Meera Syal

Meera Syal

출생 : 1961-06-27, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, 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 New Year's Honours List of 1997 and in 2003 was listed in The Observer as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Smeds and the Smoos
Aunt Smed (voice)
In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Janet and Bill – who eloped to escape their families’ long standing rivalries.
The Almond and the Seahorse
Dr. Falmer
For Gwen, it's always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn't recognizable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe's past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah, fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them unravel.
스핀
Asha
레아는 자신의 남아시아 문화와 자신을 둘러싼 세상이 다채롭게 어우러진 DJ 믹스를 만드는 데에 자신의 열정을 발견한다. 레아의 삶은 다양한 친구 무리들, 방과 후 코딩 동아리, 가족의 인도 레스토랑, 그리고 유대감이 깊은 다세대 가족을 중심으로 돌아간다. 레아가 DJ 맥스에 빠지면서 모든 것이 바뀌고, 오랫동안 잊고 있었던 음악에 대한 열정이 다시 불타오른다. 레아는 자신이 비트와 음악을 만드는 데 타고난 재능이 있다는 사실을 발견하지만, 내면의 진정한 재능을 따라가기 위한 용기를 찾아야 한다.
드래곤 라이더
Subisha Gulab (voice)
불을 뿜지 못하는 실버드래곤과 소매치기 소년이 만나 전설 속 '천상의 테두리'를 찾아 떠나는 모험 이야기
예스터데이
Sheila Malik
하루하루 힘겹게 음악을 하던 무명 뮤지션 잭. 모든 것을 포기하려던 순간, 전세계가 동시에 정전이 된다. 다음 날 세상에선 비틀즈가 사라지고, 오직 잭만이 그들의 음악을 기억하게 된다. 특별한 기회를 만난 잭은 세계적인 스타가 될 운명에 섰는데…
Nativity Rocks!
Nina
The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
호두까기 인형과 4개의 왕국
Cook
크리스마스 이브, 대부 드로셀마이어의 파티에 참석한 클라라는 돌아가신 엄마의 마지막 크리스마스 선물을 열어줄 황금 열쇠를 찾아 나선다. 클라라를 아끼는 대부 드로셀마이어는 엄마를 쏙 빼닮은 클라라에게 마법과 같은 밤을 선물한다. 마법의 세상에 들어선 클라라는 4개의 마법 왕국을 지키고 있는 호두까기 병정 필립을 만난다. 그리고 돌아가신 엄마가 생전에 네 개의 왕국을 만들었다는 것을 알게 된다. 사탕의 왕국의 섭정관 슈가 플럼은 추방된 네 번째 왕국의 섭정관 마더 진저가 전쟁을 일으키려 한다며 클라라에게 도움을 구하는데...
Patrick
Miss Phillips
A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
To Provide All People
District Nurse
To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today.
The Homestay
Meera
A sheltered Indian couple visits their son in the U.S. for the first time and bungles their apartment rental, ending up in close quarters with their hosts, a gay couple and their dogs.
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Writer
Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priri
Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.
닥터 스트레인지
Dr. Patel
오만함과 실력 모두 최고인 신경외과 의사 닥터 스티븐 스트레인지는 운전 중에 핸드폰을 한 대가로 두 손의 신경이 끊어지는 심각한 부상을 입고 큰 상심에 빠진다. 게다가 모난 말들로 사랑하는 여인 크리스틴 팔머마저 그의 곁을 떠나게 만든다. 그는 치료를 위해 히말라야의 영적 지도자, 에인션트 원을 만나 마지막 희망을 걸고 수련을 시작한다. 스트레인지는 빠르게 마법을 터득해 나가는 동시에 세계의 작동원리와 우주를 정복하려는 도르마무 일당의 계략을 알게 된다. 모든 것을 초월한 최강의 히어로로 거듭나는데...
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
거울나라의 앨리스
Nobody (voice)
거친 바다를 항해하며 배의 선장으로 지내온 앨리스는 런던에 돌아와 참석한 연회에서 나비가 된 압솔렘을 만나게 되고, 거울을 통해 이상한 나라로 돌아가게 된다. 그 곳에서 앨리스는 하얀 여왕을 만나 위기에 처한 모자 장수의 얘기를 듣게 되고 시간의 크로노스피어를 훔쳐 과거로 돌아가 모자 장수를 구하려고 한다. 한편, 하얀 여왕에 의해 아웃랜드로 추방되었던 붉은 여왕 또한 크로노스피어를 호시탐탐 노리고, 앨리스는 붉은 여왕과 시간으로부터 벗어나 모자 장수를 구하기 위한 스펙타클한 시간여행을 시작하게 되는데…
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Narrator
Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.
앱솔루틀리 애니씽
Fiona
애완견 '데니스’(로빈 윌리엄스)와 대화를 나누는 것이 유일한 낙인 별일 없이 사는 ‘닐’(사이먼 페그)에게 어느 날 갑자기 손만 흔들면 말하는 대로 이뤄지는 전지전능한 초능력이 생기게 된다. 은하계 고등생물 위원회가 지구의 존폐를 결정하기 위해 무작위로 실험대상을 선정해 닐에게 초능력을 준 것이다. 지구의 운명이 자신에게 달린 줄은 꿈에도 모르고 초능력으로 아래층에 사는 ‘캐서린(케이트 베킨세일)’이 자신을 사랑하게 해달라는 소원을 말하는 닐. 하지만 그의 2% 부족한 초능력 사용 때문에 생각과 달리 상황은 점점 의도치 않게 흘러 가는데… 과연, 닐은 초능력으로 사랑을 쟁취하고 은하계에서 지구를 지켜낼 수 있을까?
