Credits

• 2023 · The Canterville Ghost as Lucretia Otis (voice)
• 2023 · Mrs Sidhu Investigates as Mrs. Sidhu
• 2022 · The Devil's Hour as Dr Ruby Bennett
• 2022 · The Devil's Hour as Dr. Ruby Bennett
• 2022 · The Sandman as Ric the Vic
• 2022 · Roar as Anu
• 2021 · The Wheel of Time as Verin Mathwin
• 2021 · We Are Lady Parts as Sister Squire
• 2020 · Between the Covers as Self
• 2019 · Yesterday as Sheila Malik
• 2019 · Back to Life as Gaia
• 2018 · The Nutcracker and the Four Realms as Cook
• 2018 · The Split as Goldie
• 2018 · The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer as Self - Guest
• 2017 · Paddington 2 as Prosecutor
• 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
• 2017 · Our Lives as Self - Narrator
• 2016 · Doctor Strange as Dr. Patel
• 2016 · John Bishop: In Conversation with... as Self
• 2016 · Alice Through the Looking Glass as Nobody (voice)
• 2015 · Absolutely Anything as Fiona
• 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
• 2014 · The Musketeers as Theresa
• 2013 · Crackanory as Self
• 2013 · Psychobitches as Hera
• 2013 · The Job Lot as Jamina McNulty
• 2013 · Broadchurch as Judge Sonia Sharma
• 2011 · Silk as Aisha Wiseman
• 2010 · Little Crackers as Herself
• 2009 · Desert Flower as Pushpa Patel
• 2009 · Horrible Histories as Storyteller
• 2008 · Beautiful People as Aunty Hayley
• 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
• 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
• 2007 · Jekyll as Miranda
• 2007 · Kingdom as Head Teacher
• 2006 · The Amazing Mrs Pritchard as Liz Shannon
• 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
• 2006 · The One Show as Self
• 2006 · Scoop as Joe's Co-Passenger
• 2005 · Nigella as Self
• 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
• 2005 · Monkey Trousers as
• 2005 · Doctor Who as Nasreen Chaudhry
• 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
• 2003 · QI as Self
• 2003 · Murder Investigation Team as DCI Anita Wishart
• 2002 · The Jury as
• 2001 · The Kumars at No. 42 as
• 2001 · In Deep as Marta Drusic
• 2000 · Fat Friends as Aysha Kapoor
• 1999 · Loose Women as Self
• 1999 · It's Only TV But I Like It as Self
• 1999 · Bad Girls as Janan Hamad
• 1998 · Goodness Gracious Me as
• 1998 · Parkinson as Self
• 1997 · Ruby as Self
• 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Clara Myerscough
• 1994 · Room 101 as Self
• 1993 · GMTV as Self
• 1992 · Absolutely Fabulous as Suzy
• 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Sangita Sharma
• 1990 · Have I Got News for You as Self
• 1990 · Drop the Dead Donkey as Barmaid
• 1984 · The Bill as
• 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
• 1983 · Taggart as
• Future · Phony as Sharla
• 2025 · The Revenge Club as Rita
• 2025 · Tinsel Town as Cassandra
• 2025 · National Theatre at Home: A Tupperware of Ashes as Queenie
• 2025 · Uncanny Post Mortem as
• 2024 · Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self / Suzy
• 2024 · Our Tiny Islands as Self - Narrator
• 2023 · The Smeds and the Smoos as Aunt Smed (voice)
• 2022 · The Almond and the Seahorse as Dr. Falmer
• 2021 · Beena and Amrit as Amrit
• 2021 · Spin as Asha
• 2021 · Diana's Decades as Narrator
• 2020 · Dragon Rider as Subisha Gulab (voice)
• 2020 · Kate & Koji as Dr Ayesha Radwan
• 2018 · Nativity Rocks! as Nina
• 2018 · Patrick as Miss Phillips
• 2018 · To Provide All People as District Nurse
• 2018 · The Homestay as Meera
• 2017 · Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt as Priri
• 2017 · Don't Ask Me Ask Britain as Herself
• 2017 · We Have Been Watching as Self
• 2016 · Walliams & Friend as Various
• 2016 · A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe as Presenter
• 2016 · Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
• 2015 · Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as Narrator
• 2015 · Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version as
• 2015 · Amar Akbar & Tony as Honey
• 2015 · National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers as Zehrunisa Husain
• 2014 · The Boy in the Dress as Jaspreet
• 2014 · Original Comedy Shorts as
• 2014 · All About TWO as Self - Panellist
• 2014 · The Kumars as Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar
• 2012 · Much Ado About Nothing as Beatrice
• 2012 · All in Good Time as Lopa
• 2010 · You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger as Dia's Mother
• 2009 · Mad Sad & Bad as Rashmi
• 2008 · When Were We Funniest? as
• 2007 · Jhoom Barabar Jhoom as Satvinder’s mother
• 2006 · The Children's Party at the Palace as Mary (The BFG)
• 2006 · School's Out as Self
• 2005 · The Secretary Who Stole £4 Million as Joyti De-Laurey
• 2005 · Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee as
• 2004 · Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind as
• 2002 · Anita and Me as Auntie Shaila
• 2002 · Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India as Narrator
• 2002 · All About Me as Rupinder
• 2002 · Johnny Vaughan Tonight as Self
• 2001 · Bedtime as Ruby
• 2000 · Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime as High Priestess
• 2000 · Forgive and Forget as Judith Adams
• 2000 · The Strangerers as Volunteer
• 1998 · The Mrs Bradley Mysteries as Madame Marlene
• 1998 · Girls' Night as Carmen
• 1997 · Keeping Mum as Tina Beare
• 1997 · A Night in with the Girls as
• 1996 · Crossing the Floor as Reporter
• 1996 · Beautiful Thing as Miss Chauhan
• 1995 · It's Not Unusual as Shushila
• 1994 · A Nice Arrangement as Sita
• 1994 · O Mary This London as Ranting woman
• 1994 · Memsahib Rita as Unumma
• 1992 · Gummed Labels as
• 1992 · My Sister-Wife as Farah Khan
• 1991 · The Real McCoy as
• 1989 · Interviewers From Hell as
• 1988 · This Morning as Self
• 1987 · Sammy and Rosie Get Laid as Rani
• 1987 · A Little Princess as Anna
• 1986 · Handsworth Songs as Voice Over
• 1985 · The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ as Mrs. Singh
• 1984 · Majdhar as Rehana
• 1978 · An Audience with... as Self
• Future · Lysistrata as Lysistrata (voice)