Meera Syal
Meera Syal CBE (born June 27, 1961 in Essington near Wolverhampton , England ) is a writer , comedian , singer , actress and journalist .
Life
Meera Syals parents came in 1960 from Delhi to England , saying originally Panjabi , while Meera but with English grew up as a first language in a village in central England. She visited her parents' homeland several times. The first few times she didn’t speak a word of punjabi, but that didn’t prove fatal because her two cousins who had traveled with her spoke the language.
She loved going to school. Her mother was a teacher who had always encouraged Meera to be good at school.
Meera Syal studied English and theater in Manchester. In her senior year at university, she put on a one-woman show in which she was discovered. Syal wrote the screenplay for Gurinder Chadha's very successful film “ Bhaji on the Beach ”, as well as two novels: Anita and Me (1996) and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (1999; title of the German edition: Sari, Jeans und Chillischoten or wedding in Indian ), both of which were filmed.
But Syal was best known for working on the very successful BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me (1998-2001) and The Kumars at No 42 , which popularized Indian culture as an object of British entertainment. In 2007 she worked on the TV series Jekyll .
In 2005 she married her longtime friend and co-star from Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No 42 Sanjeev Bhaskar , with whom she has a son. Syal brought her daughter Chameli (from the marriage to Shekhar Bhatia ) into the marriage .
In 2015 Meera Syal was awarded the Order of the British Empire .
Filmography (selection)
- 1983: Majdhar
- 1984–1995: The Bill (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1987: Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
- 1991–1992: Kinsey (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 1993: Picnic on the Beach (Bhaji on the Beach)
- 1996: Beautiful Thing
- 1997–1998: Keeping Mum (TV series, 10 episodes)
- 1998: Girls' Night - Now or Never (Girl's Night)
- 2001-2006: The Kumars at No. 42 (TV series, 53 episodes)
- 2002: Anita & Me
- 2006: Scoop - Der Knüller (Scoop)
- 2007: Jekyll (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2007: Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
- 2008–2009: Beautiful People (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2009: Desert Flower (Desert Flower)
- 2010: I See the Man of Your Dreams (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger)
- 2010: Doctor Who (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2012: Wedding night with obstacles (All in Good Time)
- 2014: The Kumars (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2015: The Brink - Die Welt am Abgrund ( The Brink ; TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2015: Absolutely Anything
- 2016: Alice in Wonderland: Behind the Mirrors ( Alice Through the Looking Glass ; voice)
- 2016: Doctor Strange
- 2016: Inspector Barnaby (TV series, episode Harvest of Souls )
- 2016: The Musketeers (TV series, episode Stolen Gold )
- 2017: Paddington 2
- 2018: The Nutcracker and the four kingdoms (The Nutcracker and the Four Realms)
- 2019: Yesterday
literature
- Graeme Dunphy: Meena's Mockingbird: From Harper Lee to Meera Syal. In: Neophilologus. 88, 2004, pp. 637-659.
Web links
- Meera Syal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Meera Syal in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Meera Syal in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/391413/New_Year_Honours_List_2015.pdf p. 22
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Syal, Meera |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English writer and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essington , England , UK |