Person Details
Birthday: 1961-06-27 01:14:34
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 26
TV Involvements: 30
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Doctor Who
(2005) Nasreen ChaudhryMidsomer Murders
(1997) Clara MyerscoughBad Girls
(1999) Janan HamadWho Do You Think You Are?
(2004) SelfThe One Show
(2006) SelfThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
(1987) MatronNatural World
(1983) NarratorThe Wheel of Time
(2021) Verin MathwinActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2023 | Lucretia Otis (voice) | |
Mrs. Sidhu | ||
Aunt Smed (voice) | ||
2022 | Dr. Falmer | |
Dr Ruby Bennett | ||
Dr. Ruby Bennett | ||
Ric the Vic | ||
Anu | ||
2021 | Amrit | |
Verin Mathwin | ||
Asha | ||
Narrator | ||
2020 | Subisha Gulab (voice) | |
Dr Ayesha Radwan | ||
2019 | Sheila Malik | |
2018 | Nina | |
Cook | ||
Miss Phillips | ||
District Nurse | ||
Meera | ||
Goldie | ||
2017 | Prosecutor | |
Priri | ||
Self | ||
2016 | Various | |
Dr. Patel | ||
Presenter | ||
Herself | ||
Nurse | ||
Nobody (voice) | ||
2015 | Narrator | |
N/A | ||
Fiona | ||
Honey | ||
Zehrunisa Husain | ||
2014 | Jaspreet | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Theresa | ||
Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar | ||
2012 | Beatrice | |
Lopa | ||
2010 | Herself | |
Dia's Mother | ||
2009 | Pushpa Patel | |
Rashmi | ||
Storyteller | ||
2008 | Aunty Hayley | |
N/A | ||
2007 | Self | |
Miranda | ||
Satvinder’s mother | ||
Head Teacher | ||
2006 | N/A | |
Self - Guest | ||
Self | ||
Joe's Co-Passenger | ||
Mary (The BFG) | ||
N/A | ||
2005 | Self | |
Self | ||
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Nasreen Chaudhry | ||
2004 | Self | |
N/A | ||
2003 | Self | |
DCI Anita Wishart | ||
2002 | Auntie Shaila | |
Narrator | ||
Rupinder | ||
N/A | ||
Self | ||
2001 | N/A | |
Ruby | ||
Marta Drusic | ||
2000 | High Priestess | |
N/A | ||
Judith Adams | ||
N/A | ||
1999 | Self | |
Janan Hamad | ||
1998 | Carmen | |
1997 | N/A | |
Self | ||
Tina Beare | ||
Clara Myerscough | ||
N/A | ||
1996 | Reporter | |
N/A | ||
Miss Chauhan | ||
1995 | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
Shushila | ||
1994 | Self | |
Sita | ||
Ranting woman | ||
Unumma | ||
1993 | Self | |
1992 | N/A | |
Farah Khan | ||
1991 | N/A | |
1990 | Herself | |
N/A | ||
1988 | Self | |
1987 | Rani | |
Matron | ||
1986 | Voice Over | |
1984 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1983 | Narrator | |
N/A | ||
1978 | Self | |
N/A | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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2017 | Writer | |
2014 | Writer | |
2010 | Writer | |
2002 | Writer | |
1993 | Writer | |
1992 | Writer | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1996 | Creator | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |