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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Movie | Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out | Self | 2024-10-17 |
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Movie | Spin | Asha | 2021-09-18 |
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Movie | To Provide All People | District Nurse | 2018-06-28 |
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Series | The Musketeers | Unknown | 2014-01-19 |
Movie | The Boy in the Dress | Jaspreet | 2014-12-26 |
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Movie | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Satvinder’s mother | 2007-06-15 |
Movie | The Children's Party at the Palace | Mary (The BFG) | 2006-06-25 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Scoop | Joe's Co-Passenger | 2006-07-27 |
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Series | Doctor Who | Nasreen Chaudhry | 2005-03-26 |
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Series | 8 Out of 10 Cats | Unknown | 2005-06-03 |
Series | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown | 2004-10-12 |
Series | Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind | Unknown | 2004-04-23 |
Series | Murder Investigation Team | DCI Anita Wishart | 2003-05-03 |
Series | QI | Panellist | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Anita and Me | Auntie Shaila | 2002-11-22 |
Series | The Jury | Unknown | 2002-02-17 |
Series | All About Me | 2002-03-08 | |
Series | Horrible Histories | Unknown | 2001-01-01 |
Series | Bedtime | 2001-08-28 | |
Series | The Kumars at No. 42 | 2001-11-12 | |
Series | In Deep | Unknown | 2001-02-19 |
Series | Fat Friends | Unknown | 2000-10-12 |
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Series | Midsomer Murders | Clara Myerscough | 1997-03-23 |
Series | Keeping Mum | Tina Beare | 1997-04-17 |
Movie | Beautiful Thing | Miss Chauhan | 1996-06-21 |
Series | Goodness Gracious Me | 1996-07-05 | |
Movie | Crossing the Floor | Reporter | 1996-10-05 |
Series | Room 101 | Unknown | 1994-07-04 |
Movie | A Nice Arrangement | Sita | 1994-06-11 |
Movie | Memsahib Rita | Unumma | 1994-01-01 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | My Sister-Wife | Farah Khan | 1992-02-23 |
Series | Absolutely Fabulous | Unknown | 1992-11-12 |
Series | The Real McCoy | 1991-05-10 | |
Series | Drop the Dead Donkey | Unknown | 1990-08-09 |
Series | Have I Got News for You | Herself | 1990-09-28 |
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Series | A Little Princess | Anna | 1987-01-18 |
Series | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Unknown | 1987-08-02 |
Movie | Handsworth Songs | Voice Over | 1986-05-08 |
Series | The Bill | Unknown | 1984-10-16 |
Movie | Majdhar | 1984-01-01 | |
Series | Taggart | Unknown | 1983-09-06 |
Series | Natural World | Narrator | 1983-10-30 |