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)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
as Cook
Paddington 2 (2017)
as Prosecutor
Yesterday (2019)
as Sheila Malik
Absolutely Anything (2015)
as Fiona
Dragon Rider (2020)
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Desert Flower (2009)
as Pushpa Patel
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
as Dia's Mother
Scoop (2006)
as Joe's Co-Passenger
The Canterville Ghost (2023)
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
Beautiful Thing (1996)
as Miss Chauhan
Tinsel Town (2025)
as Cassandra
Spin (2021)
as Asha
The Smeds and the Smoos (2023)
as Aunt Smed (voice)
Girls' Night (1998)
as Carmen
The Boy in the Dress (2014)
as Jaspreet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)
as Nurse
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
as Rani
Patrick (2018)
as Miss Phillips
All in Good Time (2012)
as Lopa
The Almond and the Seahorse (2022)
as Dr. Falmer
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024)
as Self / Suzy
Samosa & Sons (2023)
as Rai Bahadur
To Provide All People (2018)
as District Nurse
Anita and Me (2002)
as Auntie Shaila
The Children's Party at the Palace (2006)
as Mary (The BFG)
The Homestay (2018)
as Meera
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes (2025)
as Queenie
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000)
as High Priestess
O Mary This London (1994)
as Ranting woman
Forgive and Forget (2000)
as Judith Adams
Handsworth Songs (1986)
as Voice Over
Gummed Labels (1992)
as Mira
Crossing the Floor (1996)
as Reporter
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015)
as Zehrunisa Husain
Nativity Rocks! (2018)
as Nina
Sixth Happiness (1997)
as Breathing Generator
Much Ado About Nothing (2012)
as Beatrice
King of Bollywood (2004)
as Mrs Jones
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016)
as Presenter
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
as Satvinder’s mother
A Night in with the Girls (1997)
as Self
My Sister-Wife (1992)
as Farah Khan
A Nice Arrangement (1994)
as Sita
Interviewers From Hell (1989)
Actor
It's Not Unusual (1995)
as Shushila
Amar Akbar & Tony (2015)
as Honey
Mad Sad & Bad (2009)
as Rashmi
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (2005)
as Joyti De-Laurey
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India (2002)
as Narrator
Lysistrata (2026)
as Lysistrata (voice)
Flight (1997)
as Tasleema
All About TWO (2014)
as Self - Panellist
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt (2017)
as Priri
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)
as Narrator
Memsahib Rita (1994)
as Unumma
Majdhar (1984)
as Rehana