Acting credits
123
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Meera Syal
Acting
Career Snapshot
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0.7
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Movies: 51Series: 74Crew credits: 8
TMDB ID: 6975
IMDb ID: nm0842934
Known for: Acting
Born: June 27, 1961
Age: 64
Place of birth: Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2025
Years active: 48
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q261981
Other jobs
Writer (6)Creator (1)Story (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Meera Syal.
5.9
Tinsel Town
as Cassandra
2025 Movie
A Tupperware of Ashes
as Queenie
2025 Movie
10.0
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self / Suzy
2024 Movie
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
as Lucretia Otis (voice)
2023 Movie
7.0
The Smeds and the Smoos
as Aunt Smed (voice)
2023 Movie
4.9
The Almond and the Seahorse
as Dr. Falmer
2022 Movie
6.9
Spin
as Asha
2021 Movie
7.0
Dragon Rider
as Subisha Gulab (voice)
2020 Movie
6.7
Yesterday
as Sheila Malik
2019 Movie
4.0
Nativity Rocks!
as Nina
2018 Movie
6.1
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
as Cook
2018 Movie
6.7
Patrick
as Miss Phillips
2018 Movie
8.0
To Provide All People
as District Nurse
2018 Movie
5.5
The Homestay
as Meera
2018 Movie
7.5
Paddington 2
as Prosecutor
2017 Movie
10.0
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
as Priri
2017 Movie
7.4
Doctor Strange
as Dr. Patel
2016 Movie
10.0
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
as Presenter
2016 Movie
8.0
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
2016 Movie
6.6
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Nobody (voice)
2016 Movie
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
as Narrator
2015 Movie
6.0
Amar Akbar & Tony
as Honey
2015 Movie
6.0
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
as Zehrunisa Husain
2015 Movie
5.9
Absolutely Anything
as Fiona
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Meera Syal.
7.0
The Revenge Club
as Rita • 6 eps
2025 Series
Uncanny Post Mortem
1 eps
2025 Series
Our Tiny Islands
as Self - Narrator • 4 eps
2024 Series
6.6
Mrs Sidhu Investigates
as Mrs. Sidhu • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.4
The Devil's Hour
as Dr Ruby Bennett • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.9
The Sandman
as Ric the Vic • 1 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Roar
as Anu • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.6
The Wheel of Time
as Verin Mathwin • 13 eps
2021 Series
Beena and Amrit
as Amrit • 1 eps
2021 Series
Diana's Decades
as Narrator • 3 eps
2021 Series
7.6
We Are Lady Parts
as Sister Squire • 3 eps
2021 Series
5.5
Between the Covers
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.0
Kate & Koji
as Dr Ayesha Radwan • 6 eps
2020 Series
7.2
The Split
as Goldie • 6 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.2
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Contestant • 5 eps
2017 Series
Our Lives
as Self - Narrator • 2 eps
2017 Series
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
as Herself • 1 eps
2017 Series
We Have Been Watching
as Self • 5 eps
2017 Series
5.2
Walliams & Friend
as Various • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.0
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
as Self • 1 eps
2016 Series
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
1 eps
2015 Series
5.7
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
1 eps
2014 Series
7.0
The Musketeers
as Theresa • 1 eps
2014 Series