRanting woman1994Memsahib RitaUnumma1993Bhaji on the BeachWriter1993GMTVTVSelf1992Absolutely FabulousTVSuzy1992Gummed Labels1992My Sister-WifeFarah Khan · Writer1991Soldier SoldierTVSangita Sharma1991The Real McCoyTV1991KinseyTVVal1990Have I Got News for YouTVSelf1990Drop the Dead DonkeyTVBarmaid1989Interviewers From Hell1988This MorningTVSelf1987Sammy and Rosie Get LaidRani1987A Little PrincessTVAnna1986To Have and to HoldTVJanine1986Handsworth SongsVoice Over1985The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾TVMrs. Singh1985Tandoori NightsTVWriter1984MajdharRehana1984The BillTV1983Natural WorldTVNarrator1983TaggartTV1978An Audience with...TVSelf