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Meera Syal

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1961-06-27 (63 years old)

Biography

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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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Filmography

all 123

TV Shows 73

Movies 50

self 25

Narrator 4

Writer 3

Voice 2

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Meera Syal

Biography

Filmography

all 123

TV Shows 73

Movies 50

self 25

Narrator 4

Writer 3

Voice 2

Samosa & Sons (2023)

The Canterville Ghost (2023)

Mrs Sidhu Investigates (2023)

The Smeds and the Smoos (2023)

The Almond and the Seahorse (2022)

The Devil's Hour (2022)

The Sandman (2022)

Roar (2022)

The Wheel of Time (2021)

Beena and Amrit (2021)

Spin (2021)

Diana's Decades (2021)

We Are Lady Parts (2021)

Dragon Rider (2020)

Kate & Koji (2020)

Yesterday (2019)

Nativity Rocks! (2018)

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)

Patrick (2018)

To Provide All People (2018)

The Homestay (2018)

The Split (2018)

Paddington 2 (2017)

Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)

Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt (2017)

We Have Been Watching (2017)

Walliams & Friend (2016)

Doctor Strange (2016)

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016)

John Bishop: In Conversation With... (2016)

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016)

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)

Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015)

Absolutely Anything (2015)

Amar Akbar & Tony (2015)

National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015)

The Boy in the Dress (2014)

Original Comedy Shorts (2014)

Duck Quacks Don't Echo (2014)

The Musketeers (2014)

The Kumars (2014)

Broadchurch (2013)

The British (2012)

Much Ado About Nothing (2012)

All in Good Time (2012)

Jo Brand's Big Splash (2011)

Little Crackers (2010)

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

Desert Flower (2009)

Mad Sad & Bad (2009)

Horrible Histories (2009)

Beautiful People (2008)

When Were We Funniest? (2008)

The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)

Jekyll (2007)

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)

Kingdom (2007)

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006)

The One Show (2006)

Scoop (2006)

The Children's Party at the Palace (2006)

School's Out (2006)

Drama Connections (2005)

Nigella (2005)

The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (2005)

8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)

Monkey Trousers (2005)

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2005)

Doctor Who (2005)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1961-06-27 (63 years old)

Birth Name
Feroza Syal

Birth Place
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Religion
Hinduism

Spouse
Sanjeev Bhaskar

Children
Milli Bhatia

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Member of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Betty Trask Award, Academy Fellowship Award