Meera Syal Bio | Wiki
Meera Syal CBE FRSL is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, and actress. She is best known as one of the teams that created Goodness Gracious Me. Meera also portrayed Sanjeev’s grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.
She became one of the UK’s best-known Asian personalities. Meera was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to drama and literature.
Meera was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 New Year Honours. Moreover, in 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.
Meera Syal Age
Meera was born on June 27, 1961, in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. She is 61 years old.
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Meera Syal Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 in (Approx. 1.65 m).
Meera Syal Family
She was born in Wolverhampton and brought up in Essington, Staffordshire, a mining village a few miles to the north. Meera’s Indian Punjabi parents Surinder Syal and Surinder Kaur Uppal came to the United Kingdom from New Delhi. Her father was Khatri and her mother was Jat. When Meera was young, the family moved to Bloxwich, north of Walsall. She has a sibling named Rajeev.
Meera Syal Brother
Her brother Rajeev serves as an investigative journalist. He covers Whitehall, writing stories for The Guardian.
Meera Syal Husband | Sanjeev Bhaskar
Meera was first married to journalist Shekhar Bhatia in 1989. The two had a daughter together named Chameli Bhatia and divorced in 2002. She married her frequent collaborator, Sanjeev Bhaskar in January 2005. The marriage ceremony took place in the Lichfield register office, Staffordshire. Sanjeev plays Meera’s grandson in The Kumars at No. 42. They have a son Shaan Bhaskar, born in 2005.
Meera Syal Education
She was educated at Queen Mary’s High School in nearby Walsall. Later, Meera studied English and Drama at Manchester University, graduating with a Double First.
Meera Syal Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Meera appeared as a celebrity contestant on Series 37 of the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 18, 2021. She won £64,000, her second safety net, after missing her £125,000 question.
Meera Syal Anita and Me | Novels
Anita and Me is Meera’s first novel and was first published in 1996. It is a semi-autobiographical novel, based on her childhood in the mining village of Essington, Staffordshire. Meera won the Betty Trask Award for the book.
The story focuses on Meena, a British Punjabi girl (the “me” of the title), and her relationship with her best friend, English neighbor Anita, as they grow up in the fictional Midlands village of Tollington in the late 1960s. Meera’s other novels include:
Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee (1999).
The House of Hidden Mothers (2015)
Meera Syal Dr. Who
In 2010, Meera played Nasreen Chaudhry in two episodes of Doctor Who alongside Matt Smith. The fifth series of the British science-fiction television program Doctor Who was originally broadcast on BBC One in 2010. The series began on 3 April 2010 with “The Eleventh Hour”, and ended with “The Big Bang” on 26 June 2010.
Meera Syal Beautiful People
In October 2008, Meera starred in the BBC Two sitcom Beautiful People. This role, as Aunty Hayley, continued in 2009. She starred in the eleventh series of Holby City as consultant Tara Sodi. In 2009, she guest starred in Minder and starred in the film Mad, Sad & Bad. In 2010, Meera played Shirley Valentine in a one-woman show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, later transferring to Trafalgar Studios.
Meera Syal The Split
Meera had an appearance in 2018 and 2022 in The Split. The Split is a British legal drama television series, written and created by Abi Morgan. It was first premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 24 April 2018. The first series, commissioned in August 2016, follows the lives of the Defoe family, who all work in divorce law for the family firm, aside from eldest sister Hannah who works for rival family law firm Noble & Hale, and youngest daughter who is a nanny.
Meera Syal Films | Movies
The Split (2018, 2022)
To Provide All People (2018)
Patrick (2018)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Nativity Rocks! (2018)
Yesterday (2019)
Dragon Rider (2020)
Kate & Koji (2020)
Spin (2021)
The Wheel of Time (2021)
Code 404 (2021)
Roar (2022)
The Sandman (2022)
The Almond and the Seahorse (TBA)
The Devil’s Hour (TBA)
Meera Syal Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Meera’s estimated net worth is $850,678.
Who Is Meera Syal
Meera CBE FRSL is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, and actress. She is best known as one of the teams that created Goodness Gracious Me. Meera also portrayed Sanjeev’s grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She married Sanjeev Bhaskar in January 2005 with whom she has a son.