Meera Syal
English author and actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 65
Dame Meera Syal 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.
Meera Syal is read about 1,298 times a day, in 19 languages.
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Gurinder Chadha Directed Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
Nina Wadia Also in The Sandman and Goodness Gracious Me
Woody Allen Directed You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Souad Faress Also in The Sandman and Back to Life
Letty Aronson Produced You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Stephen Fry Also in The Sandman
Christopher Fulford Also in You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Fenella Woolgar Also in Scoop and Jekyll
Nia Roberts Also in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood- Stephen Tenenbaum Produced You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Danny Boyle Directed Yesterday (2019)
Imelda Staunton Also in Paddington 2 and The Canterville Ghost
Terry Jones Directed Absolutely Anything (2015)
Rupert Everett Also in The Musketeers (2014)
Sally Hawkins Also in Desert Flower and Paddington 2
Jennifer Saunders Also in Patrick and The Boy in the Dress
Richard Curtis Produced Yesterday (2019)
Amanda Redman Also in Who Do You Think You Are?
Alexander Armstrong Also in Scoop and Who Do You Think You Are?
Stephen Moore Also in The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood
Asim Chaudhry Also in The Sandman and Tinsel Town
Arsher Ali Also in All in Good Time (2012)
Gordon Kennedy Also in Mrs Sidhu Investigates and Mad Sad & Bad
Justin Edwards Also in Paddington 2 and Yesterday
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