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Himali Sayurangi Ranaweera (born July 18 as හිමාලි සයුරංගි) Sinhala.html" ;"title="Sinhala_language.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sinhala language">Sinhala">Sinhala_language.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Sinhala language">Sinhala, is an actress in Cinema of Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. She is best known for the role as Udeni in popular television serial '' Deveni Inima''. She started her artistic career as a presenter and later joined the film industry. She has also excelled in dance, singing and dubbing


Personal life

She was born on 18 July as the second of the family. She has one elder brother and one younger brother. Younger brother worked in the computer department of a television channel. Her father worked at the Insurance Corporation and mother is a housewife. She completed education from
Anula Vidyalaya Anula Vidyalaya, is a national girls' school in Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by po ...
, Nugegoda. Sayurangi is married to Asanga Jayalath where the wedding was celebrated on 1 March 2012 at Cinnamon Lakeside hotel in Colombo. The couple has one daughter, Vanuji Senalya who was born in 2013. Asanga is the owner of an advertising agency called Adland Advertising. Sayurangi first met Asanga during a radio play where the bond later become strong during the shooting of ''Amaa'' teledrama.


Career

She entered ''Lama Pitiya'' in
Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගුවන් විදුලි සංස්ථාව, ''Shrī Lankā Guvan Viduli Sansthāva'', ta, இலங்கை ஒலிபரப்புக் க ...
at the little age and became a radio presenter. Before entering acting, she worked as a television presenter in Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and hosted the programs ''Pehebara Ahasa'', ''Nadun Uyana'' and ''Nuga Sevana'' for four years. Her maiden acting came through the television serial ''Vaadiya'' directed by Herbert Ranjith Peiris at the age of 11. She got this opportunity with the help of fellow actress Surangi Ruwanmali. Her first mega teledrama acting came through ''Adaraneeya Poornima''. In 2016, she joined the mega teledrama '' Deveni Inima''. The serial gained enormous popularity and won several awards at local television festivals. Sayurangi played as the mother "Udeni" of "Anuhas", a courageous woman abandoned by his love "Ravi" during her pregnancy. Her maiden cinematic experience came through a minor role in 2009 film ''Ekamath Eka Rateka'', directed by
Sanath Gunathilake Somsiri Sanath Julien Gunatilake (born 27 October 1955: Sinhala:සනත් ගුණතිලක), popularly as Sanath Gunatilake, is an actor, director, screenwriter in Sri Lankan cinema and film director. A highly versatile actor across ...
. However, her first screened film is 2007 blockbuster ''Sikuru Hathe''. She won the Sarasaviya award for the best upcoming actress for her role "Samanmali" in the film. Prior to that, she won the Raigam merit award for the television serial ''Isuru Giri Tharanaya''. For about ten years, she played the girlfriend character in many television serials. Sayurangi is an A-grade artist in Radio, where she rendered her voice for many radio commercials and radio plays. She was first involved in the stage play ''Mayadevi'' by K. B. Herath. After that she joined the stage play ''Daskon'' which was only shown in Australia. She only acted in these two stage plays. After more than 6 years, Sayurangi made the cinema appearance in the tragic film ''Tsunami'' directed by
Somaratne Dissanayake Somaratne Dissanayake is a Sri Lankan film director, Screenwriter and Producer. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and the president of the Film Makers Guild of Sri Lanka (FMG). He won the Peace prize of Chicago Internation ...
. She played the role "Sriyani", a mother who lost the child from 2004 Tsunami. In 2019, she joined the radio play ''Adara Wedilla'' produced by Sirasa FM. She also contested in the reality show ''Mega Star'' under the team "Sooryans" led by
Yureni Noshika Yureni Noshika (born 29 January 1984) is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television as well as a singer and media personality. Noshika began her career winning the Miss Sri Lanka for Miss World contest and went on to commercials before maki ...
. In 2021, he appeared in the musical megadrama ''Divi Thura''. In the same year, she won the Best Actress award at the Borden International Film Festival in Sweden for the television serial ''Govi Thaththa'' directed by Dharshana Ruwan Dissanayake.


Selected television serials

* ''Adaraneeya Poornima'' * ''Amaa'' * '' Deveni Inima'' * ''Diriya Doni'' * '' Divithura'' * ''Govi Thaththa'' * ''Isira Bhawana'' * ''Isuru Giri Tharanaya'' * ''Kaviya Numba'' * ''Lokki'' * ''Mama Nemei Mama'' * ''Maya Manthri'' * ''Meedum Amma'' * ''Minigan Dela'' * ''Oba Kawda'' * ''Praana'' * ''Sansara Sakmana'' * ''Sapiriwara'' * ''Sillara Kasi'' * ''Sonduru Sithaththi'' * ''Thaksalawa''


Filmography


Awards


Rupavahini State Drama Festival

, - , , 2008 , , , ''Sikuru Hathe'' , , Best Upcoming Actress , ,


Sarasaviya Awards ''Sarasaviya Awards'' (Sinhala:සරසවිය සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema, each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers ...

, - , , 2010 , , , ''Sikuru Hathe'' , , Best Upcoming Actress , ,


SIGNIS Awards

, - , , 2011 , , , ''Thaksalava'' , , Creative Supporting Actress , ,


Sumathi Awards ''Sumathi Awards'' ( si, සුමති සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with Sri Lanka's television screen, each year by the Sumathi Group of Company, Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions m ...

, - , , 2016 , , , ''Thaksalawa'' , ,
Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...
, , , - , , 2016 , , , ''Kaviya Numba'' , , Merit Award , ,


Rupavahini State Drama Festival

, - , , 2016 , , , ''Kaviya Numba'' , , Best Actress , ,


Raigam Tele'es ''Raigam Tele'es'' ( si, රයිගම් ටෙලි සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's television screen, each year by the Kingdom of Raigam, Sri Lanka in recognition of the var ...

, - , , 2020 , , , Nominating three consecutive times
for best actress category , , Appreciation award , ,


References


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