Meera Syal
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 27, 1961
- Birthplace
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Lysistrata 2026
as Lysistrata (voice)
Tinsel Town 2025
as Cassandra
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes 2025
as Queenie
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out 2024
as Self / Suzy
Samosa & Sons 2023
as Rai Bahadur
The Canterville Ghost 2023
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos 2023
as Aunt Smed (voice)
The Almond and the Seahorse 2022
as Dr. Falmer
Spin 2021
as Asha
Dragon Rider 2020
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Yesterday 2019
as Sheila Malik
Nativity Rocks! 2018
as Nina
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018
as Cook
Patrick 2018
as Miss Phillips
- To Provide All People
To Provide All People 2018
as District Nurse
The Homestay 2018
as Meera
Paddington 2 2017
as Prosecutor
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt 2017
as Priri, Writer
Doctor Strange 2016
as Dr. Patel
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 2016
as Presenter
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet 2016
as Nurse
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016
as Nobody (voice)
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version 2015
as Narrator
Amar Akbar & Tony 2015
as Honey
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 2015
as Zehrunisa Husain
Absolutely Anything 2015
as Fiona
The Boy in the Dress 2014
as Jaspreet
All About TWO 2014
as Self - Panellist
Much Ado About Nothing 2012
as Beatrice
All in Good Time 2012
as Lopa
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2010
as Dia's Mother
Desert Flower 2009
as Pushpa Patel
Mad Sad & Bad 2009
as Rashmi
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom 2007
as Satvinder’s mother
Scoop 2006
as Joe's Co-Passenger
The Children's Party at the Palace 2006
as Mary (The BFG)
- The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million 2005
as Joyti De-Laurey
King of Bollywood 2004
as Mrs Jones
Anita and Me 2002
as Auntie Shaila, Writer, Producer
- Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India 2002
as Narrator
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime 2000
as High Priestess
Forgive and Forget 2000
as Judith Adams
Sixth Happiness 1998
as Breathing Generator
Girls' Night 1998
as Carmen
Flight 1997
as Tasleema
A Night in with the Girls 1997
as Self
Crossing the Floor 1996
as Reporter
Beautiful Thing 1996
as Miss Chauhan
It's Not Unusual 1995
as Shushila
A Nice Arrangement 1994
as Sita, Story
O Mary This London 1994
as Ranting woman
Memsahib Rita 1994
as Unumma
Bhaji on the Beach 1993
Writer
- Gummed Labels
Gummed Labels 1992
as Mira
My Sister-Wife 1992
as Farah Khan, Writer
Interviewers From Hell 1989
Actor
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid 1987
as Rani
Handsworth Songs 1986
as Voice Over
Majdhar 1984
as Rehana
Credits from TMDB.