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Meera Syal

  1. 22nd April: BBC Two orders Comedians Playing With Themselves

Meera Syal is a 58 year-old English actor.

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Awards

  • BAFTA Television Awards 2003 - Best Entertainment Performance: Nominee
Birth name
Feroza Syal
Gender
Female
Nationality
England
Born
Tuesday 27th June 1961 (58 years-old)

Known for

Bindi Business. Image shows from L to R: Raj (Chris Nayak), Bindi (Meera Syal), Anu (Krupa Pattani), Uncle Bash (Vincent Ebrahim). Copyright: BBC. Bindi Business - Bindi
Goodness Gracious Me. Image shows from L to R: Nina Wadia, Kulvinder Ghir, Dave Lamb, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal. Copyright: BBC. Goodness Gracious Me - Actor
The Kumars At No. 42. Image shows from L to R: Ummi (Meera Syal), Sanjeev Kumar (Sanjeev Bhaskar), Dad (Vincent Ebrahim), Mum (Indira Joshi). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions. The Kumars At No. 42 - Ummi

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2020 What's Funny About...
  1. E5 - Goodness Gracious Me
 Guest
2020 Kate & Koji - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Dr. Ayesha Radwan
2020 Imagine... Lenny Henry Self
2019 Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
  1. E3 - Sketch
 Self
2019 Yesterday Sheila Malik
2019 Mrs Sidhu Investigates - Mrs Sidhu's Deadly Highland Game Mrs Sidhu
2019 Ed Reardon's Week - Series 13
  1. E3 - Bezzies
 Eleanor
2018 Nativity Rocks! Actor
2018 Patrick Headteacher
2018 Goodness Gracious Me - 20 Years Innit! Self
2018 Funny Women: Jo Brand Self
2017 Paddington 2 Prosecutor
2017 Mrs Sidhu Investigates - Murder with Masala Mrs Sidhu
2017 Bindi Business - Series 2 Bindi
2017 John Bishop In Conversation With... - Series 2
  1. E9 - Meera Syal
 Guest
2017 Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2017 Parental Guidance Anusha Parera
2017 We Have Been Watching Self
2016 Walliams & Friend - Series 1
  1. E4 - Meera Syal
 Various
2016 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 5
  1. Special - Best Of
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2016 Room 101 - Series 5
  1. Special - Best Of Series 5
  2. E5 - Shaun Ryder, Sam Simmons, Meera Syal
 Guest
2015 Bindi Business - Series 1 Bindi
2015 Goodness Gracious Me - India Special Various
2015 Goodness Gracious Me - India Special Writer
2015 Absolutely Anything Fiona
2015 The Man Who Wore Sanitary Pads Amma
2015 Amar Akbar & Tony Honey
2014 The Boy In The Dress Jaspreet
2014 Psychobitches - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Hera
2014 Crackanory - Series 2
  1. E4 - Self Storage & The Obituary Writer
 Host / Presenter
2014 The Job Lot - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Jamina McNaulty
2014 Goodness Gracious Me - Reunion Special Various
2014 Goodness Gracious Me - Reunion Special Writer
2014 All About TWO Regular Panellist
2014 The Kumars Ummi
2013 Family Tree
  1. E3 - The Austerity Games
  2. E1 - The Box
 'There Goes the Neighbourhood' - Chitra
2013 Love Matters
  1. E5 - A Nice Arrangement
 Sat's Mum
2013 I've Never Seen Star Wars - Series 5
  1. E1 - Meera Syal
 Guest
2012 Meera Syal's Asian Comedy Story Host / Presenter
2011 Jo Brand's Big Splash
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Self
2011 Curb Your Judaism Guest
2011 QI - Making Of Special
  1. QI Genesis
 Guest
2011 Jennifer Saunders: Laughing At The 90s Self
2011 Horrible Histories With Stephen Fry Self
2011 My Teenage Diary - Series 2
  1. E4 - Meera Syal
 Guest
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 Self
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010 Writer
2009 Beautiful People - Series 2 Aunty Hayley
2009 Shappi Talk - Series 1
  1. E1 - Racism
 Self
2009 Mumbai Calling - Series 1 Script Development
2009 Horrible Histories - Series 1 Self
2008 Beautiful People - Series 1 Aunty Hayley
2008 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 5 Guest
2008 When Were We Funniest? Host / Presenter
2007 Kingdom - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Headteacher
2006 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 7 Ummi
2006 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2005 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 6 Ummi
2004 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 5 Ummi
2003 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 4 Ummi
2003 QI - Series A
  1. E3 - Aquatic Animals
 Guest
2003 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 3 Ummi
2002 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 2 Ummi
2002 All About Me - Series 1 Rupinder
2001 The Kumars At No. 42 - Series 1 Ummi
2001 Bedtime - Series 1 Ruby
2001 Late Various
2001 Double Income, No Kids Yet - Series 1 Katie
2001 Goodness Gracious Me - Back Where They Came From Various
2001 Goodness Gracious Me - Back Where They Came From Writer
2000 The Strangerers
  1. E6 - Angels
 Volunteer
2000 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 3 Various
2000 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 3 Writer
1999 Room 101 - Series 4
  1. E6 - Meera Syal
 Guest
1999 Goodness Gracious Me - Goodness Gracious Me Night Various
1999 Goodness Gracious Me - Goodness Gracious Me Night Writer
1999 Have I Got News For You - Series 17
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Composer
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 2 Various
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 2 Writer
1998 The News Quiz - Series 40 Guest
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Composer
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 1 Writer
1998 Goodness Gracious Me - Series 1 Various
1997 Keeping Mum - Series 1 Tina Beare
1997 Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation - Series 3 Ensemble Actor
1996 Jo Brand Through The Cakehole - Series 2
  1. E4 - A Bit Racey
 Ensemble Actor
1996 Jo Brand Through The Cakehole - Series 2
  1. E4 - A Bit Racey
 Writer (Additional Material)
1996 The Real McCoy - Series 5 Various
1995 Jack & Jeremy's Police 4 WPC April Panesar
1994 The Real McCoy - Series 4 Various
1994 Absolutely Fabulous - Series 2
  1. E4 - New Best Friend
 Suzy
1993 Have I Got News For You - Series 5
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
1993 The Real McCoy - Series 3 Various
1992 Have I Got News For You - Series 4
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
1992 The Real McCoy - Series 2 Various
1991 The Real McCoy - Series 1 Various
1988 Comic Relief
  1. E17 - Comic Relief 2019
 Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Meera Syal on IMDb

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