Meera Syal

Meera Syal (born 27 June 1961Doctor Who Guide) played Dr Nasreen Chaudhry in the two-part Doctor Who 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.
== 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 , Meera Syal was made a for services to drama and literature.
== Acting credits ==
=== Television ===
==== Doctor Who ====
* The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood - Nasreen Chaudhry
=== Audio ===
==== Peladon ====
* The Truth of Peladon - Arla Decanto
=== Audiobook readings ===
==== BBC New Series Adventures ====
* Borrowed Time
==== BBC Audio ====
* The Gemini Contagion
== Writing credits ==
=== Other ===
* The Real McCoy
== External links ==
== Footnotes ==
Category:Doctor Who guest actors
Category:BBC Audio audiobook readers
Category:BAFTA award nominees
Category:Laurence Olivier Award nominees
Category:Doctor Who television parody writers
Category:Actors interviewed on Doctor Who Confidential
Category:Peladon voice actors
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