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Director
Meera Syal
Acting
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 6975
IMDb ID: nm0842934
Known for: Acting
Born: June 27, 1961
Age: 65
Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2025
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q261981
Frequent jobs
Writer (6)Creator (1)Story (1)
Biography
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.
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Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Meera Syal.
as Pushpa Patel
Desert Flower
2009 • Movie
as Prosecutor
Paddington 2
2017 • Movie
as Dr. Patel
Doctor Strange
2016 • Movie
as Miss Chauhan
Beautiful Thing
1996 • Movie
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Dragon Rider
2020 • Movie
as Miss Phillips
Patrick
2018 • Movie
as Sheila Malik
Yesterday
2019 • Movie
as Joe's Co-Passenger
Scoop
2006 • Movie
as Nobody (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016 • Movie
as Cook
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 • Movie
as Dia's Mother
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010 • Movie
as Fiona
Absolutely Anything
2015 • Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Meera Syal.
as Self • 1 eps
QI
2003 • Series
as Judge Sonia Sharma • 7 eps
Broadchurch
2013 • Series
as Ric the Vic • 1 eps
The Sandman
2022 • Series
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
Would I Lie to You?
2007 • Series
as Nasreen Chaudhry • 2 eps
Doctor Who
2005 • Series
as Verin Mathwin • 13 eps
The Wheel of Time
2021 • Series
as Suzy • 1 eps
Absolutely Fabulous
1992 • Series
as Miranda • 6 eps
Jekyll
2007 • Series
as Clara Myerscough • 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
1997 • Series
as Dr Ruby Bennett • 4 eps
The Devil's Hour
2022 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Have I Got News for You
1990 • Series
as Theresa • 1 eps
The Musketeers
2014 • Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Meera Syal.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Meera Syal.
as Nasreen Chaudhry • 2 eps
Doctor Who
2005 • Series
as Clara Myerscough • 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
1997 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Loose Women
1999 • Series
as Ric the Vic • 1 eps
The Sandman
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
QI
2003 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The One Show
2006 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Have I Got News for You
1990 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
GMTV
1993 • Series
as Narrator • 1 eps
Natural World
1983 • Series
1 eps
The Bill
1984 • Series
as Verin Mathwin • 13 eps
The Wheel of Time
2021 • Series
as Aisha Wiseman • 1 eps
Silk
2011 • Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Meera Syal.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Meera Syal.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Meera Syal.
as Cassandra
Tinsel Town
2025 • Movie
as Queenie
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2025 • Movie
as Self / Suzy
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024 • Movie
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
The Canterville Ghost
2023 • Movie
as Aunt Smed (voice)
The Smeds and the Smoos
2023 • Movie
as Dr. Falmer
The Almond and the Seahorse
2022 • Movie
as Asha
Spin
2021 • Movie
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
Dragon Rider
2020 • Movie
as Sheila Malik
Yesterday
2019 • Movie
as Nina
Nativity Rocks!
2018 • Movie
as Cook
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018 • Movie
as Miss Phillips
Patrick
2018 • Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Meera Syal.
as Rita • 6 eps
The Revenge Club
2025 • Series
1 eps
Uncanny Post Mortem
2025 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 8 eps
Our Tiny Islands
2024 • Series
as Mrs. Sidhu • 4 eps
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2023 • Series
as Dr Ruby Bennett • 4 eps
The Devil's Hour
2022 • Series
as Ric the Vic • 1 eps
The Sandman
2022 • Series
as Anu • 1 eps
Roar
2022 • Series
as Verin Mathwin • 13 eps
The Wheel of Time
2021 • Series
as Amrit • 1 eps
Beena and Amrit
2021 • Series
as Narrator • 3 eps
Diana's Decades
2021 • Series
as Sister Squire • 3 eps
We Are Lady Parts
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Between the Covers
2020 • Series