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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Tinsel Town
Character:Cassandra
Release Date:28/11/2025
A Tupperware of Ashes
Character:Queenie
Release Date:08/07/2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Character:Self
Release Date:17/10/2024
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Lucretia Otis (voice)
Release Date:22/09/2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
Character:Aunt Smed (voice)
Release Date:24/02/2023
The Almond and the Seahorse
Character:Dr. Falmer
Release Date:16/12/2022
Spin
Character:Asha
Release Date:18/09/2021
Dragon Rider
Character:Subisha Gulab (voice)
Release Date:13/10/2020
Yesterday
Character:Sheila Malik
Release Date:26/06/2019
Nativity Rocks!
Character:Nina
Release Date:23/11/2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Character:Cook
Release Date:26/10/2018
Patrick
Character:Miss Phillips
Release Date:29/06/2018
To Provide All People
Character:District Nurse
Release Date:28/06/2018
The Homestay
Character:Meera
Release Date:13/05/2018
Paddington 2
Character:Prosecutor
Release Date:09/11/2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Character:Priri
Release Date:21/06/2017
Doctor Strange
Character:Dr. Patel
Release Date:25/10/2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Character:Presenter
Release Date:11/09/2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Character:Nurse
Release Date:07/07/2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Character:Nobody (voice)
Release Date:25/05/2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Character:Narrator
Release Date:06/11/2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
Character:Honey
Release Date:17/04/2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Character:Zehrunisa Husain
Release Date:12/03/2015
Absolutely Anything
Character:Fiona
Release Date:13/02/2015
The Boy in the Dress
Character:Jaspreet
Release Date:26/12/2014
All About TWO
Character:Self - Panellist
Release Date:21/04/2014
Much Ado About Nothing
Character:Beatrice
Release Date:01/06/2012
All in Good Time
Character:Lopa
Release Date:11/05/2012
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Character:Dia's Mother
Release Date:22/09/2010
Desert Flower
Character:Pushpa Patel
Release Date:24/09/2009
Mad Sad & Bad
Character:Rashmi
Release Date:31/07/2009
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Character:Satvinder’s mother
Release Date:15/06/2007
Scoop
Character:Joe's Co-Passenger
Release Date:27/07/2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
Character:Mary (The BFG)
Release Date:25/06/2006
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Character:Joyti De-Laurey
Release Date:08/06/2005
Anita and Me
Character:Auntie Shaila
Release Date:22/11/2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/07/2002
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Character:High Priestess
Release Date:25/12/2000
Forgive and Forget
Character:Judith Adams
Release Date:12/06/2000
Girls' Night
Character:Carmen
Release Date:26/06/1998
A Night in with the Girls
Character:
Release Date:15/03/1997
Crossing the Floor
Character:Reporter
Release Date:05/10/1996
Beautiful Thing
Character:Miss Chauhan
Release Date:21/06/1996
It's Not Unusual
Character:Shushila
Release Date:01/01/1995
A Nice Arrangement
Character:Sita
Release Date:11/06/1994
O Mary This London
Character:Ranting woman
Release Date:30/03/1994
Memsahib Rita
Character:Unumma
Release Date:01/01/1994
Gummed Labels
Character:
Release Date:08/09/1992
My Sister-Wife
Character:Farah Khan
Release Date:23/02/1992
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Character:Rani
Release Date:30/10/1987
Handsworth Songs
Character:Voice Over
Release Date:08/05/1986
Majdhar
Character:Rehana
Release Date:21/11/1984
Television Appearances
The Revenge Club
Character:Rita
Uncanny Post Mortem
Character:
Our Tiny Islands
Character:Self - Narrator
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Character:Mrs. Sidhu
The Devil's Hour
Character:Dr Ruby Bennett
The Devil's Hour
Character:Dr. Ruby Bennett
The Sandman
Character:Ric the Vic
Roar
Character:Anu
The Wheel of Time
Character:Verin Mathwin
Beena and Amrit
Character:Amrit
Diana's Decades
Character:Narrator
We Are Lady Parts
Character:Sister Squire
Between the Covers
Character:Self
Kate & Koji
Character:Dr Ayesha Radwan
The Split
Character:Goldie
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Character:Self - Guest
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character:Self - Contestant
Our Lives
Character:Self - Narrator
We Have Been Watching
Character:Self
Walliams & Friend
Character:Various
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Character:Self
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Character:
Original Comedy Shorts
Character:
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Character:
The Musketeers
Character:Theresa
The Kumars
Character:Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
Crackanory
Character:Self
Broadchurch
Character:Judge Sonia Sharma
Little Crackers
Character:Herself
Horrible Histories
Character:Storyteller
Beautiful People
Character:Aunty Hayley
When Were We Funniest?
Character:
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Character:Self
Jekyll
Character:Miranda
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self - Panellist
Kingdom
Character:Head Teacher
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Character:Liz Shannon
The One Show
Character:Self - Guest
The One Show
Character:Self
School's Out
Character:Self
Nigella
Character:Self
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character:Self
Monkey Trousers
Character:
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Character:
Doctor Who
Character:Nasreen Chaudhry
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
Character:
QI
Character:Self
Murder Investigation Team
Character:DCI Anita Wishart
All About Me
Character:Rupinder
The Jury
Character:
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Character:Self
The Kumars at No. 42
Character:
Bedtime
Character:Ruby
In Deep
Character:Marta Drusic
Fat Friends
Character:Aysha Kapoor
The Strangerers
Character:Volunteer
Loose Women
Character:Self
It's Only TV But I Like It
Character:Self
Bad Girls
Character:Janan Hamad
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Character:Madame Marlene
Parkinson
Character:Self
Holding On
Character:
Ruby
Character:Self
Keeping Mum
Character:Tina Beare
Midsomer Murders
Character:Clara Myerscough
Goodness Gracious Me
Character:
Room 101
Character:Self
GMTV
Character:Self
Absolutely Fabulous
Character:Suzy
Soldier Soldier
Character:Sangita Sharma
The Real McCoy
Character:
Have I Got News for You
Character:Self
Drop the Dead Donkey
Character:Barmaid
This Morning
Character:Self
A Little Princess
Character:Anna
The Bill
Character:
Natural World
Character:Narrator
Taggart
Character:
An Audience with...
Character:Self
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