Meera Syal
Acting
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
2025Tinsel Town
Cassandra
2025National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Queenie
2024Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Suzy
2023The Canterville Ghost
Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
2022The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
2021Spin
Asha
2020Dragon Rider
Subisha Gulab (voice)
2019Yesterday
Sheila Malik
2018The Homestay
Meera
2018Patrick
Miss Phillips
2018Nativity Rocks!
Nina
2018The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cook
2017Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
2017Paddington 2
Prosecutor
2016A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Presenter
2016Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
2016Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nobody (voice)
2016Doctor Strange
Dr. Patel
2015Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator
2015Absolutely Anything
Fiona
2015National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Zehrunisa Husain
2015Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
2014The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
