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.
TV Shows(83)
The Revenge Club
Rita
2025
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
Our Tiny Islands
Self - Narrator
2024
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs. Sidhu
2023
The Devil's Hour
Dr Ruby Bennett
2022
The Sandman
Ric the Vic
2022
Roar
Anu
2022
The Wheel of Time
Verin Mathwin
2021
Beena and Amrit
Amrit
2021
Diana's Decades
Narrator
2021
We Are Lady Parts
Sister Squire
2021
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Kate & Koji
Dr Ayesha Radwan
2020
Back to Life
Gaia
2019
The Split
Goldie
2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
Our Lives
Self - Narrator
2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Herself
2017
We Have Been Watching
Self
2017
Walliams & Friend
Various
2016
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Musketeers
Theresa
2014
The Kumars
Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
2014
Crackanory
Self
2013
Psychobitches
Hera
2013
Broadchurch
Judge Sonia Sharma
2013
Silk
Aisha Wiseman
2011
Little Crackers
Herself
2010
Horrible Histories
Storyteller
2009
Beautiful People
Aunty Hayley
2008
When Were We Funniest?
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Jekyll
Miranda
2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
2007
Kingdom
Head Teacher
2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Liz Shannon
2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
School's Out
Self
2006
Nigella
Self
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Monkey Trousers
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
Nasreen Chaudhry
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
QI
Self
2003
Murder Investigation Team
DCI Anita Wishart
2003
All About Me
Rupinder
2002
The Jury
2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Self
2002
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
Ruby
2001
In Deep
Marta Drusic
2001
Fat Friends
Aysha Kapoor
2000
The Strangerers
Volunteer
2000
Loose Women
Self
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
Bad Girls
Janan Hamad
1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Madame Marlene
1998
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
Parkinson
Self
1998
Ruby
Self
1997
Keeping Mum
Tina Beare
1997
Midsomer Murders
Clara Myerscough
1997
Room 101
Self
1994
GMTV
Self
1993
Absolutely Fabulous
Suzy
1992
Soldier Soldier
Sangita Sharma
1991
The Real McCoy
1991
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
Barmaid
1990
This Morning
Self
1988
A Little Princess
Anna
1987
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Mrs. Singh
1985
The Bill
1984
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Taggart
1983
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Phony
Sharla
Movies(54)
Tinsel Town
Cassandra
2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Queenie
2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Suzy
2024
The Canterville Ghost
Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
2023
The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
2022
Spin
Asha
2021
Dragon Rider
Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020
Yesterday
Sheila Malik
2019
Nativity Rocks!
Nina
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cook
2018
Patrick
Miss Phillips
2018
To Provide All People
District Nurse
2018
The Homestay
Meera
2018
Paddington 2
Prosecutor
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
2017
Doctor Strange
Dr. Patel
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Presenter
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nobody (voice)
2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator
2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Zehrunisa Husain
2015
Absolutely Anything
Fiona
2015
The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
2014
All About TWO
Self - Panellist
2014
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
2012
All in Good Time
Lopa
2012
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Dia's Mother
2010
Desert Flower
Pushpa Patel
2009
Mad Sad & Bad
Rashmi
2009
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Satvinder’s mother
2007
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
Mary (The BFG)
2006
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Joyti De-Laurey
2005
Anita and Me
Auntie Shaila
2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Narrator
2002
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
High Priestess
2000
Forgive and Forget
Judith Adams
2000
Girls' Night
Carmen
1998
A Night in with the Girls
1997
Crossing the Floor
Reporter
1996
Beautiful Thing
Miss Chauhan
1996
It's Not Unusual
Shushila
1995
A Nice Arrangement
Sita
1994
O Mary This London
Ranting woman
1994
Memsahib Rita
Unumma
1994
Gummed Labels
1992
My Sister-Wife
Farah Khan
1992
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rani
1987
Handsworth Songs
Voice Over
1986
Majdhar
Rehana
1984
Lysistrata
Lysistrata (voice)