Meera Syal

Full filmography

• Lysistrata (2026) as Lysistrata (voice)
• The Revenge Club (2025) as Rita
• Tinsel Town (2025) as Cassandra
• Uncanny Post Mortem (2025) as Self
• National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes (2025) as Queenie
• Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out (2024) as Self / Suzy
• Our Tiny Islands (2024) as Self - Narrator
• The Canterville Ghost (2023) as Lucretia Otis (voice)
• Mrs Sidhu Investigates (2023) as Mrs. Sidhu
• Samosa & Sons (2023) as Rai Bahadur
• The Smeds and the Smoos (2023) as Aunt Smed (voice)
• The Sandman (2022) as Ric the Vic
• Roar (2022) as Anu
• The Devil's Hour (2022) as Dr Ruby Bennett
• The Almond and the Seahorse (2022) as Dr. Falmer
• The Wheel of Time (2021) as Verin Mathwin
• We Are Lady Parts (2021) as Sister Squire
• Spin (2021) as Asha
• Diana's Decades (2021) as Narrator
• Beena and Amrit (2021) as Amrit
• Between the Covers (2020) as Self
• Code 404 (2020) as Elizabeth Churchland
• Kate & Koji (2020) as Dr Ayesha Radwan
• Dragon Rider (2020) as Subisha Gulab (voice)
• Comedians: Home Alone (2020) as Reena
• Yesterday (2019) as Sheila Malik
• Back to Life (2019) as Gaia
• The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer (2018) as Self - Guest
• The Split (2018) as Goldie
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) as Cook
• Patrick (2018) as Miss Phillips
• To Provide All People (2018) as District Nurse
• The Homestay (2018) as Meera
• Nativity Rocks! (2018) as Nina
• Richard Osman's House of Games (2017) as Self - Contestant
• Riviera (2017) as Sonya Roche
• Our Lives (2017) as Self - Narrator
• Paddington 2 (2017) as Prosecutor
• We Have Been Watching (2017) as Self
• Don't Ask Me Ask Britain (2017) as Herself
• Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt (2017) as Priri
• Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt (2017) Writer
• Doctor Strange (2016) as Dr. Patel
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) as Nobody (voice)
• John Bishop: In Conversation with... (2016) as Self
• Walliams & Friend (2016) as Various
• Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2016) as Nurse
• A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2016) as Presenter
• The Brink (2015) as Naeema
• Absolutely Anything (2015) as Fiona
• National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers (2015) as Zehrunisa Husain
• Amar Akbar & Tony (2015) as Honey
• Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015) as Narrator
• Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version (2015) as Narrator
• The Musketeers (2014) as Theresa
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo (2014) as Self
• The Kumars (2014) as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
• Original Comedy Shorts (2014)
• Original Comedy Shorts (2014) Writer
• The Boy in the Dress (2014) as Jaspreet
• All About TWO (2014) as Self - Panellist
• Broadchurch (2013) as Judge Sonia Sharma
• Crackanory (2013) as Self
• Psychobitches (2013) as Hera
• Family Tree (2013) as Chitra
• The Job Lot (2013) as Jamina McNulty
• Love Matters (2013) as Kuldip
• Hunted (2012) as Fatima Zahir
• Much Ado About Nothing (2012) as Beatrice
• All in Good Time (2012) as Lopa
• Silk (2011) as Aisha Wiseman
• Tinga Tinga Tales (2010) as Owl (voice)
• Little Crackers (2010) as Herself
• Little Crackers (2010) Writer
• You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) as Dia's Mother
• Horrible Histories (2009) as Storyteller
• Desert Flower (2009) as Pushpa Patel
• Grandpa in My Pocket (2009) as Mrs Pointy Pencil
• Minder (2009) as Jess Robinson
• Mad Sad & Bad (2009) as Rashmi
• Beautiful People (2008) as Aunty Hayley
• When Were We Funniest? (2008) as Self
• Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Baljeet's Mom (voice)
• Would I Lie to You? (2007) as Self - Panellist
• The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007) as Self
