Meera Syal
Biography
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
Joe's Co-Passenger
Scoop
Miss Chauhan
Beautiful Thing
Carmen
Girls' Night
Pushpa Patel
Desert Flower
Asha
Spin
Dr. Falmer
The Almond and the Seahorse
Mary (The BFG)
The Children's Party at the Palace
A Night in with the Girls
Narrator
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Flavia de Luce
Lopa
All in Good Time
Rashmi
Mad Sad & Bad
Presenter
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Narrator
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Priri
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
Farah Khan
My Sister-Wife
Judith Adams
Forgive and Forget
Sita
A Nice Arrangement
Shushila
It's Not Unusual
Beatrice
Much Ado About Nothing
Jaspreet
The Boy in the Dress
Aunt Smed (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos
Meera
The Homestay
Satvinder’s mother
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Voice Over
Handsworth Songs
Fiona
Absolutely Anything
Nurse
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nobody (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Dia's Mother
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Zehrunisa Husain
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Auntie Shaila
Anita and Me
Miss Phillips
Patrick
Prosecutor
Paddington 2
Subisha Gulab (voice)
Dragon Rider
Reporter
Crossing the Floor
District Nurse
To Provide All People
Nina
Nativity Rocks!
Rani
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Sheila Malik
Yesterday
Unumma
Memsahib Rita
Cook
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Dr. Patel
Doctor Strange
Majdhar
High Priestess
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Ranting woman
O Mary This London
Honey
Amar Akbar & Tony
Self
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Tinsel Town
Joyti De-Laurey
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Self - Panellist
All About TWO
Queenie
A Tupperware of Ashes
Gummed Labels
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Female
Birthday
1961-06-27
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Also Known As