Meera Syal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

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

  • Loose Women

    Loose Women

  • Have I Got News for You

    Have I Got News for You

  • The Sandman

    The Sandman

  • QI

    QI

  • GMTV

    GMTV

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Richard Osman's House of Games

    Richard Osman's House of Games

  • Bad Girls

    Bad Girls

  • Natural World

    Natural World

  • 8 Out of 10 Cats

    8 Out of 10 Cats

  • Parkinson

    Parkinson

  • The Alan Titchmarsh Show

    The Alan Titchmarsh Show

  • Taggart

    Taggart

  • Horrible Histories

    Horrible Histories

  • Doctor Strange

    Doctor Strange

  • An Audience with...

    An Audience with...

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • Our Lives

    Our Lives

  • Absolutely Fabulous

    Absolutely Fabulous

  • The Devil's Hour

    The Devil's Hour

  • The Devil's Hour

    The Devil's Hour

  • Broadchurch

    Broadchurch

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Who Do You Think You Are?

  • Alice Through the Looking Glass

    Alice Through the Looking Glass

  • Roar

    Roar

  • Room 101

    Room 101

  • The Musketeers

    The Musketeers

  • Fat Friends

    Fat Friends

  • We Are Lady Parts

    We Are Lady Parts

  • The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

    The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

  • Drop the Dead Donkey

    Drop the Dead Donkey

  • Kingdom

    Kingdom

  • Paddington 2

    Paddington 2

  • Between the Covers

    Between the Covers

  • Yesterday

    Yesterday

  • Anita and Me

    Anita and Me

  • Desert Flower

    Desert Flower

  • Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

    Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

  • The Jury

    The Jury

  • The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

    The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

  • Nativity Rocks!

    Nativity Rocks!

  • Absolutely Anything

    Absolutely Anything

  • Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

    Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

  • Mad Sad & Bad

    Mad Sad & Bad

  • It's Only TV But I Like It

    It's Only TV But I Like It

  • The Smeds and the Smoos

    The Smeds and the Smoos

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo

    Duck Quacks Don't Echo

  • Dragon Rider

    Dragon Rider

  • The Split

    The Split

  • In Deep

    In Deep

  • Murder Investigation Team

    Murder Investigation Team

  • All in Good Time

    All in Good Time

  • Mrs Sidhu Investigates

    Mrs Sidhu Investigates

  • Ruby

    Ruby

  • O Mary This London

    O Mary This London

  • Spin

    Spin

  • John Bishop: In Conversation with...

    John Bishop: In Conversation with...

  • The Almond and the Seahorse

    The Almond and the Seahorse

  • Tinsel Town

    Tinsel Town

  • The Boy in the Dress

    The Boy in the Dress

  • The Children's Party at the Palace

    The Children's Party at the Palace

  • Bedtime

    Bedtime

  • Johnny Vaughan Tonight

    Johnny Vaughan Tonight

  • Jekyll

    Jekyll

  • Amar Akbar & Tony

    Amar Akbar & Tony

  • Kate & Koji

    Kate & Koji

  • Little Crackers

    Little Crackers

  • Patrick

    Patrick

  • The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

    The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

  • Beautiful People

    Beautiful People

  • You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

    You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

  • A Night in with the Girls

    A Night in with the Girls

  • This Morning

    This Morning

  • National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

    National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers

  • Nigella

    Nigella

  • Monkey Trousers

    Monkey Trousers

  • Holding On

    Holding On

  • A Little Princess

    A Little Princess

  • Keeping Mum

    Keeping Mum

  • School's Out

    School's Out

  • We Have Been Watching

    We Have Been Watching

  • The Kumars at No. 42

    The Kumars at No. 42

  • The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

    The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

  • Scoop

    Scoop

  • Goodness Gracious Me

    Goodness Gracious Me

  • The Kumars

    The Kumars

  • Memsahib Rita

    Memsahib Rita

  • The Homestay

    The Homestay

  • A Nice Arrangement

    A Nice Arrangement

  • Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

    Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

  • Flavia de Luce

    Flavia de Luce

  • The Strangerers

    The Strangerers

  • Crossing the Floor

    Crossing the Floor

  • Crackanory

    Crackanory

  • All About TWO

    All About TWO

  • Majdhar

    Majdhar

  • All About Me

    All About Me

  • Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

    Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind

  • The Real McCoy

    The Real McCoy

  • Original Comedy Shorts

    Original Comedy Shorts

  • Gummed Labels

    Gummed Labels

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

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

  • Beautiful Thing

    Beautiful Thing

  • Walliams & Friend

    Walliams & Friend

  • Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

    Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

  • When Were We Funniest?

    When Were We Funniest?

  • Diana's Decades

    Diana's Decades

  • Forgive and Forget

    Forgive and Forget

  • A Tupperware of Ashes

    A Tupperware of Ashes

  • Uncanny Post Mortem

    Uncanny Post Mortem

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

    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

  • Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

    Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

  • The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

    The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million

  • Girls' Night

    Girls' Night

  • Handsworth Songs

    Handsworth Songs

  • Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

    Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

  • Our Tiny Islands

    Our Tiny Islands

  • The Revenge Club

    The Revenge Club

  • Beena and Amrit

    Beena and Amrit

  • To Provide All People

    To Provide All People

  • Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

    Sammy and Rosie Get Laid

  • Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

    Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime

  • It's Not Unusual

    It's Not Unusual

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

    Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version

  • My Sister-Wife

    My Sister-Wife