Who: Before And After #1195 / Nu-Who #274
Name: Meera Syal CBE [1961 - ] [also credited as Feroza Syal]
Year(s): 2010
Stories: The Hungry Earth – Cold Blood
Character(s): Nasreen Chaudhry
Note(s):
- Is married to Who actor Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Wrote The Real McCoy 'Doctor Who' skit
- Appeared in the 'Peladon' Big Finish Productions audio adventure 'The Truth of Peladon'
Provided the audiobook reading for:
- The 'BBC New Series Adventures' story 'Borrowed Time'
- The 'BBC Audio' story 'The Gemini Contagion'
Before Who:
Films: Majdhar (1984), Bureaucracy of Love (1987), Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987), Gummed Labels (1992), Jack and Jeremy's Police 4 (1995), Beautiful Thing (1996), Sixth Happiness (1997), Flight (1997), Girls' Night (1998), Forgive and Forget (2000), Aladdin (2000), Anita & Me (2002), King of Bollywood (2004), The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (2005), Scoop (2006), Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), Mad Sad & Bad (2009), Desert Flower (2009), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Television: The Bill [5 episodes, different characters (1984–1995)] / The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ [2 episodes as Mrs. Singh (1985)] / Black Silk: Undesirable Activities (1985) / To Have and to Hold [3 episodes as Janine (1986)] / A Little Princess [3 episodes as Anna (1987)] / Ruth Rendell Mysteries: No Crying He Makes (1988) / Boon: Trouble In The Fields (1990) / Kinsey [12 episodes as Val (1991–1992)] / The Real McCoy [23 episodes, different characters (1991–1996)] / Taggart [3 episodes as Sharon Lal (1992)] / Screen Two [3 episodes, different characters (1992–1996)] / Sean's Show [3 episodes as Trudy (1993)] / Absolutely Fabulous: New Best Friend (1994) / Siren Spirits: Memsahib Rita (1994) / Degrees of Error [2 episodes as Dr. Jean Lowell (1995)] / Soldier Soldier [3 episodes as Sangita Sharma (1995)] / Drop the Dead Donkey: Sex And Death (1996) / Holding On (1997) / Keeping Mum [10 episodes as Tina Beare (1997–1998)] / Goodness Gracious Me [21 episodes, various characters (1998–2015)] / The Mrs Bradley Mysteries: The Rising Of The Moon (2000) / The Strangerers: Angels (2000) / Single Voices: Watching The Detective (2000) / Fat Friends [4 episodes as Aysha Kapoor (2000)] / In Deep [6 episodes as Marta Drusic (2001)] / Bedtime [5 episodes as Ruby (2001)] / The Kumars at No. 42 [53 episodes as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar (2001–2006)] / All About Me [6 episodes as Rupinder (2002)] / Linda Green: New England (2002) /
Bad Girls* (2004) / M.I.T. - Murder Investigation Team [4 episodes as DCI Anita Wishart (2005)] / Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee [3 episodes as Sunita (2005)] / The Amazing Mrs Pritchard [3 episodes as Liz Shannon (2006)] / Kingdom (2007) / Jekyll [6 episodes as Miranda (2007)] / Uncle Max: Uncle Max Builds A Shed (2008) / Beautiful People [11 episodes as Aunty Hayley (2008–2009)] / Minder: In Vino Veritas (2009) / Grandpa in My Pocket: Magic In The Air (2009) /
Horrible Histories* [10 episodes as the Storyteller (2009)] / Holby City [9 episodes as Tara Sodi (2009)] / Phineas and Ferb [2 episodes, voice only (2009–2010)]
Music Video: Gareth Gates With The Kumars (2003):
Spirit In The Sky [as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar]
After Who:
Films: All in Good Time (2012), Bollywood Carmen (2013), The Boy in the Dress (2014), Absolutely Anything (2015), National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015), Amar Akbar & Tony (2015), Alice Through the Looking Glass [voice only] (2016), Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016), Doctor Strange (2016), Paddington 2 (2017),
Murder On The Orient Express* [scenes deleted] (2017), Patrick the Pug (2018), To Provide All People (2018), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018), Nativity Rocks! (2018), Yesterday (2019), Dragon Rider [voice only] (2020) / Spin (2021), Samosa & Sons (2021), The Almond and the Seahorse (2022), The Smeds and the Smoos [voice only] (2022)
Television: Tinga Tinga Tales [16 episodes as the voice of Owl (2011)] / The Jury [2 episodes as the Head Teacher (2011)] / Hunted [2 episodes as Fatima Zahir (2012)] / Love Matters: A Nice Arrangement (2013) / Family Tree [2 episodes as Chitra (2013)] / The Kumars [6 episodes as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar (2014)] / Silk (2014) / The Job Lot (2014) / Psychobitches (2014) / Broadchurch [7 episodes as Judge Sonia Sharma (2015)] / The Brink [5 episodes as Naeema (2015)] / New Tricks: The Crazy Gang (2015) / Midsomer Murders: Harvest Of Souls (2016) / The Musketeers: Fool's Gold (2016) / Riviera: Le Don / The Gift (2017) / The Split [7 episodes as Goldie (2018–2022)] / Kate & Koji (2020) / Unprecedented - Real Time Theatre from a State of Isolation (2020) / Comedians - Home Alone (2020) / Back to Life [2 episodes as Gaia (2021)] / Code 404 [4 episodes as Elizabeth Churchland (2021)] / Beena and Amrit: Pilot [as Amrit] (2021) / The Wheel of Time: A Taste Of Solitude (2021) / Roar: The Woman Who Returned Her Husband (2022) / The Sandman: Dream A Little Dream Of Me (2022) / The Devil's Hour [5 episodes as Dr Ruby Bennett (2022)]