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