Meera Syal

Meera Syal

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.

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Filmography

2025

Uncanny Post Mortem
Uncanny Post Mortem
TV - Released: 1/31/2025

2024

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/17/2024
Our Tiny Islands
Our Tiny Islands
as Self - Narrator
TV - Released: 9/25/2024

2023

The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/22/2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
Movie - Released: 2/24/2023
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
as Mrs. Sidhu
TV - Released: 9/18/2023

2022

The Almond and the Seahorse
The Almond and the Seahorse
as Dr. Falmer
Movie - Released: 12/16/2022
Roar
Roar
as Anu
TV - Released: 4/15/2022
The Sandman
The Sandman
as Ric the Vic
TV - Released: 8/5/2022
The Devil's Hour
The Devil's Hour
as Dr Ruby Bennett
TV - Released: 10/28/2022
The Devil's Hour
The Devil's Hour
as Dr. Ruby Bennett
TV - Released: 10/28/2022

2021

Spin
Spin
as Asha
Movie - Released: 9/18/2021
Diana's Decades
Diana's Decades
as Narrator
TV - Released: 7/8/2021
Beena and Amrit
Beena and Amrit
as Amrit
TV - Released: 11/8/2021
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time
as Verin Mathwin
TV - Released: 11/18/2021
We Are Lady Parts
We Are Lady Parts
as Sister Squire
TV - Released: 5/20/2021

2020

Dragon Rider
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/13/2020
Kate & Koji
Kate & Koji
as Dr Ayesha Radwan
TV - Released: 3/18/2020
Between the Covers
Between the Covers
as Self
TV - Released: 10/9/2020

2019

Yesterday
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
Movie - Released: 6/26/2019

2018

The Homestay
The Homestay
as Meera
Movie - Released: 5/13/2018
Patrick
Patrick
as Miss Phillips
Movie - Released: 6/29/2018
Movie
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
Movie - Released: 6/28/2018
Nativity Rocks!
Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
Movie - Released: 11/23/2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Cook
Movie - Released: 10/26/2018
The Split
The Split
as Goldie
TV - Released: 4/24/2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/6/2018

2017

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
as Priri
Movie - Released: 6/21/2017
Paddington 2
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
Movie - Released: 11/9/2017
TV
We Have Been Watching
as Self
TV - Released: 1/4/2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant
TV - Released: 9/4/2017
Our Lives
Our Lives
as Self - Narrator
TV - Released: 6/12/2017

2016

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Presenter
Movie - Released: 9/11/2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
Movie - Released: 7/7/2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
Movie - Released: 5/25/2016
Doctor Strange
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
Movie - Released: 10/25/2016
Walliams & Friend
Walliams & Friend
as Various
TV - Released: 11/28/2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self
TV - Released: 9/1/2016

2015

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/6/2015
Absolutely Anything
Absolutely Anything
as Fiona
Movie - Released: 2/13/2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
Movie - Released: 1/1/2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
Movie - Released: 4/17/2015

2014

The Boy in the Dress
The Boy in the Dress
as Jaspreet
Movie - Released: 12/26/2014
TV
The Kumars
as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
TV - Released: 1/15/2014
The Musketeers
The Musketeers
as Theresa
TV - Released: 1/19/2014
TV
Original Comedy Shorts
TV - Released: 6/1/2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV - Released: 2/7/2014

2013

Broadchurch
Broadchurch
as Judge Sonia Sharma
TV - Released: 3/4/2013

2012

All in Good Time
All in Good Time
as Lopa
Movie - Released: 5/11/2012
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
Movie - Released: 6/1/2012

2010

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Dia's Mother
Movie - Released: 9/22/2010
Little Crackers
Little Crackers
as Herself
TV - Released: 12/19/2010

2009

Desert Flower
Desert Flower
as Pushpa Patel
Movie - Released: 9/24/2009
Mad Sad & Bad
Mad Sad & Bad
as Rashmi
Movie - Released: 7/31/2009
Horrible Histories
Horrible Histories
as Storyteller
TV - Released: 4/16/2009

2008

TV
When Were We Funniest?
TV - Released: 2/28/2008
Beautiful People
Beautiful People
as Aunty Hayley
TV - Released: 10/2/2008

2007

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Satvinder’s mother
Movie - Released: 6/15/2007
Jekyll
Jekyll
as Miranda
TV - Released: 6/16/2007
TV
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
TV - Released: 9/3/2007
Kingdom
Kingdom
as Head Teacher
TV - Released: 4/22/2007

