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The Goodness Gracious Me star has appeared in Broadchurch and US comedy, The Brink, and taken to the West End. She’s also penned three bestsellers (two of which she’s adapted for the screen).
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Meera Syal is one of the country’s most popular comic and dramatic performers and writers,starring in hit programmes as diverse as Broadchurch and The Kumars at No 42. She made her name on the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, and as the acclaimed author of Anita & Me and Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee.
As well as appearing in feature films from Sammi and Rosie Get Laid to Marvel’s Doctor Strange, Meera wrote the screenplay for the critically acclaimed Bhaji on the Beach and also adapted her books Anita & Me (into a feature film) and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (into a TV series.)
Meera’s lengthy list of TV credits include Doctor Who, Holby City, Absolutely Fabulous and Drop the Dead Donkey. She has hosted The Travel Show, appeared on Have I Got News For You and traced her Punjabi roots in Who Do You Think You Are? In the theatre she has played Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the RSC, collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber in Bombay Dreams and portrayed Shirley Valentine in the West End.
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Acclaimed West Midlands born actor, screenwriter and author Meera Syal CBE is arguably best known for her comedy creations in the long-running, multi-award winning BBC series Goodness Gracious Me and Emmy Award-winning The Kumars at No. 42. On the big screen, Meera has starred in family favourite Paddington 2, Marvel’s Doctor Strange, and Danny Boyle’s 2019 musical rom-com Yesterday.
Meera’s acting career has continued to flourish across stage and screen. She has been on our television screens in popular shows such as Broadchurch, Doctor Who and Absolutely Fabulous, and more recently has starred in the British thriller The Devil’s Hour, Wheel of Time (both Amazon Prime) and Mrs Sidhu Investigates (Acorn TV).
A popular face on stage, Meera’s many theatre credits include Beatrice in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Much Ado About Nothing, The Nurse in Kenneth Branagh’s Romeo & Juliet and, most recently, Dotty in the West End transfer of Noises Off.
In 2015, Meera was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her services to drama and literature and, in 2017, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Meera also received the BAFTA Academy’s highest honour in 2023, a BAFTA Fellowship Award.
