Meera Syal
Acting
Born 1961-06-27 · Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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
Flavia
Apr 4, 2026
Tinsel Town
Nov 28, 2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Jul 8, 2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Oct 17, 2024
The Canterville Ghost
Sep 22, 2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
Feb 24, 2023
The Almond and the Seahorse
Dec 16, 2022
Spin
Sep 18, 2021
Dragon Rider
Oct 13, 2020
Yesterday
Jun 26, 2019
Nativity Rocks!
Nov 23, 2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Oct 26, 2018
Patrick
Jun 29, 2018
The Homestay
May 13, 2018
Paddington 2
Nov 9, 2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Jun 21, 2017
Doctor Strange
Oct 25, 2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Sep 11, 2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Jul 7, 2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
May 25, 2016
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Nov 6, 2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
Apr 17, 2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Mar 12, 2015
Absolutely Anything
Feb 13, 2015
The Boy in the Dress
Dec 26, 2014
All About TWO
Apr 21, 2014
Much Ado About Nothing
Jun 1, 2012
All in Good Time
May 11, 2012
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Sep 22, 2010
Desert Flower
Sep 24, 2009