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.
Born: 27 June 1961
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The Revenge Club
Rita
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Tinsel Town
Cassandra
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National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
Queenie
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Uncanny Post Mortem
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Self / Suzy
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Our Tiny Islands
Self - Narrator
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The Canterville Ghost
Lucretia Otis (voice)
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Mrs Sidhu Investigates
Mrs. Sidhu
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The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
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The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
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The Devil's Hour
Dr Ruby Bennett
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The Devil's Hour
Dr. Ruby Bennett
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The Sandman
Ric the Vic
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Roar
Anu
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The Wheel of Time
Verin Mathwin
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Beena and Amrit
Amrit
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Spin
Asha
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Diana's Decades
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We Are Lady Parts
Sister Squire
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Dragon Rider
Subisha Gulab (voice)
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Between the Covers
Self
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Kate & Koji
Dr Ayesha Radwan
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Yesterday
Sheila Malik
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Back to Life
Gaia
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Nativity Rocks!
Nina
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Cook
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Patrick
Miss Phillips
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To Provide All People
District Nurse
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The Homestay
Meera
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The Split
Goldie
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The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
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Paddington 2
Prosecutor
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Richard Osman's House of Games
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Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
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Our Lives
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Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Herself
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We Have Been Watching
Self
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Nov 2016
Walliams & Friend
Various
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Doctor Strange
Dr. Patel
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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
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John Bishop: In Conversation with...
Self
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
Nobody (voice)
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Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
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Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
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Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Zehrunisa Husain
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Absolutely Anything
Fiona
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The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
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Original Comedy Shorts
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All About TWO
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Duck Quacks Don't Echo
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The Musketeers
Theresa
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The Kumars
Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
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Crackanory
Self
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Psychobitches
Hera
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The Job Lot
Jamina McNulty
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Broadchurch
Judge Sonia Sharma
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Jun 2012
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
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All in Good Time
Lopa
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Silk
Aisha Wiseman
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Dec 2010
Little Crackers
Herself
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Sep 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Dia's Mother
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Sep 2009
Desert Flower
Pushpa Patel
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Jul 2009
Mad Sad & Bad
Rashmi
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Apr 2009
Horrible Histories
Storyteller
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Oct 2008
Beautiful People
Aunty Hayley
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Feb 2008
When Were We Funniest?
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Sep 2007
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
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Jun 2007
Jekyll
Miranda
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Jun 2007
Would I Lie to You?
Self - Panellist
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Jun 2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Satvinder’s mother
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Apr 2007
Kingdom
Head Teacher
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Oct 2006
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Liz Shannon
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Aug 2006
The One Show
Self - Guest
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Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
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Jul 2006
Scoop
Joe's Co-Passenger
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Jun 2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
Mary (The BFG)
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Apr 2006
School's Out
Self
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Jul 2005
Nigella
Self
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Jun 2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
Joyti De-Laurey
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Jun 2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
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May 2005
Monkey Trousers
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May 2005
Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
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Mar 2005
Doctor Who
Nasreen Chaudhry
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Oct 2004
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
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Apr 2004
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
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Sep 2003
QI
Self
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May 2003
Murder Investigation Team
DCI Anita Wishart
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Nov 2002
Anita and Me
Auntie Shaila
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Jul 2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
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All About Me
Rupinder
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The Jury
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Jan 2002
Johnny Vaughan Tonight
Self
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Nov 2001
The Kumars at No. 42
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Aug 2001
Bedtime
Ruby
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Feb 2001
In Deep
Marta Drusic
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Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
High Priestess
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Fat Friends
Aysha Kapoor
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Forgive and Forget
Judith Adams
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The Strangerers
Volunteer
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Loose Women
Self
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It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
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Bad Girls
Janan Hamad
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Aug 1998
The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
Madame Marlene
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Girls' Night
Carmen
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Goodness Gracious Me
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Jan 1998
Parkinson
Self
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May 1997
Ruby
Self
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Apr 1997
Keeping Mum
Tina Beare
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Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Clara Myerscough
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A Night in with the Girls
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Oct 1996
Crossing the Floor
Reporter
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Beautiful Thing
Miss Chauhan
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It's Not Unusual
Shushila
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Room 101
Self
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A Nice Arrangement
Sita
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Mar 1994
O Mary This London
Ranting woman
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Memsahib Rita
Unumma
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Jan 1993
GMTV
Self
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Nov 1992
Absolutely Fabulous
Suzy
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Sep 1992
Gummed Labels
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Feb 1992
My Sister-Wife
Farah Khan
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Jun 1991
Soldier Soldier
Sangita Sharma
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May 1991
The Real McCoy
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Sep 1990
Have I Got News for You
Self
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Aug 1990
Drop the Dead Donkey
Barmaid
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Jan 1989
Interviewers From Hell
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Oct 1988
This Morning
Self
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Oct 1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rani
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Jan 1987
A Little Princess
Anna
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May 1986
Handsworth Songs
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The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾
Mrs. Singh
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Majdhar
Rehana
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The Bill
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Natural World
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Taggart
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An Audience with...
Self
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Lysistrata
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Phony
Sharla