Meera Syal
Born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK — Jun 27 1961
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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 th…
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Midsomer Murders
Clara Myerscough
Doctor Who
Nasreen Chaudhry
The Sandman
Ric the Vic
The Bill
The Wheel of Time
Verin Mathwin
Natural World
Narrator
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
Horrible Histories
Storyteller
Taggart
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Silk
Aisha Wiseman
Bad Girls
Janan Hamad
Soldier Soldier
Sangita Sharma
Absolutely Fabulous
Suzy
Broadchurch
Judge Sonia Sharma
Doctor Strange
Dr. Patel
Kingdom
Head Teacher
The Musketeers
Theresa
Roar
Anu
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Drop the Dead Donkey
Barmaid
Fat Friends
Aysha Kapoor
The Devil's Hour
Dr Ruby Bennett
Crackanory
Self
Our Lives
Self - Narrator
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
Self - Guest
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nobody (voice)
Paddington 2
Prosecutor
The Split
Goldie
The Jury
Beautiful People
Aunty Hayley
Little Crackers
Herself
Murder Investigation Team
DCI Anita Wishart
Yesterday
Sheila Malik
We Are Lady Parts
Sister Squire
Psychobitches
Hera
In Deep
Marta Drusic
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cook
It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
Jekyll
Miranda
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Mrs. Singh
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger
Bedtime
Ruby
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Liz Shannon
Nigella
Self
The Strangerers
Volunteer
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs. Sidhu
The Kumars at No. 42
A Little Princess
Anna
Absolutely Anything
Fiona
All About Me
Rupinder
Goodness Gracious Me
Tandoori Nights
Writing
Keeping Mum
Tina Beare
School's Out
Self
The Revenge Club
Rita
Monkey Trousers
Spin
Asha
Patrick
Miss Phillips
Tinsel Town
Cassandra
Dragon Rider
Subisha Gulab (voice)
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Madame Marlene
We Have Been Watching
Self
The Real McCoy
Original Comedy Shorts
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Dia's Mother
The Canterville Ghost
Lucretia Otis (voice)
Desert Flower
Pushpa Patel
Kate & Koji
Dr Ayesha Radwan
Beautiful Thing
Miss Chauhan
Anita and Me
Auntie Shaila
Walliams & Friend
Various
Girls' Night
Carmen
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
The Children's Party at the Palace
Mary (The BFG)
To Provide All People
District Nurse
Bhaji on the Beach
Writing
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rani
The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
Nativity Rocks!
Nina
Crossing the Floor
Reporter
Uncanny Post Mortem
Mad Sad & Bad
Rashmi
Gummed Labels
When Were We Funniest?
All in Good Time
Lopa
Forgive and Forget
Judith Adams
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Satvinder’s mother
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
High Priestess
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Suzy
The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
Memsahib Rita
Unumma
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Presenter
Diana's Decades
Narrator
The Homestay
Meera
O Mary This London
Ranting woman
A Nice Arrangement
Sita
My Sister-Wife
Farah Khan
Majdhar
Rehana
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Zehrunisa Husain
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Joyti De-Laurey
Our Tiny Islands
Self - Narrator
A Night in with the Girls
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
All About TWO
Self - Panellist
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Herself
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
It's Not Unusual
Shushila
Beena and Amrit
Amrit
Handsworth Songs
Voice Over
Interviewers From Hell
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Queenie
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Narrator
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator