Meera Syal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Female

Birthday

1961-06-27 (64 years old)

Place of Birth

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • QI

    QI

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • Broadchurch

    Broadchurch

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • Would I Lie to You?

    Would I Lie to You?

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • Taggart

    Taggart

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats

    8 Out of 10 Cats

  • Tinsel Town

    Tinsel Town

  • Loose Women

    Loose Women

  • The Musketeers

    The Musketeers

  • Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Horrible Histories

    Horrible Histories

  • Dragon Rider

    Dragon Rider

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Bad Girls

    Bad Girls

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • The Devil's Hour

    The Devil's Hour

  • The Devil's Hour

    The Devil's Hour

  • Memsahib Rita

    Memsahib Rita

  • Roar

    Roar

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Silk

    Silk

  • Gummed Labels

    Gummed Labels

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • Mad Sad & Bad

    Mad Sad & Bad

  • Anita and Me

    Anita and Me

  • Crossing the Floor

    Crossing the Floor

  • Richard Osman's House of Games

    Richard Osman's House of Games

  • The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

    The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

  • Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

  • Yesterday

    Yesterday

  • Majdhar

    Majdhar

  • The Homestay

    The Homestay

  • Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

    Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

  • Kingdom

    Kingdom

  • A Nice Arrangement

    A Nice Arrangement

  • Drop the Dead Donkey

    Drop the Dead Donkey

  • The Split

    The Split

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo

    Duck Quacks Don't Echo

  • John Bishop: In Conversation with...

    John Bishop: In Conversation with...

  • Forgive and Forget

    Forgive and Forget

  • Nativity Rocks!

    Nativity Rocks!

  • Fat Friends

    Fat Friends

  • The Jury

    The Jury

  • We Are Lady Parts

    We Are Lady Parts

  • Between the Covers

    Between the Covers

  • Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

    Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

  • Absolutely Anything

    Absolutely Anything

  • Nigella

    Nigella

  • Ruby

    Ruby

  • The Revenge Club

    The Revenge Club

  • To Provide All People

    To Provide All People

  • Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

    Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

  • Murder Investigation Team

    Murder Investigation Team

  • Jekyll

    Jekyll

  • Our Lives

    Our Lives

  • The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

  • Little Crackers

    Little Crackers

  • Crackanory

    Crackanory

  • The Kumars at No. 42

    The Kumars at No. 42

  • In Deep

    In Deep

  • Holding On

    Holding On

  • It's Only TV But I Like It

    It's Only TV But I Like It

  • Girls' Night

    Girls' Night

  • Beautiful Thing

    Beautiful Thing

  • The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

  • Spin

    Spin

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

  • Mrs Sidhu Investigates

    Mrs Sidhu Investigates

  • Goodness Gracious Me

    Goodness Gracious Me

  • The Kumars

    The Kumars

  • The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

  • Johnny Vaughan Tonight

    Johnny Vaughan Tonight

  • The Strangerers

    The Strangerers

  • Patrick

    Patrick

  • My Sister-Wife

    My Sister-Wife

  • Flavia de Luce

    Flavia de Luce

  • Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

    Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

  • Handsworth Songs

    Handsworth Songs

  • Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

  • Monkey Trousers

    Monkey Trousers

  • Bedtime

    Bedtime

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • School's Out

    School's Out

  • We Have Been Watching

    We Have Been Watching

  • Kate & Koji

    Kate & Koji

  • The Almond and the Seahorse

    The Almond and the Seahorse

  • All About Me

    All About Me

  • When Were We Funniest?

    When Were We Funniest?

  • Keeping Mum

    Keeping Mum

  • Uncanny Post Mortem

    Uncanny Post Mortem

  • Original Comedy Shorts

    Original Comedy Shorts

  • The Boy in the Dress

    The Boy in the Dress

  • The Smeds and the Smoos

    The Smeds and the Smoos

  • Walliams & Friend

    Walliams & Friend

  • All in Good Time

    All in Good Time

  • The Real McCoy

    The Real McCoy

  • Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

    Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

  • The Children's Party at the Palace

    The Children's Party at the Palace

  • Diana's Decades

    Diana's Decades

  • Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

    Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

  • Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

    Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

  • Our Tiny Islands

    Our Tiny Islands

  • Amar Akbar & Tony

    Amar Akbar & Tony

  • It's Not Unusual

    It's Not Unusual

  • Beena and Amrit

    Beena and Amrit

  • A Night in with the Girls

    A Night in with the Girls

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

    Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

  • Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

    A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

  • O Mary This London

    O Mary This London

  • A Tupperware of Ashes

    A Tupperware of Ashes

  • The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

    The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

  • National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

    National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

  • Interviewers From Hell

    Interviewers From Hell

  • All About TWO

    All About TWO