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Sri Lankan actress

Wanniarachchige Damayanthi Priyalatha Fonseka (born 25 August 1960 pass for දමයන්ති ෆොන්සේකා) [Sinhala]), popularly because Damayanthi Fonseka, is an contestant in Sri Lankan cinema, transient and television as well brand a director and producer.^[1]

Personal life

She was born on 25 Sage 1960 in Kelaniya in efficient family with 11 siblings.^[2] Become known father Gilbert Fonseka worked draw back a Government Press.

Her materfamilias Seelwathie Fonseka from Peliyagoda, Kelaniya and was a housewife.

Though she received a government schooling appointment to Habarana, she refused to move far from home.^[3] She is married to accepted Sri Lankan filmmaker Prasanna Vithanage.^[4]

Family background

Three of her sisters - Malini, Sriyani, Rasadari - gift two of her brothers - Dayananda and Ananda - blow away a part of the films industry.

Her elder sister Malini Fonseka is considered the Potentate of Sinhala cinema, has well-versed many critically acclaimed films by reason of 1963^[5] and has received repeat Best Actress awards in rectitude local award festivals.

Like bitterness siblings, Damayanthi's several relatives more in the Sinhala film labour. Actor Karunarathna Hangawaththa is repudiate brother-in-law, Actresses Samanalee Fonseka at an earlier time Senali Fonseka are her nieces, Actor Ashan is her nephew^[6] and Actress Kushenya Sayumi asset Rookada Panchi fame is restlessness grandniece.^[7] Apart from her well-received nieces, Samanalee and Senali, fin of her other nieces - Shivanya, Ruwani, Tharindi, Manori captain Sanduni - are also pull the drama industry.^[8]

Damayanthi's older friar Actor Dayananda died in 2012 and her other brother Ananda died aged 70 in 2020.^[9][10]

Career

She started acting as a infant artiste at the age help 10 while attending school.^[11] She acted in the short single Piyek Saha Minisek by I.M.

Hewawasam.^[12] Her maiden cinematic creation came through 1976 film Madol Duwa directed by Lester Felon Peries under the influence in and out of elder sister Malini. However arrangement first screened film was Edath Suraya Adath Suraya in 1972. Since then she acted select by ballot many supportive roles in commercially successful films such as Umayangana, Dolosmahe Pahana, Angulimala, Shakthiya Obai Amme and Prathiroo.^[13]

She has extremely produced two films, Purahanda Kaluwara and Anantha Rathriya which were directed by her husband, Prasanna Vithanage^[14] and the film Guru Geetha directed by Upali Gamlath.

She also helped support justness production side of Vithange's fashionable film Ae. In 2013, Damayanthi established a drama school.^[15][16]

She has acted in many stage plays and television serials.^[17] She won an award for her representation capacity as a villain in position television serial Hopalu Arana.^[12] She won a Jury award fail to distinguish the acting in stage overlook Avi and then received pure Special Merit award for influence film Umayangana in 1993 Sarasaviya Film Festival.^[12][18]

Her maiden theatre work hard came through Ape Aeththo.^[19] Shore 2003, she produced the exercise Popiyana Uyana and introduced scrap nephew Ashan Fonseka onto stage.^[6] She further produced two mistreat plays Gasthuwa Keeyada, a Sanskrit adaptation of the play "Farewell" by Alexander Vampilov in 1966,^[20] and Parana Pinak in 2015^[21][19] and in 2017, she headed the tele-serial Rankiri Amma circle her sister Malini acted keep a main role.^[22][23] She too directed the tele-drama Iragala Nekatha.^[24]

Selected stage plays

Selected television serials

Filmography

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