Ketagodage Dona Ranmini Chethana Ketagoda (born 4 August 1992, si, චේතනා කැටගොඩ), popularly as Chethana Ketagoda, is an

actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek ...

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 ...

n television as well as a voice artist. One of the most popular voice artists in Sri Lanka with a career spanning 18 years, she rendered her voice to several popular international soap operas and serials. Apart from that, she is also a singer, investor, agriculturalist, digital content creator on social media platforms as well as an Attorney-at-Law by profession.

Personal life

She was born on 4 August 1992 in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

as the second child of the family. Her father K. D. Upali Chandrathilake, is a retired Air Vice Marshall of Sri Lanka Air Force. Her mother, Indika P. Chandrathilake, is an Attorney-at-Law and a government official. She completed education from

Visakha Vidyalaya Visakha Vidyalaya () is a girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is a National School managed by the central government providing primary and secondary education. History The school was established in 1917 by Celestina Dias as the Buddhist G ...

, Colombo up to grade 9 and then completed O/Ls from Royal Institute International School, Havelock. In the 2009 Edexcel IGCSE examination at Royal Institute, she became the “World’s Best” in Sinhala. She has one elder sister, who is a doctor and an Air Force officer. After studies, she completed

LLB degree Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Ch ...

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

and became an Attorney-at-Law. Besides, she also completed her BA degree in Hindi Language from Indira Gandhi National Open University, India. Currently, she is working as a lecturer in Hindi Language.

Career

At very young age, she joined with

Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation The Sri Lanka Rūpavāhinī Corporation ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා රූපවාහිනී සංස්ථාව; ta, இலங்கை ரூபவாகினி கூட்டுத்தாபனம்), also known as Jathika R ...

and started appearing on several child programs. In 2003, she became a voice artist under the guidance of popular actress

Mercy Edirisinghe Donna Mercy Nalini Edirisinghe (18 December 1945 – 17 March 2014) was an actress in Sri Lankan, cinema, theater and television as well as a singer. She is also well known for her role in numerous comedic television shows and radio dramas, the ...

. She made her maiden dubbing for the cartoon ''Kaabaasiniya Thuma'' under Athula Ransirilal. Meanwhile, in 2008, she started singing career. At the same time, she started to act in few stage dramas at Tower Hall Foundation. In 2008, she made her first television role in the serial ''Madam Shobha'' directed and produced by

Jayasekara Aponso Goniya Malimage Jayasekara Aponsu, (born 23 February 1951: Sinhala:ජයසේකර අපෝන්සු), popularly as Jayasekara Aponsu, is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television. Apart from that, he is also a director, and ...

. Meanwhile, she rendered her voice to several popular international soap operas and serials including; ''Sooriya Diyani'', ''Mayawarunge Lokaya'', ''Swapna'', ''Praveena'', ''Me Adarayai'', ''Prema Dadayama'' and ''Boys Over Flowers''. In 2010, she made the music in the film ''Behind the Scenes'' directed by Lakpathy Wijesekara. In 2020, she appeared in the television serial ''Bro'' directed by Dilan Wickramakeerthi and produced by Gayan Dinesh Perera. In the serial, she played the character 'Bilesha'. In 2021, she made her third television role 'Dinu' in the television serial ''Snap'' directed by Pasindu Perera and Produced by Ameesha Kavindi.

Selected radio dramas

* ''Araliya Man Aadarei'' (2009) * ''Aadarei Man Samanalee'' (2013) * ''Sihina Sittarawi'' (2018) * ''Maharaja Gamunu'' (2018) * ''Kemmura Adaviya'' (2019) * ''Apoorva'' (2020)

Dubbing works

, 2021 , , ''Hotel Transylvania'' , , '' Hotel Transylvania'' , , ''Mavis Dracula-Loughran'' , -

Television serials

References

External links

* *https://t.me/chethanack
''Chethana Ketagoda''
on

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ketagoda, Chethana 1992 births Living people Sri Lankan television actresses Sri Lankan television personalities Sri Lankan radio personalities Voice actresses