Meera Syal

Meera Syal (born 27 June 1961 ) 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.

Doctor Who

 * The Hungry Earth / Cold Blood - Nasreen Chaudhry

Peladon

 * The Truth of Peladon - Arla Decanto

BBC New Series Adventures

 * Borrowed Time

BBC Audio

 * The Gemini Contagion

Other

 * The Real McCoy