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Meera Syal

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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Born:
Jun 27, 1961 In Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
56
First Appeared:
In the series Taggart 1983-09-06
Latest Project:
Movie The Canterville Ghost 2023-09-22
Known For
Poster of Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Poster of All in Good Time
Poster of Girls' Night
Poster of Handsworth Songs
Filmography
Movie The Canterville Ghost Lucretia Otis (voice) 2023-09-22
Movie Spin Asha 2021-09-18
Movie Yesterday Sheila Malik 2019-06-26
Movie To Provide All People District Nurse 2018-06-28
Movie Patrick Miss Phillips 2018-06-29
Movie The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Cook 2018-10-26
Movie Paddington 2 Prosecutor 2017-11-09
Movie Alice Through the Looking Glass Nobody (voice) 2016-05-25
Series Walliams & Friend Various 2016-11-28
Movie Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet Nurse 2016-07-07
Movie Doctor Strange Dr. Patel 2016-10-25
Movie National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers Zehrunisa Husain 2015-01-01
Movie Amar Akbar & Tony Honey 2015-04-17
Movie Absolutely Anything Fiona 2015-06-26
Series Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version 2015-11-06
Series The Musketeers Unknown 2014-01-19
Series Original Comedy Shorts Unknown 2014-06-01
Movie The Boy in the Dress Jaspreet 2014-12-26
Movie All in Good Time Lopa 2012-05-11
Movie You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Dia's Mother 2010-09-22
Movie Desert Flower Pushpa Patel 2009-09-24
Movie Mad Sad & Bad Rashmi 2009-07-31
Series Kingdom Unknown 2007-04-22
Movie Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Satvinder’s mother 2007-06-15
Movie Scoop Joe's Co-Passenger 2006-07-27
Movie The Children's Party at the Palace Mary (The BFG) 2006-06-25
Series The One Show Unknown 2006-08-14
Series The Amazing Mrs Pritchard 2006-10-03
Series 8 Out of 10 Cats Unknown 2005-06-03
Series Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind Unknown 2004-04-23
Series Who Do You Think You Are? Unknown 2004-10-12
Series QI Panellist 2003-09-11
Series The Jury Unknown 2002-02-17
Series All About Me 2002-03-08
Movie Anita and Me Auntie Shaila 2002-11-22
Series The Kumars at No. 42 2001-11-12
Series The Strangerers Unknown 2000-02-15
Movie Forgive and Forget Judith Adams 2000-06-12
Series Fat Friends Unknown 2000-10-12
Movie Girls' Night Carmen 1998-06-26
Series Midsomer Murders Clara Myerscough 1997-03-23
Series Holding On Unknown 1997-09-08
Movie Crossing the Floor Reporter 1996-10-05
Movie Beautiful Thing Miss Chauhan 1996-06-21
Series Goodness Gracious Me 1996-07-05
Movie O Mary This London Ranting woman 1994-03-30
Movie My Sister-Wife Farah Khan 1992-02-23
Series Absolutely Fabulous Unknown 1992-11-12
Series Drop the Dead Donkey Unknown 1990-08-09
Series A Little Princess Unknown 1987-01-18
Series The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Unknown 1987-08-02
Movie Sammy and Rosie Get Laid Rani 1987-10-30
Movie Handsworth Songs Voice Over 1986-05-08
Series The Bill Unknown 1984-10-16
Series Taggart Unknown 1983-09-06
Series Natural World Narrator 1983-10-30
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