Meera Syal was born on June 27, 1961 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England as Feroza Syal. She is an actress and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), Beautiful Thing (1996) and Absolutely Anything (2015). She has been married to Sanjeev Bhaskar since January 21, 2005. They have one child. She was previously married to Chandra Shekhar Bhatia.
Meera Syal
Movies
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki (Abhishek Bachchan) met his fiance Anaida (Lara Dutta) at the Ritz in Paris and Alvira (Preity Zinta) met her prince charming Steve (Bobby Deol) at Madame Tussauds…
Fun Facts
She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to drama.
Daughter, Chameli, with journalist Chandra Shekhar Bhatia.
Grew up in a Punjabi family in the mining village of Essington in England.
Her parents moved to England from New Delhi before she was born; they eloped in order to be together as one was Sikh and the other Hindu.
Attended Manchester University, where she read English and Drama. In her final year there, she won the National Student Drama Award.
Son Shaan, with Sanjeev Bhaskar, born 2 December 2005.
"Anita and Me""
Quotes
A lot of old Asian men don't like me very much. They throw tomatoes at me in Tesco.
I'm a character actress. It used to be seen as a derogatory term but I've never been the pretty lead, which is a short career anyway. I'd rather play interesting women than window dressing.
I did the list of everything you should do on Doctor Who (2005); I went into the Tardis, did wobbly floor acting, got chased by monsters and was experimented on.
At least I know it's me up there now, and not someone with shoe polish all over their face.