Actor
Meera Syal
Born 1961-06-2764 years old
Meera Syal (1961) is best known for Yesterday, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and Paddington 2.
Dame Meera Syal (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, actress, singer and journalist. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and by portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She has become one of the UK's best-known Asian personalities.
In 2003 she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
In 2023, she was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship.