Meera Syal

Jun 27, 1961 (63 years old) in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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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.

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Known For

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Doctor Who

Nasreen Chaudhry

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Midsomer Murders

Clara Myerscough

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The Wheel of Time

Verin Mathwin

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Natural World

Narrator

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Who Do You Think You Are?

Self

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8 Out of 10 Cats

Self

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The Bill

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Horrible Histories

Storyteller

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Matron

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Taggart

Credits

Flavia de Luce Future

★ NR
Tinsel Town Future

★ NR
All About TWO Future

Self - Panellist

★ NR
Uncanny Post Mortem 2025

★ NR
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out 2024

Self

★ NR
Our Tiny Islands 2024

Self - Narrator

★ NR
The Canterville Ghost 2023

Lucretia Otis (voice)

★ 6.7
Mrs Sidhu Investigates 2023

Mrs. Sidhu

★ 7.2
The Smeds and the Smoos 2023

Aunt Smed (voice)

★ 6.8
The Almond and the Seahorse 2022

Dr. Falmer

★ 4.8
The Devil's Hour 2022

Dr Ruby Bennett

★ 7.4
The Sandman 2022

Ric the Vic

★ 7.9
Roar 2022

Anu

★ 5.7
The Wheel of Time 2021

Verin Mathwin

★ 7.7
Beena and Amrit 2021

Amrit

★ NR
Spin 2021

Asha

★ 6.9
Diana's Decades 2021

Narrator

★ NR
We Are Lady Parts 2021

Sister Squire

★ 7.6
Dragon Rider 2020

Subisha Gulab (voice)

★ 7.1
Kate & Koji 2020

Dr Ayesha Radwan

★ 5.8
Yesterday 2019

Sheila Malik

★ 6.7
Nativity Rocks! 2018

Nina

★ 3.8
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms 2018

Cook

★ 6.1
Patrick 2018

Miss Phillips

★ 6.7
To Provide All People 2018

District Nurse

★ 6
The Homestay 2018

Meera

★ 5.5
The Split 2018

Goldie

★ 7.3
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer 2018

Self - Guest

★ 7.5
Paddington 2 2017

Prosecutor

★ 7.5
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt 2017

Priri

★ 10
Our Lives 2017

Self - Narrator

★ NR
We Have Been Watching 2017

Self

★ NR
Walliams & Friend 2016

Various

★ 5.2
Doctor Strange 2016

Dr. Patel

★ 7.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe 2016

Presenter

★ 10
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet 2016

Nurse

★ 8
Alice Through the Looking Glass 2016

Nobody (voice)

★ 6.6
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version 2015

Narrator

★ NR
Amar Akbar & Tony 2015

Honey

★ 6
Absolutely Anything 2015

Fiona

★ 5.9
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers 2015

Zehrunisa Husain

★ NR
The Boy in the Dress 2014

Jaspreet

★ 6.4
Original Comedy Shorts 2014

★ 6
Duck Quacks Don't Echo 2014

★ 5.7
The Musketeers 2014

Theresa

★ 7
Broadchurch 2013

Judge Sonia Sharma

★ 7.9
Much Ado About Nothing 2012

Beatrice

★ NR
All in Good Time 2012

Lopa

★ 6.6
Little Crackers 2010

Herself

★ 6.8
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger 2010

Dia's Mother

★ 5.9
Desert Flower 2009

Pushpa Patel

★ 7.5
Mad Sad & Bad 2009

Rashmi

★ 4.9
Horrible Histories 2009

Storyteller

★ 8.1
Beautiful People 2008

Aunty Hayley

★ 7
When Were We Funniest? 2008

★ NR
Jekyll 2007

Miranda

★ 7.6
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom 2007

Satvinder’s mother

★ 3.9
Kingdom 2007

Head Teacher

★ 7.1
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard 2006

★ 6.2
Scoop 2006

Joe's Co-Passenger

★ 6.6
The Children's Party at the Palace 2006

Mary (The BFG)

★ 2
School's Out 2006

Self

★ NR
Nigella 2005

Self

★ 6
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million 2005

Joyti De-Laurey

★ NR
8 Out of 10 Cats 2005

Self

★ 7.1
Monkey Trousers 2005

★ 7
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee 2005

★ NR
Doctor Who 2005

Nasreen Chaudhry

★ 7.5
Who Do You Think You Are? 2004

Self

★ 6.7
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind 2004

★ 8.3
Murder Investigation Team 2003

DCI Anita Wishart

★ 5.5
Anita and Me 2002

Auntie Shaila

★ 5.9
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India 2002

Narrator

★ NR
All About Me 2002

Rupinder

★ NR
The Jury 2002

★ 6.4
The Kumars at No. 42 2001

★ 5.8
Bedtime 2001

Ruby

★ 2
In Deep 2001

Marta Drusic

★ 10
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime 2000

High Priestess

★ 9
Fat Friends 2000

★ 7.7
Forgive and Forget 2000

Judith Adams

★ 5.5
The Strangerers 2000

Volunteer

★ 6
It's Only TV But I Like It 1999

Self

★ 6
Bad Girls 1999

Janan Hamad

★ 7.6
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries 1998

Madame Marlene

★ 6.9
Girls' Night 1998

Carmen

★ 6.8
Holding On 1997

★ 8
Ruby 1997

Self

★ NR
Keeping Mum 1997

Tina Beare

★ NR
Midsomer Murders 1997

Clara Myerscough

★ 7.5
A Night in with the Girls 1997

★ NR
Crossing the Floor 1996

Reporter

★ 6.7
Goodness Gracious Me 1996

★ 6.4
Beautiful Thing 1996

Miss Chauhan

★ 7.3
Hamish Macbeth 1995

Self - Narrator (voice)

★ 7.6
It's Not Unusual 1995

Shushila

★ 6
A Nice Arrangement 1994

Sita

★ 6
O Mary This London 1994

Ranting woman

★ NR
Memsahib Rita 1994

Unumma

★ NR
Absolutely Fabulous 1992

Suzy

★ 7.5
My Sister-Wife 1992

Farah Khan

★ NR
Soldier Soldier 1991

Sangita Sharma

★ 6.4
The Real McCoy 1991

★ 6
Drop the Dead Donkey 1990

Barmaid

★ 6.9
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid 1987

Rani

★ 5.8
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987

Matron

★ 6.2
A Little Princess 1987

Anna

★ 7.5
Handsworth Songs 1986

Voice Over

★ 5.5
The Bill 1984

★ 6.7
Majdhar 1984

★ NR
Natural World 1983

Narrator

★ 7.1
Taggart 1983

★ 6.3