Meera Syal
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Clara Myerscough
1997
Series
Doctor Who
Nasreen Chaudhry
2005
Series
Phineas and Ferb
Baljeet's Mom (voice)
2007
Series
Holby City
Tara Sodi
1999
Series
QI
Self
2003
Series
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
Series
The Wheel of Time
Verin Mathwin
2021
Series
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
The One Show
Self
2006
Film
Doctor Strange
Dr. Patel
2016
Series
Loose Women
Self
1999
Series
The Sandman
Ric the Vic
2022
Series
Broadchurch
Judge Sonia Sharma
2013
Series
Natural World
Narrator
1983
Series
GMTV
Self
1993
Series
Silk
Aisha Wiseman
2011
Series
Parkinson
Self
1998
Series
Screen Two
Farah Khan
1985
Series
Screen Two
Ranting Woman
1985
Series
Screen Two
Reporter
1985
Series
The Bill
Linda Morgan
1984
Series
The Bill
Woman in Street
1984
Series
The Bill
Solicitor
1984
Series
The Bill
Miss Choudry
1984
Series
New Tricks
Baroness Samira Khan
2004
Series
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
2007
Series
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Series
Horrible Histories
Storyteller
2009
Series
Absolutely Fabulous
Suzy
1992
Series
Our Lives
Self - Narrator
2017
Series
Bad Girls
Janan Hamad
1999
Series
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2004
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Series
Taggart
Sharon Lal
1983
Series
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Series
The Musketeers
Theresa
2014
Series
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
Film
Paddington 2
Prosecutor
2017
Series
Soldier Soldier
Sangita Sharma
1991
Series
Riviera
Sonya Roche
2017
Film
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nobody (voice)
2016
Series
Boon
Council Supervisor
1986
Series
Roar
Anu
2022
Series
Ruby
Self
1997
Series
The Devil's Hour
Dr Ruby Bennett
2022
Series
Room 101
Self
1994
Series
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
2018
Series
The Split
Goldie
2018
Series
Drop the Dead Donkey
Barmaid
1990
Series
Kingdom
Head Teacher
2007
Film
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cook
2018
Series
Grandpa in My Pocket
Mrs Pointy Pencil
2009
Film
Yesterday
Sheila Malik
2019
Series
The Jury
Headteacher
2002
Series
We Are Lady Parts
Sister Squire
2021
Film
Desert Flower
Pushpa Patel
2009
Series
Jekyll
Miranda
2007
Series
The Brink
Naeema
2015
Series
Band of Gold
Anne Denver
1995
Series
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Self
2014
Series
Between the Covers
Self
2020
Film
Absolutely Anything
Fiona
2015
Film
Dragon Rider
Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020
Film
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger
2006
Series
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
2016
Series
Fat Friends
Aysha Kapoor
2000
Series
Crackanory
Self
2013
Series
Code 404
Elizabeth Churchland
2020
Film
The Canterville Ghost
Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023
Film
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Dia's Mother
2010
Series
Little Crackers
Herself
2010
Series
Back to Life
Gaia
2019
Series
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Series
Murder Investigation Team
DCI Anita Wishart
2003
Series
The F Word
2005
Series
Psychobitches
Hera
2013
Series
Hunted
Fatima Zahir
2012
Series
The Revenge Club
Rita
2025
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
Series
Beautiful People
Aunty Hayley
2008
Series
In Deep
Marta Drusic
2001
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Self
2002
Series
Family Tree
Chitra
2013
Series
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Madame Marlene
1998
Series
Monkey Trousers
2005
Series
The Job Lot
Jamina McNulty
2013
Series
Linda Green
Sukie
2001
Series
Nigella
Self
2005
Kinsey
Val
1991
Film
Beautiful Thing
Miss Chauhan
1996
Series
Goodness Gracious Me
1998
Film
Tinsel Town
Cassandra
2025
Series
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
Self
2004
Series
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Liz Shannon
2006
Series
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs. Sidhu
2023
Film
Patrick
Miss Phillips
2018
Series
This Morning
Self
1988
Series
Kate & Koji
Dr Ayesha Radwan
2020
Series
Love Matters
Kuldip
2013
Series
A Little Princess
Anna
1987
Series
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Mrs. Singh
1985
Series
The Real McCoy
1991
Series
All About Me
Rupinder
2002
Series
Treasure
Voices
2001
School's Out
Self
2006
Series
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Various
1994
Series
The Strangerers
Volunteer
2000
The Kumars
Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
2014
Series
Holding On
Zita
1997
Series
Bedtime
Ruby
2001
Series
Tinga Tinga Tales
Owl (voice)
2010
Film
Spin
Asha
2021
Black Silk
Mumtaz Khan
1985
Series
Double Income, No Kids Yet
Katie
2001
Uncle Max
Snooty Neighbour
2006
Degrees of Error
Dr. Jean Lowell
1995
Series
We Have Been Watching
Self
2017
Series
Keeping Mum
Tina Beare
1997
Film
Handsworth Songs
Voice Over
1986
Series
Comedians: Home Alone
Reena
2020
Film
Girls' Night
Carmen
1998
Film
The Children's Party at the Palace
Mary (The BFG)
2006
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Film
The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
2023
Series
Uncanny Post Mortem
Self
2025
Series
Sean's Show
Trudy
1992
Series
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Herself
2017
Series
Diana's Decades
Narrator
2021
Film
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rani
1987
To Have and to Hold
Janine
1986
Gummed Labels
Mira
1992
Film
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
2016
Film
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Queenie
2025
Film
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Suzy
2024
Film
The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
2022
Film
Anita and Me
Auntie Shaila
2002
Series
Walliams & Friend
Various
2016
Series
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Sunita
2005
Film
The Homestay
Meera
2018
Film
The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
2014
Series
Minder
Jess Robinson
2009
Wavelength
Mrs Kumar
1997
Series
Our Tiny Islands
Self - Narrator
2024
Film
Forgive and Forget
Judith Adams
2000
Film
All in Good Time
Lopa
2012
Film
Samosa & Sons
Rai Bahadur
2023
Film
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Satvinder’s mother
2007
Phony
Sharla
Film
My Sister-Wife
Farah Khan
1992
To Provide All People
District Nurse
2018
Film
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
High Priestess
2000
Film
Crossing the Floor
Reporter
1996
Film
Nativity Rocks!
Nina
2018
Film
A Nice Arrangement
Sita
1994
Film
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Presenter
2016
When Were We Funniest?
Self
2008
Film
Mad Sad & Bad
Rashmi
2009
Film
Interviewers From Hell
1989
Lysistrata
Lysistrata (voice)
2026
Film
King of Bollywood
Mrs Jones
2004
Film
It's Not Unusual
Shushila
1995
Film
Majdhar
Rehana
1984
Film
O Mary This London
Ranting woman
1994
Film
Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
2015
Film
A Night in with the Girls
Self
1997
Film
Sixth Happiness
Breathing Generator
1997
Film
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Zehrunisa Husain
2015
Series
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator
2015
Film
Memsahib Rita
Unumma
1994
Flight
Tasleema
1997
Series
Beena and Amrit
Amrit
2021
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Joyti De-Laurey
2005
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Narrator
2002
Film
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
2012
Film
All About TWO
Self - Panellist
2014
Film
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
2017
Film
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator
2015