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Meera Syal

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1961-06-27 (Age: 65)

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.

Filmography (53)

⭐ 5.8 Role: Cassandra

Tinsel Town

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Queenie

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

2025
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self / Suzy

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

2024
⭐ 6.7 Role: Lucretia Otis (voice)

The Canterville Ghost

2023
⭐ 6.9 Role: Aunt Smed (voice)

The Smeds and the Smoos

2023
⭐ 4.9 Role: Dr. Falmer

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Asha

Spin

2021
⭐ 7.0 Role: Subisha Gulab (voice)

Dragon Rider

2020
⭐ 6.7 Role: Sheila Malik

Yesterday

2019
⭐ 3.9 Role: Nina

Nativity Rocks!

2018
⭐ 6.1 Role: Cook

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018
⭐ 6.7 Role: Miss Phillips

Patrick

2018
No Image
⭐ 8.0 Role: District Nurse

To Provide All People

2018
⭐ 5.5 Role: Meera

The Homestay

2018
⭐ 7.5 Role: Prosecutor

Paddington 2

2017