Meera Syal (born 27 June 1961[1]) played Dr Nasreen Chaudhry in the Doctor Who television story The Hungry Earth/Cold Blood and Arla Decanto in the Big Finish audio story The Truth of Peladon. She also read the audio story The Gemini Contagion and the audiobook release of the novel Borrowed Time.
She also wrote the Doctor Who skit on The Real McCoy.
She was interviewed on the Doctor Who Confidential episode After Effects.
Personal life
She is married to fellow Doctor Who guest actor Sanjeev Bhaskar.
Career
Syal is perhaps best known for the sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, which she co-wrote and starred in with Bhaskar and Nina Wadia.
In the 2015 New Year Honours, Meera Syal was made a CBE for services to drama and literature.[1]