• Kingdom (2007) as Head Teacher
• Jekyll (2007) as Miranda
• Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007) as Satvinder’s mother
• The One Show (2006) as Self - Guest
• The One Show (2006) as Self
• Scoop (2006) as Joe's Co-Passenger
• The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (2006) as Liz Shannon
• School's Out (2006) as Self
• Uncle Max (2006) as Snooty Neighbour
• The Children's Party at the Palace (2006) as Mary (The BFG)
• Doctor Who (2005) as Nasreen Chaudhry
• 8 Out of 10 Cats (2005) as Self
• Nigella (2005) as Self
• Monkey Trousers (2005)
• Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2005) as Sunita
• The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million (2005) as Joyti De-Laurey
• Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) as Self
• New Tricks (2004) as Baroness Samira Khan
• Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind (2004) as Self
• King of Bollywood (2004) as Mrs Jones
• QI (2003) as Self
• Murder Investigation Team (2003) as DCI Anita Wishart
• Johnny Vaughan Tonight (2002) as Self
• The Jury (2002) as Headteacher
• All About Me (2002) as Rupinder
• Anita and Me (2002) as Auntie Shaila
• Anita and Me (2002) Writer
• Anita and Me (2002) Producer
• Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India (2002) as Narrator
• The Kumars at No. 42 (2001)
• In Deep (2001) as Marta Drusic
• Linda Green (2001) as Sukie
• Double Income, No Kids Yet (2001) as Katie
• Bedtime (2001) as Ruby
• Treasure (2001) as Voices
• Fat Friends (2000) as Aysha Kapoor
• The Strangerers (2000) as Volunteer
• Forgive and Forget (2000) as Judith Adams
• Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime (2000) as High Priestess
• Holby City (1999) as Tara Sodi
• Loose Women (1999) as Self
• Bad Girls (1999) as Janan Hamad
• It's Only TV But I Like It (1999) as Self
• Parkinson (1998) as Self
• Goodness Gracious Me (1998)
• Goodness Gracious Me (1998) Creator
• The Mrs Bradley Mysteries (1998) as Madame Marlene
• Girls' Night (1998) as Carmen
• Midsomer Murders (1997) as Clara Myerscough
• Ruby (1997) as Self
• Holding On (1997) as Zita
• Keeping Mum (1997) as Tina Beare
• A Night in with the Girls (1997) as Self
• Wavelength (1997) as Mrs Kumar
• Sixth Happiness (1997) as Breathing Generator
• Flight (1997) as Tasleema
• Beautiful Thing (1996) as Miss Chauhan
• Crossing the Floor (1996) as Reporter
• Band of Gold (1995) as Anne Denver
• Degrees of Error (1995) as Dr. Jean Lowell
• It's Not Unusual (1995) as Shushila
• Room 101 (1994) as Self
• Jo Brand Through the Cakehole (1994) as Various
• A Nice Arrangement (1994) as Sita
• A Nice Arrangement (1994) Story
• O Mary This London (1994) as Ranting woman
• Memsahib Rita (1994) as Unumma
• GMTV (1993) as Self
• Bhaji on the Beach (1993) Writer
• Absolutely Fabulous (1992) as Suzy
• Sean's Show (1992) as Trudy
• Gummed Labels (1992) as Mira
• My Sister-Wife (1992) as Farah Khan
• My Sister-Wife (1992) Writer
• Soldier Soldier (1991) as Sangita Sharma
• The Real McCoy (1991)
• Kinsey (1991) as Val
• Have I Got News for You (1990) as Self
• Drop the Dead Donkey (1990) as Barmaid
• Interviewers From Hell (1989)
• This Morning (1988) as Self
• A Little Princess (1987) as Anna
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987) as Rani
• Boon (1986) as Council Supervisor
• Handsworth Songs (1986) as Voice Over
• To Have and to Hold (1986) as Janine
• Screen Two (1985) as Farah Khan
• Screen Two (1985) as Ranting Woman
• Screen Two (1985) as Reporter
• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ (1985) as Mrs. Singh
• Tandoori Nights (1985) Writer
• Black Silk (1985) as Mumtaz Khan
• The Bill (1984) as Linda Morgan
• The Bill (1984) as Woman in Street
• The Bill (1984) as Solicitor
• The Bill (1984) as Miss Choudry
• Majdhar (1984) as Rehana
• Natural World (1983) as Narrator
• Taggart (1983) as Sharon Lal
• An Audience with... (1978) as Self
• Phony as Sharla