Meera Syal

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Known For
Acting
Born
June 27, 1961 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Popular Genres
Comedy Family Drama
Career Span
– Present

Meera Syal

185 nominations
52 credits

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Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and became one of the UK's best-known Indian personalities portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.

She was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1997 and in 2003 was listed in The Observer as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy.

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Born
Jun 27, 1961
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Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Career
– Present

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