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Home/People/Meera Syal
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Born
Jun 27, 1961
Age 64
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

54
Movies
83
TV Shows
IMDb Profile

Meera Syal

Acting

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.
Flavia poster

Flavia

Cast
2026
Tinsel Town poster

Tinsel Town

as Cassandra
2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes poster

National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes

as Queenie
2025
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out poster

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out

as Self / Suzy
2024
The Canterville Ghost poster

The Canterville Ghost

as Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023
The Smeds and the Smoos poster

The Smeds and the Smoos

as Aunt Smed (voice)
2023
The Almond and the Seahorse poster

The Almond and the Seahorse

as Dr. Falmer
2022
Spin poster

Spin

as Asha
2021
Dragon Rider poster

Dragon Rider

as Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020
Yesterday poster

Yesterday

as Sheila Malik
2019
Nativity Rocks! poster

Nativity Rocks!

as Nina
2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms poster

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

as Cook
2018
Patrick poster

Patrick

as Miss Phillips
2018
To Provide All People poster

To Provide All People

as District Nurse
2018
The Homestay poster

The Homestay

as Meera
2018
Paddington 2 poster

Paddington 2

as Prosecutor
2017
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Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt

as Priri
2017
Doctor Strange poster

Doctor Strange

as Dr. Patel
2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe poster

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

as Presenter
2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet poster

Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse
2016