Amar Akbar & Tony
Honey
Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences, the brotherly bond shared by the trio is forced to come to terms with some unexpected challenges. Interracial marriage, near fatal accidents and stints in prison will test old friendships and family values. A coming of age comedy drama showing the absurdities of life can also be the most amusing.
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
The Boy in the Dress
Jaspreet
Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left. However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?
Much Ado About Nothing
Beatrice
Iqbal Khan's vibrant and colourful production transposed Shakespeare's vivacious and sometimes unsettling comedy of love and deceit to an Indian setting.
All in Good Time
Lopa
East is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul and Vina are celebrating their marriage. However, a honeymoon spent with his parents was not part of their plans. Thoughtless patriarch Eeshwar seems determined to emasculate and embarrass his son. As the weeks pass, consummating their union becomes an impossibility that threatens the couples entire future. A breezy mixture of heartbreak and hilarity, All in Good Time also offers peerless performances from original stage stars Harish Patel and Meera Syal.
환상의 그대
Dia's Mother
제2의 청춘을 찾고 싶은 알피는 조강지처인 헬레나를 버리고 어린 삼류 여배우와 결혼을 발표한다. 그런 남편의 배신으로 절망에 빠진 헬레나는 점쟁이를 만나 마음의 평화를 얻고, 그들의 딸 샐리는 소설가 데뷔 후 이렇다 할 작품을 내지 못하고 있는 반백수 남편 로이와 다툼이 끊일 날이 없다. 결국 로이는 건너편 창가의 붉은 옷을 입은 신비스런 여인에게 집착하게 되고, 샐리 역시 부유하고 매력적인 직장 상사 그렉에게 빠져들기 시작하는데…
데저트 플라워
Pushpa Patel
아프리카 사막 소말리아, 가난한 유목민의 딸로 태어나 세계적으로 유명한 톱모델이 된 와리스 디리. 13살 되던 해 강제 결혼을 피해 고향을 떠난 그녀는 우여곡절 끝에 런던에 오게 된다. 소말리아 대사관에서 가정부로 일하며 사춘기를 보낸 와리스는 내전으로 송환될 위기에 처하자 노숙자 신세가 되지만 우연히 만나게 된 친구 마릴린의 도움 속에서 영어도 배우고 패스트푸드점에서 일도 시작한다. 그러던 중 유명 사진작가와 에이전트의 눈에 들게 되어 패션모델의 길에 들어서고 점차 명성을 얻게 된다. 하지만 화려한 모델로서의 성공에도 불구하고 와리스에게는 운명처럼 짊어지고 있는 어린 시절의 아픈 비밀이 숨겨져 있는데…
Mad Sad & Bad
Rashmi
HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family. Written by Ed Barratt
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Satvinder’s mother
London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki met his fiance Anaida at the Ritz in Paris and Alvira met her prince charming Steve at Madame Tussauds
스쿠프
Joe's Co-Passenger
기자지망생인 산드라는 마술사 시드 웨이터맨의 공연무대에 우연히 서게 된다. 공연 도중 박스 안에서 유령처럼 나타난 유명기자 조 스트롬벨, 그에게서 악명 높은 타로 살인사건의 범인이 피터 라이먼이라는 이상한 말을 듣게 되는데. 이 엄청난 특종을 잡기 위해 산드라는 시드와 함께 피터에게 접근한다. 피터는 이제껏 만난 여자들과는 다른 산드라의 모습에 반하게 되고 산드라는 그런 다정한 피터에게 끌려 사랑에 빠지게 되는데… 과연 이 수상한 남녀의 심장 떨리는 로맨스는 어떻게 될 것인가!
The Children's Party at the Palace
Mary (The BFG)
To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?
Anita and Me
Auntie Shaila
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Anita and Me
Writer
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
High Priestess
A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
퍼기브 앤 포겟
Judith Adams
David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship has become strained as Theo is about to move in with his long-term girlfriend, photographer Hannah. A raging jealousy awakes in David and he starts scheming to break up the loving couple using Hannah's insecurities against them. When the couple eventually separate David is in a quandary about his next move and is forced to confront his long-hidden homosexuality and feelings towards Theo. Eventually, David decides to reveal his sexual orientation and deep love for Theo very publicly by arranging for them both to appear as guests on Judith Adams' talk-show, "forgive and forget", with tragic consequences for their friendship and David's family.
Girls' Night
Carmen
Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...
Crossing the Floor
Reporter
Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
뷰티풀 씽
Miss Chauhan
Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
A Nice Arrangement
Sita
Documents an Indian-English family's attempt to give their Briticized daughter a traditional Indian arranged marriage, with as much photography as possible.
O Mary This London
Ranting woman
Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless, their adventures quickly turn sour.
Memsahib Rita
Unumma
Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.
해변의 바지
Writer
A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort.
My Sister-Wife
Farah Khan
Farah is an independent young British woman who manages to reconcile her modern lifestyle with her Pakistani heritage. As a Muslim in love with a married man, she can become his second wife - especially as his first marriage to Maryam seems to exist in name only. But with all three under one roof, Farah becomes increasingly insecure.
My Sister-Wife
Writer
Farah is an independent young British woman who manages to reconcile her modern lifestyle with her Pakistani heritage. As a Muslim in love with a married man, she can become his second wife - especially as his first marriage to Maryam seems to exist in name only. But with all three under one roof, Farah becomes increasingly insecure.
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Rani
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
Handsworth Songs
Voice Over
The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.
Majdhar
Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which explores both British-Asian experience and the plight of recent immigrants. Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette), plays Majdhar, a Pakistani woman who transforms herself in London after her husband leaves her for another woman. While Majdhar feels her way towards confident self-determination, husband Afzal is torn between his heritage and his Western aspirations.