Meera Syal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Meera Syal
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Jun 27, 1961(1961-06-27)
Age	63
Birthplace	Wolverhampton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Meera Syal Biography

Meera Syal is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on June 27, 1961 in Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom. British-Indian comedian, singer, writer, and actress who is best known for creating the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me. Her role in the TV series The Kumars at Number. 42.

She was the screenwriter for the 1993 film Bhaji on the Beach, which was directed by Gurinder Chha.

From 1986–87 Syal presented Sunday East, a BBC programme.

Syal is an occasional singer, having achieved a number one record with Gareth Gates and her co-stars from The Kumars at No. 42 with “Spirit in the Sky”, the Comic Relief single. She earlier (1988) provided vocals for a bhangra version of “Then He Kissed Me”, composed by Biddu and with the Pakistani pop star Nazia Hassan, as part of the short-lived girl band Saffron. In June 2003 she appeared as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs programme with a selection of music by Nitin Sawhney, Madan Bala Sindhu, Joni Mitchell, Pizzicato Five, Sukhwinder Singh, Louis Armstrong and others. The luxury she chose to ease her life as a castaway was a piano.

She married comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar in 2005. Chameli is her daughter and Shaan is her son.

Meera Syal Net Worth

Meera Syal is one of the richest Movie Actress from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Meera Syal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from Manchester University in English and Drama.

The Observer named her one of the 50 most funny acts in British comedy in 2003.

Meera Syal CBE (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and portraying Sanjeev’s grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She became one of the UK’s best-known Asian personalities.

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Who is Meera Syal Dating?

According to our records, Meera Syal married to Sanjeev Bhaskar , Shekhar Bhatia. As of December 1, 2023, Meera Syal’s is not dating anyone.

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This landscape, and the family’s status as the only Asian family in a small Midlands mining village of Essington, was later to form the backdrop to her novel (later filmed) Anita and Me, which Syal described in a 2003 BBC interview as semi-autobiographical. She attended Queen Mary’s High School in nearby Walsall and then studied English and Drama at Manchester University, graduating with a Double First.

Facts & Trivia

Meera Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Meera Syal celebrates birthday on June 27 of every year.

In October 2008, she starred in the BBC Two sitcom Beautiful People. This role, as Aunty Hayley, continued in 2009. Syal 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, she played Shirley Valentine in a one-woman show at the Menier Chocolate Factory, later transferring to Trafalgar Studios. In the same year she played Nasreen Chaudhry in two episodes of Doctor Who alongside Matt Smith.

Is Meera Syal Punjabi?

Meera’s parents both originate from the farmlands of the Punjab, in north- west India. Her father, Surendra Syal, hails from a small village called Lasara.

How old is Myra Syal?

60 years (June 27, 1961)

Where is Meera Syal from?

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Who is Meera Syal playing in the Wheel of Time?

Ceara Coveney (Dad, The Amazing World of Emma) will join as a series regular, portraying fan-favorite character Elayne Trakand — heir to the throne of Andor. Natasha O’Keeffe (Peaky Blinders, Misfits) and Meera Syal ( The Kumars at No. 42, Broadchurch ) will also join season 2 in undisclosed series-regular roles.

Who is Sanjeev Bashir married to?

Personal life. In January 2005, Bhaskar married comedian Meera Syal in Lichfield, Staffordshire.