Person Details

Birthday: 1961-06-27 01:14:34

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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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
Average
7

Doctor Who

(2005) Nasreen Chaudhry
Midsomer Murders
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8

Midsomer Murders

(1997) Clara Myerscough
Bad Girls
Average
8

Bad Girls

(1999) Janan Hamad
Who Do You Think You Are?
Average
6
The One Show
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5

The One Show

(2006) Self
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
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6
Natural World
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7

Natural World

(1983) Narrator
The Wheel of Time
Average
8

The Wheel of Time

(2021) Verin Mathwin

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
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

Creator

Year Role Movie/Tv
1996 Creator
Year Role Movie/Tv

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