Meera Syal

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

Midsomer Murders

Doctor Who

QI

Natural World

The Wheel of Time

The Sandman

Have I Got News for You

The One Show

All Movies (54)

• Tinsel Town2025 · as Cassandra
• National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes2025 · as Queenie
• Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out2024 · as Self / Suzy
• The Canterville Ghost2023 · as Lucretia Otis (voice)
• The Smeds and the Smoos2023 · as Aunt Smed (voice)
• The Almond and the Seahorse2022 · as Dr. Falmer
• Spin2021 · as Asha
• Dragon Rider2020 · as Subisha Gulab (voice)
• Yesterday2019 · as Sheila Malik
• Nativity Rocks!2018 · as Nina
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms2018 · as Cook
• Patrick2018 · as Miss Phillips
• To Provide All People2018 · as District Nurse
• The Homestay2018 · as Meera
• Paddington 22017 · as Prosecutor
• Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt2017 · as Priri
• Doctor Strange2016 · as Dr. Patel
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe2016 · as Presenter
• Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2016 · as Nurse
• Alice Through the Looking Glass2016 · as Nobody (voice)
• Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version2015 · as Narrator
• Amar Akbar & Tony2015 · as Honey
• National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers2015 · as Zehrunisa Husain
• Absolutely Anything2015 · as Fiona
• The Boy in the Dress2014 · as Jaspreet
• All About TWO2014 · as Self - Panellist
• Much Ado About Nothing2012 · as Beatrice
• All in Good Time2012 · as Lopa
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010 · as Dia's Mother
• Desert Flower2009 · as Pushpa Patel
• Mad Sad & Bad2009 · as Rashmi
• Jhoom Barabar Jhoom2007 · as Satvinder’s mother
• Scoop2006 · as Joe's Co-Passenger
• The Children's Party at the Palace2006 · as Mary (The BFG)
• The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million2005 · as Joyti De-Laurey
• Anita and Me2002 · as Auntie Shaila
• Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India2002 · as Narrator
• Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime2000 · as High Priestess
• Forgive and Forget2000 · as Judith Adams
• Girls' Night1998 · as Carmen
• A Night in with the Girls1997
• Crossing the Floor1996 · as Reporter
• Beautiful Thing1996 · as Miss Chauhan
• It's Not Unusual1995 · as Shushila
• A Nice Arrangement1994 · as Sita
• O Mary This London1994 · as Ranting woman
• Memsahib Rita1994 · as Unumma
• Gummed Labels1992
• My Sister-Wife1992 · as Farah Khan
• Interviewers From Hell1989
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid1987 · as Rani
• Handsworth Songs1986 · as Voice Over
• Majdhar1984 · as Rehana
• Lysistrata— · as Lysistrata (voice)

All TV Shows (86)

• The Revenge Club2025 · as Rita
• Uncanny Post Mortem2025
• Our Tiny Islands2024 · as Self - Narrator
• Mrs Sidhu Investigates2023 · as Mrs. Sidhu
• The Devil's Hour2022 · as Dr Ruby Bennett
• The Devil's Hour2022 · as Dr. Ruby Bennett
• The Sandman2022 · as Ric the Vic
• Roar2022 · as Anu
• The Wheel of Time2021 · as Verin Mathwin
• Beena and Amrit2021 · as Amrit
• Diana's Decades2021 · as Narrator
• We Are Lady Parts2021 · as Sister Squire
• Between the Covers2020 · as Self
• Kate & Koji2020 · as Dr Ayesha Radwan
• Back to Life2019 · as Gaia
• The Split2018 · as Goldie
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer2018 · as Self - Guest
• Richard Osman's House of Games2017 · as Self - Contestant
• Our Lives2017 · as Self - Narrator
• Don't Ask Me Ask Britain2017 · as Herself
• We Have Been Watching2017 · as Self
• Walliams & Friend2016 · as Various
• John Bishop: In Conversation with...2016 · as Self
• Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version2015
• Original Comedy Shorts2014
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo2014
• The Musketeers2014 · as Theresa
• The Kumars2014 · as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
• Crackanory2013 · as Self
• Psychobitches2013 · as Hera
• The Job Lot2013 · as Jamina McNulty
• Broadchurch2013 · as Judge Sonia Sharma
• Silk2011 · as Aisha Wiseman
• Little Crackers2010 · as Herself
• Horrible Histories2009 · as Storyteller
• Beautiful People2008 · as Aunty Hayley
• When Were We Funniest?2008
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show2007 · as Self
• Jekyll2007 · as Miranda
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self - Panellist
• Kingdom2007 · as Head Teacher
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard2006 · as Liz Shannon
• The One Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• School's Out2006 · as Self
• Nigella2005 · as Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats2005 · as Self
• Monkey Trousers2005
• Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Nasreen Chaudhry
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind2004
• QI2003 · as Self
• Murder Investigation Team2003 · as DCI Anita Wishart
• All About Me2002 · as Rupinder
• The Jury2002
• Johnny Vaughan Tonight2002 · as Self
• The Kumars at No. 422001
• Bedtime2001 · as Ruby
• In Deep2001 · as Marta Drusic
• Fat Friends2000 · as Aysha Kapoor
• The Strangerers2000 · as Volunteer
• Loose Women1999 · as Self
• It's Only TV But I Like It1999 · as Self
• Bad Girls1999 · as Janan Hamad
• The Mrs Bradley Mysteries1998 · as Madame Marlene
• Goodness Gracious Me1998
• Parkinson1998 · as Self
• Ruby1997 · as Self
• Keeping Mum1997 · as Tina Beare
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Clara Myerscough
• Room 1011994 · as Self
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Absolutely Fabulous1992 · as Suzy
• Soldier Soldier1991 · as Sangita Sharma
• The Real McCoy1991
• Have I Got News for You1990 · as Self
• Drop the Dead Donkey1990 · as Barmaid
• This Morning1988 · as Self
• A Little Princess1987 · as Anna
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾1985 · as Mrs. Singh
• The Bill1984
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator
• Taggart1983
• An Audience with...1978 · as Self
• Phony— · as Sharla