Anarkali Akarsha ( si, අනර්කලී ආකර්ෂා;born 12 July 1987,as Anarkali Janina Jayatilaka) is a Sri Lankan Film actress, model, singer, TV Host and a politician.
She was crowned
Miss Sri Lanka 2004 and represented
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
at the
Miss World 2004
Miss World 2004, the 54th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 4 December 2004 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Rosanna Davison of ...
beauty pageant. She has worked as a brand ambassador & a fundraiser. She attended
Colombo International School
Colombo International School (CIS) is a private co-educational school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It was founded in 1982 by Elizabeth Moir and employs an English-medium curriculum.
In 1998 the school was expanded by the new Chairman of the Board of Di ...
.
Film career
Her first public opportunity to act came when Somaratne Dissanayake and Renuka Balasuriya, who directed and produced the teledrama ''Iti Pahan'' in 1995, were in search of a little girl who was fluent in English. In the drama, she performed the role of "Daisy Susan" beside renowned actress
Vasanthi Chathurani
Vasantha Doreen Peterson (born 18 October 1959: si, වසන්ති චතුරානි), popularly as Vasanthi Chathurani, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. An extremely natural actress, Vasanthi Chathurani is one of the m ...
.
After a nearly seven-year hiatus, she returned to acting in 2003 when, at 15, she was cast in a lead role in ''Pissu Trible''. Subsequently, she performed in several successful movies, and received acclaim in teledrama performances with her roles as "Inoka" in ''Sihinayak Paata Paatin'' and 'Tanya' in ''Santhuwaranaya''.
She is the youngest actress to date in the history of Sri Lankan Cinema to win the most popular actress award. She has acted as the leading lady in more than 22 movies and 10 teledramas. She also works as a model, brand ambassador and a presenter.
She has appeared in many music videos. Some of her famous music videos are "Meedum selen" by Bathiya and Santhush, "Jeththu none" by Dushanth Weeraman and "Siththamak wage" by Yashan.
Anarkalli also won the glamorous Lux Derana Film Most Popular Actress Award for 2012.
Political career
Anarkalli contested for the
Galle
Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Souther ...
District at the 2009 Southern Provincial Council Election, and on 29 October 2009, she was elected to the
Southern Province Council. She is the youngest female councillor to date, and the sole female member on the council.
Career as a host
Anarkalli hosted her own TV show 'Anarkali Live' on TV Derana.
[http://www.derana.lk/show.php?prid=14]
She also hosted Derana Music Awards 2010. She hosted her own talk show, LIVE Sunday with Anarkalli on Swarnavahini.
Filmography
Teledramas
References
External links
Official websiteAnarkalli Aakarsha's Biography in Sinhala Cinema Database
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Sri Lankan television actresses
Sri Lankan film actresses
Sri Lankan female models
1987 births
Living people
Miss World 2004 delegates
Members of the Southern Provincial Council
Sri Lankan beauty pageant winners
Alumni of Colombo International School
Sinhalese politicians
20th-century Sri Lankan actresses