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