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Meera Syal

Meera Syal MBE (born June 27 1963) is a British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She was born in Wolverhampton.

She won the National Student Drama Award for writing One of Us while at university in Manchester, the Betty Trask Award for her first book Anita and Me and won the Media Personality of the Year award at the Commission for Racial Equality's annual Race in the Media awards in 2000. She was awarded the MBE in 1997.

As a journalist she writes occasionally for The Guardian.

Books

• Anita and Me (1996)
• Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee

Films (appeared in)

• A Little Princess (1986)
• A Nice Arrangement
• Beautiful Thing (1996)
• Crossing The Floor (1996)
• Flight (1995)
• Girls' Night (1997)
• Gummed Labels (1992)
• It's Not Unusual
• No Crying He Makes (1998)
• Sammie and Rosie Get Laid (1987)

Films (wrote)

• Anita and Me
• Bhaji on the Beach

Plays

• One of Us

Radio

• Goodness Gracious Me
• Legal Affairs (1996)
• The World As We Know It (1999)

Television (appeared in)

• Absolutely Fabulous
• Band of Gold (1995)
• The Book Quiz (1998)
• The Brain Drain (1993)
• Degrees of Error (1995)
• Drop The Dead Donkey (1996)
• Goodness Gracious Me
• Have I Got News For You
• Keeping Mum (1998)
• The Kumars at No. 42
• Late Lunch (1999)
• New Best Friend (1994)
• The Real McCoy
• Room 101 (1999)
• Ruby (1997)
• Sean's Show (1993)
• Sunday East (1986-1987)

Television (wrote)

• My Sister Wife
• Tandoori Nights