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
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Doctor Strange
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★6.6
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
★7.5
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Paddington 2
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★5.9
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Absolutely Anything
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★7.6
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Desert Flower
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★6.1
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
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★6.7
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Yesterday
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★6.6
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★6.7
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★5.9
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★5.5
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The Homestay
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★6.9
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Dragon Rider
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★5.7
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★4.7
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Mad Sad & Bad
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★6.7
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★7.2
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Handsworth Songs
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★5.8
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★8.0
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★6.3
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★8.0
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Gummed Labels
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Crossing the Floor
as Reporter
★6.0
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Anita and Me
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★8.0
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
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★9.0
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★6.5
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as Sita
★6.9
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★6.5
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Spin
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Interviewers From Hell
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★4.9
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★6.0
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Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
★8.0
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as Ranting woman
★7.5
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as Shushila
★3.9
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Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
★1.7
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The Children's Party at the Palace
as Mary (The BFG)
★8.5
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as Rehana
★6.0
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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
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A Night in with the Girls
★10.0
MOVIE2016
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
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★9.0
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The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
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★10.0
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Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
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★8.0
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★9.0
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