Meera Syal CBE ist eine britische Schauspielerin, Produzentin, Schriftstellerin, Komikerin, Sängerin und Journalistin. Sie wurde am 27. Juni 1961 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, geboren und studierte an der University of Manchester. Zu ihren Auszeichnungen zählen der Betty Trask Award, ein Ehrenpreis der British Academy of Film and Television Arts, die Aufnahme als Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature sowie die Ernennung zum Member und später zum Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Im Fernsehen war sie unter anderem in „Inspector Barnaby“, „Doctor Who“ und „Sandman“ zu sehen.
Filmografie
Filme
2026 – Lysistrata
2025 – Das Wunder von Stoneford
2025 – National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2024 – Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2023 – Samosa & Sons
2023 – Das Gespenst von Canterville
2023 – Die Schnetts und die Schmoos
2022 – The Almond and the Seahorse
2021 – Spin – Finde deinen Beat
2020 – Drachenreiter
2019 – Yesterday
2018 – Nativity Rocks!
2018 – Der Nussknacker und die vier Reiche
2018 – Ein Mops zum Verlieben
2018 – To Provide All People
2018 – The Homestay
2017 – Paddington 2
2017 – Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2016 – Doctor Strange
2016 – A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016 – Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 – Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln
2015 – Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015 – Amar Akbar & Tony
2015 – National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015 – Zufällig allmächtig
2014 – The Boy in the Dress
2014 – All About TWO
2012 – Much Ado About Nothing
2012 – Hochzeitsnacht mit Hindernissen
2010 – Ich sehe den Mann deiner Träume
2009 – Wüstenblume
2009 – Mad Sad & Bad
2007 – Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2006 – Scoop – Der Knüller
2006 – The Children's Party at the Palace
2005 – The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2004 – King of Bollywood
2002 – Anita and Me
2002 – Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2000 – Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000 – Forgive and Forget
1998 – Girls' Night
1997 – Flight
1997 – Sixth Happiness
1997 – A Night in with the Girls
1996 – Crossing the Floor
1996 – Beautiful Thing
1995 – It's Not Unusual
1994 – A Nice Arrangement
1994 – O Mary This London
1994 – Memsahib Rita
1992 – Gummed Labels
1992 – My Sister-Wife
1989 – Interviewers From Hell
1987 – Sammy und Rosie tun es
1986 – Handsworth Songs
1984 – Majdhar Serien
2027 – Prodigies
2026 – Phony
2025 – The Revenge Club
2025 – Uncanny Post Mortem
2024 – Our Tiny Islands
2023 – Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2022 – Die Stunde des Teufels
2022 – Sandman
2022 – ROAR – Frauen, die ihre Stimme erheben
2021 – Das Rad der Zeit
2021 – Beena and Amrit
2021 – Diana's Decades
2021 – We Are Lady Parts
2020 – Between the Covers
2020 – Comedians: Home Alone
2020 – Code 404
2020 – Kate & Koji
2019 – Back to Life
2018 – The Split – Beziehungsstatus ungeklärt
2018 – The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2017 – Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 – Riviera
2017 – Our Lives
2017 – Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
2017 – We Have Been Watching
2016 – Walliams & Friend
2016 – John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2015 – Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015 – The Brink
2014 – Original Comedy Shorts
2014 – Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014 – Die Musketiere
2014 – The Kumars
2013 – Crackanory
2013 – Psychobitches
2013 – Family Tree
2013 – The Job Lot – Das Jobcenter
2013 – Love Matters
2013 – Broadchurch
2012 – Hunted – Vertraue Niemandem
2011 – Silk
2010 – Little Crackers
2010 – Tinga Tinga Tales
2009 – Horrible Histories
2009 – Grandpa in My Pocket
2009 – Minder
2008 – Beautiful People
2008 – When Were We Funniest?
2007 – The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 – Phineas und Ferb
2007 – Jekyll
2007 – Would I Lie to You?
2007 – Kingdom
2006 – The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006 – The One Show
2006 – School's Out
2006 – Uncle Max
2005 – The F Word
2005 – Nigella
2005 – 8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 – Monkey Trousers
2005 – Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005 – Doctor Who
2004 – Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 – Parkinson
2004 – Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004 – New Tricks – Die Krimispezialisten
2003 – QI
2003 – Murder Investigation Team
2002 – All About Me
2002 – The Jury
2002 – Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2001 – The Kumars at No. 42
2001 – Treasure
2001 – Linda Green
2001 – Bedtime
2001 – Double Income, No Kids Yet
2001 – In Deep
2000 – Fat Friends
2000 – The Strangerers
1999 – Loose Women
1999 – It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 – Bad Girls
1999 – Holby City
1998 – The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998 – Goodness Gracious Me
1998 – Parkinson
1997 – Holding On
1997 – Wavelength
1997 – Ruby
1997 – Keeping Mum
1997 – Inspector Barnaby
1995 – Degrees of Error
1995 – Band of Gold
1994 – Room 101
1994 – Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1993 – GMTV
1992 – Absolutely Fabulous
1992 – Sean's Show
1991 – Soldier Soldier
1991 – The Real McCoy
1991 – Kinsey
1990 – Have I Got News for You
1990 – Drop the Dead Donkey
1988 – This Morning
1987 – A Little Princess
1986 – To Have and to Hold
1986 – Boon
1985 – Black Silk
1985 – Das geheime Tagebuch des Adrian Mole
1985 – Screen Two
1984 – The Bill
1983 – Natural World
1983 – Taggart
1978 – The South Bank Show
1978 – An Audience with...
