Meera Syal
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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Acting (46 movies)
Scoop
2006
Beautiful Thing
1996
Desert Flower
2009
Spin
2021
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022
The Children's Party at the Palace
2006
A Night in with the Girls
1997
All in Good Time
2012
Mad Sad & Bad
2009
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017
The Canterville Ghost
2023
My Sister-Wife
1992
Forgive and Forget
2000
A Nice Arrangement
1994
It's Not Unusual
1995
Much Ado About Nothing
2012
The Boy in the Dress
2014
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023
The Homestay
2018
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007
Handsworth Songs
1986
Absolutely Anything
2015
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015
Anita and Me
2002
Patrick
2018
Paddington 2
2017
Dragon Rider
2020
Crossing the Floor
1996
Nativity Rocks!
2018
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987
Yesterday
2019
Memsahib Rita
1994
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
Doctor Strange
2016
Majdhar
1984
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000
O Mary This London
1994
Amar Akbar & Tony
2015
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
All About TWO
2014
A Tupperware of Ashes
2025
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| My Sister-Wife | 1992 | Writer |
| Bhaji on the Beach | 1993 | Writer |
| Anita and Me | 2002 | Writer |
| Anita and Me | 2002 | Producer |
| Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt | 2017 | Writer |