Cast
Meera Syal
Acting
Cast
Meera Syal
Known for
Acting
Born
1961-06-27
From
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Biography
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.
★7.4
MOVIE2016
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
★6.6
MOVIE2016
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Cook
★5.9
MOVIE2015
Absolutely Anything
as Fiona
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
★7.6
MOVIE2009
Desert Flower
as Pushpa Patel
★6.7
MOVIE2019
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
★6.7
MOVIE2023
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2006
Scoop
as Joe's Co-Passenger
★4.7
MOVIE2009
Mad Sad & Bad
as Rashmi
★6.7
MOVIE2018
Patrick
as Miss Phillips
★5.9
MOVIE1986
Handsworth Songs
as Voice Over
★6.8
MOVIE1996
Crossing the Floor
as Reporter
★8.0
MOVIE2018
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
★5.4
MOVIE2000
Forgive and Forget
as Judith Adams
★5.9
MOVIE2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
as Dia's Mother
★7.2
MOVIE1996
Beautiful Thing
as Miss Chauhan
★5.8
MOVIE2025
Tinsel Town
as Cassandra
★5.7
MOVIE1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
as Rani
★6.9
MOVIE2020
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2018
The Homestay
as Meera
★6.3
MOVIE2014
The Boy in the Dress
as Jaspreet
MOVIE1989
Interviewers From Hell
★6.5
MOVIE1994
A Nice Arrangement
as Sita
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Girls' Night
as Carmen
★6.5
MOVIE2012
All in Good Time
as Lopa
★9.0
MOVIE1992
My Sister-Wife
as Farah Khan
MOVIE2026
Lysistrata
as Lysistrata (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Suzy
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Spin
as Asha
★3.9
MOVIE2018
Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
★4.9
MOVIE2022
The Almond and the Seahorse
as Dr. Falmer
★6.0
MOVIE2002
Anita and Me
as Auntie Shaila
★6.9
MOVIE2023
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
MOVIE2025
National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
as Queenie
★8.0
MOVIE1994
O Mary This London
as Ranting woman
★1.7
MOVIE2006
The Children's Party at the Palace
as Mary (The BFG)
★9.0
MOVIE2000
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
as High Priestess
★8.5
MOVIE1984
Majdhar
as Rehana
★8.0
MOVIE1992
Gummed Labels
MOVIE2012
Much Ado About Nothing
as Beatrice
★4.0
MOVIE2007
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
as Satvinder’s mother
★10.0
MOVIE2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Presenter
★6.0
MOVIE2015
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
★7.5
MOVIE1995
It's Not Unusual
as Shushila
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
MOVIE2014
All About TWO
as Self - Panellist
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Memsahib Rita
as Unumma
★10.0
MOVIE2017
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
as Priri
MOVIE1997
A Night in with the Girls
MOVIE2015
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
as Narrator
★9.0
MOVIE2005
The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
as Joyti De-Laurey
★9.0
MOVIE2002
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
as Narrator