Thesara Jayawardane

Thesara Jayawardane
Thesara Jayawardane
NationalitySri Lankan, New Zealand citizen[1]
EducationPhd, MPhil, Bsc(Eng.) NZ, LLB(Hons) (London), MA (Kelaniya), MCIM (UK), MSLIM (SL), AMA (USA), AMIE (SL), Dip.M (UK), Chartered Marketer (UK), Attorney-at-law(SL), Notary Public (SL), Commissioner for Oaths (SL), company secretary (SL)[2]
Occupation(s)Engineer,[3] Actress,[1] Author[1]
Known forFilm and teledrama actress, Singer, Dancer, TV Presenter, author, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer UOM
ChildrenJehara, Satara[4]
Parent(s)Amara[5]
Jayanthi[5]
WebsiteFaceBook Page

Thesara Jayawardane (Sinhala:තෙසාරා ජයවර්ධන) is a Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress,[6] singer, dancer[3] ,[7] television presenter,[8] and author.[9][10][11]

Personal life

Thesara is married to Jeeth Sumedha Samarasekara. The wedding was celebrated at Eagles Lake Side Banquet & Conventional Hall in Attidiya, Ratmalana.[12]

Beyond acting

Thesara is a full-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CASL), Edulink Campus, Imperial Institute of Higher Education, Saegis Campus and CFPS Law School.[5]

She has won the World Prize for her academic achievements in marketing in 2012. This award was presented to her for the outstanding Performance at the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing conducted by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).[1][13]

Career

She won OCIC / SIGNIS tele Award for Best Actress 2008 and the Best Supporting Actress Award in the State National Tele Drama Awards (Rajya Sammana Ulela) for her outstanding role as Fathima in "East is Calling". (Sinhala:නැගෙනහිර වෙරළෙන් ඇසෙනා) .[14]

Television

Her maiden teledrama acting came through Athbhutha Laampuwa directed by Bennette Ratnayake.

Selected television serials

  • Ataka Nataka
  • Athbhutha Laampuwa[15]
  • Dhawala Yamaya[16]
  • Hima Kandulu
  • Kapa Nasna Samaya[17]
  • Kekiri
  • Meedum Seveneli[18]
  • Mihidum Sihina[19]
  • Nagenahira Weralin Asena as Fathima[20]
  • Pas Mal Pethi
  • Pathihi
  • Rangana Vijithaya[21]
  • Sabanda Babanis as Simona
  • Sabanda Eliyes as Komali
  • Sakisanda Suwaris as Simona[5]
  • Samanaliyak Iki binda
  • Sanda Biligath Raththriya[15]
  • Sandali Saha Radika as Radika[22]
  • Situ Gedara
  • Sneha as Sakuni[23]
  • Wasuda

Filmography

Her maiden cinema acting came through 2006 film Sihina Devduwa directed by Suresh Kumarasinghe.[24]

Year Film Role Ref.
2006 Sihina Devduwa Natasha [25]
2006 Ammawarune Doctor's wife
2007 Yahaluvo Meera
2008 Maan Kethiswaree
2009 Sanda Tharaka Tharushi
2010 San Sun Inn Apsara
2011 Kara & Sara Teesha
2014 Jal & Bari Inspector Nisha
2014 Sam's Story Captain Elmo's daughter [26][27]
2018 Vaishnavee Laxmi's friend
2018 Nidahase Piya DS Doctor Perera

Bibliography

Year Title ISBN Notes
2011[28] Sanda Nodutu Tharaka (Sinhala:සඳ නොදුටු තාරකා)[29] ISBN 978-955-671-462-3 Sarasavi Publishers
2014 Hiru Nodutu Dedunu (Sinhala:හිරු නොදුටු දේදුනු )[29] ISBN 978-955-671-866-9 Sarasavi Publishers
2013 Hunger Games (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 1 )[29] ISBN 978-955-671-795-2 Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins[29]
2015 Catching Fire (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 2 )[29] ISBN 978-955-671-980-2 Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins[29]
2016 Mockingjay (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 3 )[29] ISBN 978-955-31-0129-7 Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins[30]
2019 Kalu Samanallu (Sinhala:කළු සමනල්ලු)[29] ISBN 978-955-46-3543-2 KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්‍රකාශන)[31]
2020 Meherunnisa The Twentieth Wife (Sinhala:මෙහෙරුනීසා ද ට්වෙන්ටියත් වයිෆ්)[29] ISBN 978-955-46-3538-8 KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්‍රකාශන)[32]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Thesara emerges as top worldwide CIM postgraduate student". The Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 3 December 2012.
  2. ^ "Dr. Thesara Jayawardane". Department of Management of Technology. 19 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Bollywood brings its magic to town". The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 2003.
  4. ^ "Thesara Jayawardane". Deshaya Hadasara. 29 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d "Thesara Jayawardane". Lanka Help Magazine. 7 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Thesara Jayawardane". rasaduna(Sri Lanka). 28 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Lankan dancers on New Zealand stage". Sunday Observer(Sri Lanka). 3 November 2002.
  8. ^ "UTHTHAMACHARA on Rupavahini every Tuesday". Daily Mirror Sri Lanka. 23 February 2006.
  9. ^ "Hunger Games". Vijitha Yapa Bookshop(Sri Lanka). 2013.
  10. ^ "Yahaluwo". The Sunday Times Online(Sri Lanka). 25 November 2007.
  11. ^ "The East is Calling". The Sunday Times(Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
  12. ^ "Thesara married". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. ^ "Marketing accolade for LLB student". University of London(England). 13 December 2012.
  14. ^ "New Arrivals". The Sunday Observer(Sri Lanka). 27 October 2013.
  15. ^ a b "Multi- talented Thesera for small screen". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
  16. ^ "'Dhawala Yaamaya' on Sirasa". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  17. ^ "'Kapanasna Samaya' : A period story with an interesting theme". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  18. ^ "'Mihidum Sevaneli': Story of an arrogant SM". Sunday Times. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Jeewan in action after 5 years". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  20. ^ "The East is Calling". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
  21. ^ "'Rangana Vijithaya' : Suspense story". Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  22. ^ "'Sandali Saha Radika' narrates rebirth story". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  23. ^ "Sneha Teledrama". LKVideos. 3 February 2014.
  24. ^ "Sihina Dewduwa". sinhala cinema database. 2009.
  25. ^ "Thesara Jayawardane". Lanka Help Magazine. 7 May 2013.
  26. ^ "'Sam's Story' writes Chamila's name in record book". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 9 June 2009.
  27. ^ "Sami's Story". divaina. 28 February 2014.
  28. ^ "Thesara launches maiden novel". Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 25 October 2011.
  29. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Interested books to read". Silumina(Sri Lanka). 8 September 2013.
  30. ^ "Hunger Games 3". Sarasavi Bookshop (pvt) Ltd. 2016.
  31. ^ "Kalu Samanallu". KBOOKS Publishing (pvt) Ltd. 2019.
  32. ^ "The Twentieth Wife Indu Sundaresan". KBOOKS Publishing (pvt) Ltd. 2020.
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