Meera Syal

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Filmography

Meera Syal is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She became one of the UK's best-known Asian personalities.

Birth Name

Feroza Syal

Born

Tuesday, 27 June 1961

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Dragon Rider	Subisha Gulab / Subisha Gulab (voice)	2020
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Self - Presenter	2020
Kate & Koji	Dr. Ayesha Radwan	2020
Yesterday	Sheila Malik	2019
Nativity Rocks!	Nina	2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Butler	2018
Patrick the Pug	Miss Phillips	2018
The Split	Goldie	2018
Paddington 2	Prosecutor	2017
Riviera	Sonya Roche	2017

(see additional filmography)

Actress Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Dragon Rider	Subisha Gulab / Subisha Gulab (voice)	2020
A Midsummer Night's Dream	Self - Presenter	2020
Kate & Koji	Dr. Ayesha Radwan	2020
Yesterday	Sheila Malik	2019
Nativity Rocks!	Nina	2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Butler	2018
Patrick the Pug	Miss Phillips	2018
The Split	Goldie	2018
Paddington 2	Prosecutor	2017
Riviera	Sonya Roche	2017
Doctor Strange	Dr. Patel	2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet	Nurse	2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass	Nobody (voice)	2016
The Brink	Naeema	2015
Amar Akbar & Tony	Honey	2015
Absolutely Anything	Fiona	2015
Duck Quacks Don't Echo	Herself	2014
The Musketeers	Theresa	2014
Portrait Artist of the Year	Herself - Guest	2013
Family Tree	Chitra	2013
The Job Lot	Jamina McNulty	2013
Love Matters	Kuldip	2013
Broadchurch	Judge Sonia Sharma	2013
Hunted	Fatima Zahir	2012
All in Good Time	Lopa	2012
Sunday Brunch	Herself - Guest, Self - Guest	2012
Silk	Aisha Wiseman	2011
Pointless Celebrities	Self - Contestant	2010
Little Crackers	Herself	2010
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger	Dia's Mother	2010
Tinga Tinga Tales	Owl (voice)	2010
Desert Flower	Pushpa Patel	2009
Mad Sad & Bad	Rashmi	2009
Horrible Histories	Storyteller	2009
Grandpa in My Pocket	Mrs. Pointy Pencil	2009
Beautiful People	Aunty Hayley	2008
Phineas and Ferb	Louisa Patel, Additional Voices (voice)	2007
Jekyll	Miranda	2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom	Satvinder's mother	2007
Kingdom	Headteacher	2007
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	Liz Shannon	2006
The One Show	Herself - Guest	2006
Scoop	Joe's Co-Passengers	2006
The F Word	Herself	2005
Drama Connections	Herself - Narrator (voice)	2005
Nigella	Herself	2005
8 Out of 10 Cats	Herself	2005
Doctor Who Confidential	Herself	2005
Doctor Who	Nasreen Chaudhry	2005
Who Do You Think You Are?	Self	2004
The Paul O'Grady Show	Herself	2004
The King of Bollywood		2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind	Herself - Guest	2004
QI	Self	2003
Comedy Connections	Herself	2003
The Terry and Gaby Show	Herself	2003
Murder Investigation Team	DCI Anita Wishart	2003
New Tricks	Baroness Samira Khan [Barroness Steiner in Credits]	2003
Anita & Me	Auntie Shaila	2002
V Graham Norton	Herself	2002
All About Me	Rupinder	2002
The Jury	Head Teacher, Headteacher	2002
The Kumars at No. 42	Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar	2001
Linda Green	Sukie	2001
Bedtime	Ruby	2001
In Deep	Marta Drusic	2001
Fat Friends	Aysha Kapoor	2000
Forgive and Forget	Judith Adams	2000
Loose Women	Herself, Self	1999
Bad Girls	Janan Hamad	1999
Holby City	Tara Sodi	1999
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries	Madam Marlene	1998
Girls' Night	Carmen	1998
Sixth Happiness	Breathing Generator	1997
Holding On	Zita	1997
Light Lunch	Herself	1997
Midsomer Murders	Clara Myerscough	1997
Goodness Gracious Me	Various, Various Roles	1998
Beautiful Thing	Miss Chauhan	1996
Room 101	Herself	1994
Absolutely Fabulous	Suzy	1992
Sean's Show	Trudy	1992
Have I Got News for You	Self	1990
Drop the Dead Donkey	Barmaid	1990
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid	Rani	1987
Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Matron	1987
A Little Princess	Anna	1986
Boon	Council Supervisor	1986
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾	Mrs. Singh (as Feroza Syal)	1985
Screen Two	Farah Khan, Ranting woman, Reporter	1985
Natural World	Herself - Narrator (voice)	1983
Taggart	Sharon Lal	1983
Children in Need	Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar	1980
The South Bank Show	Herself	1978
Panorama	Self - Narrator (voice)	1953