Meera Syal

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Meera Syal

Acting 65 June 27, 1961

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. S…

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Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

7.4 2016 Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

6.6 2016 Movie
Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.6 2005 TV Show
Yesterday

Yesterday

6.7 2019 Movie
The Sandman

The Sandman

7.8 2022 TV Show
Paddington 2

Paddington 2

7.5 2017 Movie
The Wheel of Time

The Wheel of Time

7.6 2021 TV Show
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

6.1 2018 Movie
Phineas and Ferb

Phineas and Ferb

7.9 2007 TV Show
Scoop

Scoop

6.6 2006 Movie
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.5 1997 TV Show
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

5.9 2015 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Lysistrata

    Movie Lysistrata (voice)

  2. 2025
    The Revenge Club

    TV show Rita Eggleston

  3. 2025
    Tinsel Town

    Movie Cassandra

  4. 2025
    National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

    Movie Queenie

  5. 2025
    Uncanny Post Mortem

    TV show Self

  6. 2024
    Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

    Movie Self / Suzy

  7. 2024
    Our Tiny Islands

    TV show Self - Narrator

  8. 2023
    Samosa & Sons

    Movie Rai Bahadur

  9. 2023
    The Canterville Ghost

    Movie Lucretia Otis (voice)

  10. 2023
    Mrs Sidhu Investigates

    TV show Mrs. Sidhu

  11. 2023
    The Smeds and the Smoos

    Movie Aunt Smed (voice)

  12. 2022
    The Almond and the Seahorse

    Movie Dr. Falmer

  13. 2022
    The Devil's Hour

    TV show Dr Ruby Bennett

  14. 2022
    The Sandman

    TV show Ric the Vic

  15. 2022
    Roar

    TV show Anu

  16. 2021
    The Wheel of Time

    TV show Verin Mathwin

More credits
  1. 2021
    Beena and Amrit

    TV show Amrit

  2. 2021
    Spin

    Movie Asha

  3. 2021
    Diana's Decades

    TV show Narrator

  4. 2021
    We Are Lady Parts

    TV show Sister Squire

  5. 2020
    Dragon Rider

    Movie Subisha Gulab (voice)

  6. 2020
    Between the Covers

    TV show Self

  7. 2020
    Comedians: Home Alone

    TV show Reena

  8. 2020
    Code 404

    TV show Elizabeth Churchland

  9. 2020
    Kate & Koji

    TV show Dr Ayesha Radwan

  10. 2019
    Yesterday

    Movie Sheila Malik

  11. 2019
    Back to Life

    TV show Gaia

  12. 2018
    Nativity Rocks!

    Movie Nina

  13. 2018
    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    Movie Cook

  14. 2018
    Patrick

    Movie Miss Phillips

  15. 2018
    To Provide All People

    Movie District Nurse

  16. 2018
    The Homestay

    Movie Meera

  17. 2018
    The Split

    TV show Goldie

  18. 2018
    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    TV show Self - Guest

  19. 2017
    Paddington 2

    Movie Prosecutor

  20. 2017
    Richard Osman's House of Games

    TV show Self - Contestant

  21. 2017
    Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

    Movie Priri

  22. 2017
    Riviera

    TV show Sonya Roche

  23. 2017
    Our Lives

    TV show Self - Narrator

  24. 2017
    Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

    TV show Herself