Meera Syal

Meera Syal

b. 1961 (age 65) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Actress Writer

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

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

Yesterday

Filmography

Olivier Awards 2026

The Revenge Club

The Revenge Club

Uncanny: Post Mortem

A Tupperware of Ashes

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

Mrs Sidhu Investigates

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

Samosa & Sons

The Devil's Hour

The Devil's Hour

Roar

The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the Smoos

The Almond and the Seahorse

The Almond and the Seahorse

Spin

Diana's Decades

Diana's Decades

Pauline Collins: Britain's Sweetheart

Beena and Amrit

Between the Covers

Between the Covers

Yesterday

Dragon Rider

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Nativity Rocks!

Nativity Rocks!

The Homestay

Anita & Me... and Me

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

2017 Actress Writer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Treasures of the British Library

Inside Britain's Biggest Mosque

The Complete Walk: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

Amar Akbar & Tony

Amar Akbar & Tony

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

The Boy in the Dress

The Boy in the Dress

Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Hoarding

Britain's Wildest Weather

2014 Actress Writer

I'm a Shopaholic and Can't Stop Spending

200 Nips & Tucks and I Want More

Bollywood Carmen

Greatest Stand Up Comedians

Hooray for Bollywood

All in Good Time

All in Good Time

The British

Clive Dunn: A Tribute

Jo Brand's Big Splash

Hidden Paintings

Little Crackers

Little Crackers

The TV Book Club

Desert Flower

Mad Sad & Bad

A World of Pain: Meera Syal on Self Harm

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

Jekyll

CBeebies Bedtime Story

CBeebies Bedtime Story

A Taste of My Life

Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

2005 Actress Writer

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

Drama Connections

A Place in France: An Indian Summer

Les Dawson's Lost Diaries

Anita & Me

Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

The Kumars at No. 42

The Kumars at No. 42

In Deep

Bedtime

Goodness Gracious Me: Back Where They Came from

2001 Actress Writer

The Teaching Awards 2001

Forgive and Forget

Forgive and Forget

2000 Actress Writer

BBC New Comedy Awards

Goodness Gracious Me

Goodness Gracious Me

1998 Actress Writer

Girls' Night

Melinda's Big Night In

Keeping Mum

It's Not Unusual

It's Not Unusual

Memsahib Rita

Bhaji on the Beach

Bhaji on the Beach

Jo Brand Through the Cakehole

The Brain Drain

The Brain Drain

The Real McCoy

1991 Actress Writer

A Nice Arrangement

A Nice Arrangement

1991 Actress Writer

Kinsey

Then He Kissed Me

Crash Course (Special Ingredient)

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

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