Meera Syal
Acting
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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
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Lysistrata
Lysistrata
2026
The Revenge Club
2025
Tinsel Town
2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
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
Back to Life
2019
Nativity Rocks!
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Patrick
2018
To Provide All People
To Provide All People
2018
The Homestay
2018
The Split
2018
Paddington 2
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
Walliams & Friend
2016
Doctor Strange
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
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
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Boy in the Dress
2014
Original Comedy Shorts
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Musketeers
2014
Psychobitches
2013
The Job Lot
2013
Broadchurch
2013
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
All in Good Time
2012
Silk
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?
When Were We Funniest?
2008
Jekyll
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Kingdom
2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Scoop
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
Monkey Trousers
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
Murder Investigation Team
2003
Anita and Me
2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
All About Me
2002
The Jury
2002
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
2001
In Deep
2001
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
Fat Friends
2000
Forgive and Forget
2000
The Strangerers
2000
Bad Girls
1999
The Revenge Club
2025
Tinsel Town
2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025
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
Back to Life
2019
Nativity Rocks!
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Patrick
2018
To Provide All People
To Provide All People
2018
The Homestay
2018
The Split
2018
Paddington 2
2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
Walliams & Friend
2016
Doctor Strange
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
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
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
Absolutely Anything
2015
The Boy in the Dress
2014
Original Comedy Shorts
Original Comedy Shorts
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Musketeers
2014
Psychobitches
2013
The Job Lot
2013
Broadchurch
2013
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
All in Good Time
2012
Silk
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?
When Were We Funniest?
2008
Jekyll
2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Kingdom
2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006
Scoop
2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2005
Monkey Trousers
2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004
Murder Investigation Team
2003
Anita and Me
2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002
All About Me
2002
The Jury
2002
The Kumars at No. 42
2001
Bedtime
2001
In Deep
2001
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
Fat Friends
2000
Forgive and Forget
2000
The Strangerers
2000
Bad Girls
1999