Meera Syal
Comedian, TV Program Creator
1961 –
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Who is Meera Syal?
Meera Syal MBE is a British comedian, 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 1997 New Year Honours 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
Wolverhampton - Also known as
- Feroza Syal
- Feeroza Syal
- Meera Syal MBE
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
(2005/01/21 - ) - Shekhar Bhatia
(1989 - 2002)
- Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- England
- Profession
- Education
- University of Manchester
- Queen Mary's High School
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on July 23, 2013
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