2006

Scoop
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger
Movie - Released: 7/27/2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Mary (The BFG)
Movie - Released: 6/25/2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
TV - Released: 10/3/2006
The One Show
The One Show
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 8/14/2006
TV
School's Out
as Self
TV - Released: 4/19/2006
The One Show
The One Show
as Self
TV - Released: 8/14/2006

2005

Movie
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Joyti De-Laurey
Movie - Released: 6/8/2005
Monkey Trousers
Monkey Trousers
TV - Released: 5/20/2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
as Self
TV - Released: 6/3/2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
TV - Released: 5/10/2005
Doctor Who
Doctor Who
as Nasreen Chaudhry
TV - Released: 3/26/2005
Nigella
Nigella
as Self
TV - Released: 7/4/2005

2004

Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
TV - Released: 10/12/2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
TV - Released: 4/23/2004

2003

Murder Investigation Team
Murder Investigation Team
as DCI Anita Wishart
TV - Released: 5/3/2003
QI
QI
as Self
TV - Released: 9/11/2003

2002

Movie
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/25/2002
Anita and Me
Anita and Me
as Auntie Shaila
Movie - Released: 11/22/2002
TV
All About Me
as Rupinder
TV - Released: 3/8/2002
TV
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
as Self
TV - Released: 1/7/2002
The Jury
The Jury
TV - Released: 2/17/2002

2001

The Kumars at No. 42
The Kumars at No. 42
TV - Released: 11/12/2001
Bedtime
Bedtime
as Ruby
TV - Released: 8/28/2001
In Deep
In Deep
as Marta Drusic
TV - Released: 2/19/2001

2000

Forgive and Forget
Forgive and Forget
as Judith Adams
Movie - Released: 6/12/2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as High Priestess
Movie - Released: 12/25/2000
Fat Friends
Fat Friends
TV - Released: 10/12/2000
The Strangerers
The Strangerers
as Volunteer
TV - Released: 2/15/2000

1999

TV
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
TV - Released: 6/3/1999
Bad Girls
Bad Girls
as Janan Hamad
TV - Released: 6/1/1999
Loose Women
Loose Women
as Self
TV - Released: 9/6/1999

1998

Girls' Night
Girls' Night
as Carmen
Movie - Released: 6/26/1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
as Madame Marlene
TV - Released: 8/31/1998
Parkinson
Parkinson
as Self
TV - Released: 1/9/1998

1997

A Night in with the Girls
A Night in with the Girls
Movie - Released: 3/15/1997
Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum
as Tina Beare
TV - Released: 4/17/1997
TV
Ruby
as Self
TV - Released: 5/12/1997
Holding On
Holding On
TV - Released: 9/8/1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders
as Clara Myerscough
TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

Beautiful Thing
Beautiful Thing
as Miss Chauhan
Movie - Released: 6/21/1996
Crossing the Floor
Crossing the Floor
as Reporter
Movie - Released: 10/5/1996
Goodness Gracious Me
Goodness Gracious Me
TV - Released: 7/5/1996

1995

It's Not Unusual
It's Not Unusual
as Shushila
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995
Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth
as Self - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 3/26/1995

1994

A Nice Arrangement
A Nice Arrangement
as Sita
Movie - Released: 6/11/1994
Memsahib Rita
Memsahib Rita
as Unumma
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994
O Mary This London
O Mary This London
as Ranting woman
Movie - Released: 3/30/1994
Room 101
Room 101
as Self
TV - Released: 7/4/1994

1993

GMTV
GMTV
as Self
TV - Released: 1/1/1993

1992

My Sister-Wife
My Sister-Wife
as Farah Khan
Movie - Released: 2/23/1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous
as Suzy
TV - Released: 11/12/1992

1991

The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy
TV - Released: 5/10/1991
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier
as Sangita Sharma
TV - Released: 6/10/1991

1990

Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Barmaid
TV - Released: 8/9/1990
Have I Got News for You
Have I Got News for You
as Herself
TV - Released: 9/28/1990

1988

This Morning
This Morning
as Self
TV - Released: 10/3/1988

1987

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rani
Movie - Released: 10/30/1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Matron
TV - Released: 8/2/1987
A Little Princess
A Little Princess
as Anna
TV - Released: 1/18/1987

1986

Handsworth Songs
Handsworth Songs
as Voice Over
Movie - Released: 5/8/1986

1984

Majdhar
Majdhar
Movie - Released: 1/1/1984
The Bill
The Bill
TV - Released: 10/16/1984

1983

Taggart
Taggart
TV - Released: 9/6/1983
Natural World
Natural World
as Narrator
TV - Released: 10/30/1983

1978

An Audience with...
An Audience with...
as Self
TV - Released: 1/8/1978

Unknown

Movie
Movie