Meera Syal
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Lysistrata
2026
as Lysistrata (voice)
Tinsel Town
2025
as Cassandra
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
as Queenie
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
as Self
The Revenge Club
2025
as Rita Eggleston
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
as Self / Suzy
Our Tiny Islands
2024
as Self - Narrator
The Canterville Ghost
2023
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
as Aunt Smed (voice)
Samosa & Sons
2023
as Rai Bahadur
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023
as Mrs. Sidhu
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022
as Dr. Falmer
Roar
2022
as Anu
The Sandman
2022
as Ric the Vic
The Devil's Hour
2022
as Dr Ruby Bennett
Spin
2021
as Asha
Diana's Decades
2021
as Narrator
Beena and Amrit
2021
as Amrit
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Verin Mathwin
We Are Lady Parts
2021
as Sister Squire
Dragon Rider
2020
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Between the Covers
2020
as Self
Kate & Koji
2020
as Dr Ayesha Radwan
Comedians: Home Alone
2020
as Reena
Code 404
2020
as Elizabeth Churchland
Yesterday
2019
as Sheila Malik
Back to Life
2019
as Gaia
The Homestay
2018
as Meera
Patrick
2018
as Miss Phillips
To Provide All People
2018
as District Nurse
Nativity Rocks!
2018
as Nina
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
as Cook
The Split
2018
as Goldie
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018
as Self - Guest
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
as Priri
Paddington 2
2017
as Prosecutor
We Have Been Watching
2017
as Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
Our Lives
2017
as Self - Narrator
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
2017
as Herself
Riviera
2017
as Sonya Roche
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
as Presenter
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
as Nurse
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
as Nobody (voice)
Doctor Strange
2016
as Dr. Patel
Walliams & Friend
2016
as Various
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
as Narrator
Absolutely Anything
2015
as Fiona
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
as Zehrunisa Husain
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
as Honey
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
as Narrator
The Brink
2015
as Naeema
The Boy in the Dress
2014
as Jaspreet
All About TWO
2014
as Self - Panellist
The Kumars
2014
as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
The Musketeers
2014
as Theresa
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
as Self
Broadchurch
2013
as Judge Sonia Sharma
Crackanory
2013
as Self
Psychobitches
2013
as Hera
The Job Lot
2013
as Jamina McNulty
Love Matters
2013
as Kuldip
Family Tree
2013
as Chitra
All in Good Time
2012
as Lopa
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
as Beatrice
Hunted
2012
as Fatima Zahir
Silk
2011
as Aisha Wiseman
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Dia's Mother
Little Crackers
2010
as Herself
Tinga Tinga Tales
2010
as Owl (voice)
Desert Flower
2009
as Pushpa Patel
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
as Rashmi
Horrible Histories
2009
as Storyteller
Minder
2009
as Jess Robinson
Grandpa in My Pocket
2009
as Mrs Pointy Pencil
When Were We Funniest?
2008
as Self
Beautiful People
2008
as Aunty Hayley
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
as Satvinder’s mother
Jekyll
2007
as Miranda
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
as Self
Kingdom
2007
as Head Teacher
Would I Lie to You?
2007
as Self - Panellist
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Baljeet's Mom (voice)
Scoop
2006
as Joe's Co-Passenger
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
as Mary (The BFG)
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
as Liz Shannon
The One Show
2006
as Self - Guest
School's Out
2006
as Self
The One Show
2006
as Self
Uncle Max
2006
as Snooty Neighbour
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
as Joyti De-Laurey
Monkey Trousers
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
as Sunita
Doctor Who
2005
as Nasreen Chaudhry
Nigella
2005
as Self
The F Word
2005
King of Bollywood
2004
as Mrs Jones
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
as Self
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
as Self
New Tricks
2004
as Baroness Samira Khan
Parkinson
2004
as Self - Guest
Murder Investigation Team
2003
as DCI Anita Wishart
QI
2003
as Self
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
as Narrator
Anita and Me
2002
as Auntie Shaila
All About Me
2002
as Rupinder
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2002
as Self
The Jury
2002
as Headteacher
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
2001
as Ruby
In Deep
2001
as Marta Drusic
Double Income, No Kids Yet
2001
as Katie
Treasure
2001
as Voices
Linda Green
2001
as Sukie
Forgive and Forget
2000
as Judith Adams
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
as High Priestess
The Strangerers
2000
as Volunteer
Fat Friends
2000
as Aysha Kapoor
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
as Self
Bad Girls
1999
as Janan Hamad
Loose Women
1999
as Self
Holby City
1999
as Tara Sodi
Girls' Night
1998
as Carmen
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998
as Madame Marlene
Parkinson
1998
as Self
A Night in with the Girls
1997
as Self
Sixth Happiness
1997
as Breathing Generator
Flight
1997
as Tasleema
Keeping Mum
1997
as Tina Beare
Ruby
1997
as Self
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Clara Myerscough
Holding On
1997
as Zita
Wavelength
1997
as Mrs Kumar
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Miss Chauhan
Crossing the Floor
1996
as Reporter
It's Not Unusual
1995
as Shushila
Band of Gold
1995
as Anne Denver
Degrees of Error
1995
as Dr. Jean Lowell
A Nice Arrangement
1994
as Sita
Memsahib Rita
1994
as Unumma
O Mary This London
1994
as Ranting woman
Room 101
1994
as Self
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1994
as Various
GMTV
1993
as Self
My Sister-Wife
1992
as Farah Khan
Gummed Labels
1992
as Mira
Absolutely Fabulous
1992
as Suzy
Sean's Show
1992
as Trudy
The Real McCoy
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Sangita Sharma
Kinsey
1991
as Val
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
as Barmaid
Have I Got News for You
1990
as Self
Interviewers From Hell
1989
This Morning
1988
as Self
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
as Rani
A Little Princess
1987
as Anna
Handsworth Songs
1986
as Voice Over
To Have and to Hold
1986
as Janine
Boon
1986
as Council Supervisor
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
1985
as Mrs. Singh
Black Silk
1985
as Mumtaz Khan
Screen Two
1985
as Farah Khan
Screen Two
1985
as Ranting Woman
Screen Two
1985
as Reporter
Majdhar
1984
as Rehana
The Bill
1984
as Linda Morgan
The Bill
1984
as Woman in Street
The Bill
1984
as Solicitor
The Bill
1984
as Miss Choudry
Taggart
1983
as Sharon Lal
Natural World
1983
as Narrator
An Audience with...
1978
as Self