Filme
2026 – Lysistrata
2025 – Das Wunder von Stoneford
2025 – National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes
2024 – Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2023 – Samosa & Sons
2023 – Das Gespenst von Canterville
2023 – Die Schnetts und die Schmoos
2022 – The Almond and the Seahorse
2021 – Spin – Finde deinen Beat
2020 – Drachenreiter
2019 – Yesterday
2018 – Nativity Rocks!
2018 – Der Nussknacker und die vier Reiche
2018 – Ein Mops zum Verlieben
2018 – To Provide All People
2018 – The Homestay
2017 – Paddington 2
2017 – Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2016 – Doctor Strange
2016 – A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016 – Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016 – Alice im Wunderland: Hinter den Spiegeln
2015 – Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015 – Amar Akbar & Tony
2015 – National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015 – Zufällig allmächtig
2014 – The Boy in the Dress
2014 – All About TWO
2012 – Much Ado About Nothing
2012 – Hochzeitsnacht mit Hindernissen
2010 – Ich sehe den Mann deiner Träume
2009 – Wüstenblume
2009 – Mad Sad & Bad
2007 – Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2006 – Scoop – Der Knüller
2006 – The Children's Party at the Palace
2005 – The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million
2004 – King of Bollywood
2002 – Anita and Me
2002 – Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2000 – Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000 – Forgive and Forget
1998 – Girls' Night
1997 – Flight
1997 – Sixth Happiness
1997 – A Night in with the Girls
1996 – Crossing the Floor
1996 – Beautiful Thing
1995 – It's Not Unusual
1994 – A Nice Arrangement
1994 – O Mary This London
1994 – Memsahib Rita
1992 – Gummed Labels
1992 – My Sister-Wife
1989 – Interviewers From Hell
1987 – Sammy und Rosie tun es
1986 – Handsworth Songs
1984 – Majdhar Serien
2027 – Prodigies
2026 – Phony
2025 – The Revenge Club
2025 – Uncanny Post Mortem
2024 – Our Tiny Islands
2023 – Mrs Sidhu Investigates
2022 – Die Stunde des Teufels
2022 – Sandman
2022 – ROAR – Frauen, die ihre Stimme erheben
2021 – Das Rad der Zeit
2021 – Beena and Amrit
2021 – Diana's Decades
2021 – We Are Lady Parts
2020 – Between the Covers
2020 – Comedians: Home Alone
2020 – Code 404
2020 – Kate & Koji
2019 – Back to Life
2018 – The Split – Beziehungsstatus ungeklärt
2018 – The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2017 – Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 – Riviera
2017 – Our Lives
2017 – Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
2017 – We Have Been Watching
2016 – Walliams & Friend
2016 – John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2015 – Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015 – The Brink
2014 – Original Comedy Shorts
2014 – Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014 – Die Musketiere
2014 – The Kumars
2013 – Crackanory
2013 – Psychobitches
2013 – Family Tree
2013 – The Job Lot – Das Jobcenter
2013 – Love Matters
2013 – Broadchurch
2012 – Hunted – Vertraue Niemandem
2011 – Silk
2010 – Little Crackers
2010 – Tinga Tinga Tales
2009 – Horrible Histories
2009 – Grandpa in My Pocket
2009 – Minder
2008 – Beautiful People
2008 – When Were We Funniest?
2007 – The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007 – Phineas und Ferb
2007 – Jekyll
2007 – Would I Lie to You?
2007 – Kingdom
2006 – The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
2006 – The One Show
2006 – School's Out
2006 – Uncle Max
2005 – The F Word
2005 – Nigella
2005 – 8 Out of 10 Cats
2005 – Monkey Trousers
2005 – Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee
2005 – Doctor Who
2004 – Who Do You Think You Are?
2004 – Parkinson
2004 – Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind
2004 – New Tricks – Die Krimispezialisten
2003 – QI
2003 – Murder Investigation Team
2002 – All About Me
2002 – The Jury
2002 – Johnny Vaughan Tonight
2001 – The Kumars at No. 42
2001 – Treasure
2001 – Linda Green
2001 – Bedtime
2001 – Double Income, No Kids Yet
2001 – In Deep
2000 – Fat Friends
2000 – The Strangerers
1999 – Loose Women
1999 – It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 – Bad Girls
1999 – Holby City
1998 – The Mrs Bradley Mysteries
1998 – Goodness Gracious Me
1998 – Parkinson
1997 – Holding On
1997 – Wavelength
1997 – Ruby
1997 – Keeping Mum
1997 – Inspector Barnaby
1995 – Degrees of Error
1995 – Band of Gold
1994 – Room 101
1994 – Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
1993 – GMTV
1992 – Absolutely Fabulous
1992 – Sean's Show
1991 – Soldier Soldier
1991 – The Real McCoy
1991 – Kinsey
1990 – Have I Got News for You
1990 – Drop the Dead Donkey
1988 – This Morning
1987 – A Little Princess
1986 – To Have and to Hold
1986 – Boon
1985 – Black Silk
1985 – Das geheime Tagebuch des Adrian Mole
1985 – Screen Two
1984 – The Bill
1983 – Natural World
1983 – Taggart
1978 – The South Bank Show
1978 – An Audience with...
