7.4
Movie
Acting
Meera Syal
- Born
- (age 65)
- Birthplace
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 176 titles
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.
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Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
6.6
Movie
Alice Through the Looking Glass
6.7
Movie
Yesterday
7.6
TV
Doctor Who
7.5
Movie
Paddington 2
7.8
TV
The Sandman
7.6
TV
The Wheel of Time
6.1
Movie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
6.6
Movie
Scoop
5.9
Movie
Absolutely Anything
7.9
TV
Phineas and Ferb
7.9
TV
Broadchurch
5.9
Movie
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
7.6
Movie
Desert Flower
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
7.3
Movie
Beautiful Thing
7.3
TV
The Devil's Hour
6.7
Movie
Patrick
Acting credits 174
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Prodigies TV | Dahlia (7 ep) |
| 2026 | Phony TV | Sharla (8 ep) |
| 2026 | Lysistrata Film | Lysistrata (voice) |
| 2025 | The Revenge Club TV | Rita Eggleston (6 ep) |
| 2025 | Tinsel Town Film | Cassandra |
| 2025 | National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes Film | Queenie |
| 2025 | Uncanny Post Mortem TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out Film | Self / Suzy |
| 2024 | Our Tiny Islands TV | Self - Narrator (9 ep) |
| 2023 | Samosa & Sons Film | Rai Bahadur |
| 2023 | The Canterville Ghost Film | Lucretia Otis (voice) |
| 2023 | Mrs Sidhu Investigates TV | Mrs. Sidhu (4 ep) |
| 2023 | The Smeds and the Smoos Film | Aunt Smed (voice) |
| 2022 | The Almond and the Seahorse Film | Dr. Falmer |
| 2022 | The Devil's Hour TV | Dr Ruby Bennett (6 ep) |
| 2022 | The Sandman TV | Ric the Vic (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Roar TV | Anu (1 ep) |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time TV | Verin Mathwin (13 ep) |
| 2021 | Beena and Amrit TV | Amrit (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Spin Film | Asha |
| 2021 | Diana's Decades TV | Narrator (3 ep) |
| 2021 | We Are Lady Parts TV | Sister Squire (3 ep) |
| 2020 | Dragon Rider Film | Subisha Gulab (voice) |
| 2020 | Between the Covers TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Comedians: Home Alone TV | Reena (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Code 404 TV | Elizabeth Churchland (6 ep) |
| 2020 | Kate & Koji TV | Dr Ayesha Radwan (1 ep) |
| 2019 | Yesterday Film | Sheila Malik |
| 2019 | Back to Life TV | Gaia (2 ep) |
| 2018 | Nativity Rocks! Film | Nina |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Film | Cook |
| 2018 | Patrick Film | Miss Phillips |
| 2018 | To Provide All People Film | District Nurse |
| 2018 | The Homestay Film | Meera |
| 2018 | The Split TV | Goldie (6 ep) |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer TV | Self - Guest (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 Film | Prosecutor |
| 2017 | House of Games TV | Self - Contestant (5 ep) |
| 2017 | Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt Film | Priri |
| 2017 | Riviera TV | Sonya Roche (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Our Lives TV | Self - Narrator (2 ep) |
| 2017 | Don't Ask Me Ask Britain TV | Herself (1 ep) |
| 2017 | We Have Been Watching TV | Self (5 ep) |
| 2016 | Walliams & Friend TV | Various (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Doctor Strange Film | Dr. Patel |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe Film | Presenter |
| 2016 | John Bishop: In Conversation with... TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Film | Nurse |
| 2016 | Alice Through the Looking Glass Film | Nobody (voice) |
| 2015 | Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version Film | Narrator |
| 2015 | Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version TV | Narrator (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Brink TV | Naeema (10 ep) |
| 2015 | Amar Akbar & Tony Film | Honey |
| 2015 | National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Film | Zehrunisa Husain |
| 2015 | Absolutely Anything Film | Fiona |
| 2014 | The Boy in the Dress Film | Jaspreet |
| 2014 | Original Comedy Shorts TV | (1 ep) |
| 2014 | All About TWO Film | Self - Panellist |
| 2014 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 2014 | The Musketeers TV | Theresa (1 ep) |
Crew credits 9
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt Film | Writer |
| 2014 | Original Comedy Shorts TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Little Crackers TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Anita and Me Film | Writer, Producer |
| 1998 | Goodness Gracious Me TV | Creator |
| 1994 | A Nice Arrangement Film | Story |
| 1993 | Bhaji on the Beach Film | Writer |
| 1992 | My Sister-Wife Film | Writer |
| 1985 | Tandoori Nights TV | Writer (2 ep) |