Kumarasinghe Arachchige Dona Chrihashni Nehara Canishia Pieris (born December 21, 1988 as
නෙහාරා පීරිස්)
inhala, popularly as Nehara Pieris Rajapakse, 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 ...
in
Sri Lankan cinema and television. Particularly active in television, she is also a singer, dancer and a TV host.
Personal life
Nehara Pieris was born on 21 December 1988. Her father is Curtis Pieris and mother is Nishanthi Pieris. She has one brother, Nehan Pieris. She completed education from St. Lawrence's School.
She was married to Nirmal Perera, whom she had a long-term affair in 2008. However, they got divorce in 2011 due to many disputes. She is then married to popular television and cinema actor
Menaka Rajapakse
Walimuni Mudiyanselage Menake Hemaal Rajapakse (මේනක රාජපක්ශ born 24 May 1983), is a Sri Lankan teledrama actor and model. He was first cast in 2005 as one of the main actors, but the role changed into a lead, in the teledra ...
. The wedding was celebrated on 28 January 2014 at
Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. Menaka was divorced from his first marriage and have one daughter.
Career
She started to perform in advertisements in 2005 and got the opportunity to appear in the music video ''Mihiraviye'' sung by
Shihan Mihiranga in 2007. Her maiden television acting came through ''Senehasata Adare'' directed by Nalan Mendis in 2007. Then she appeared in many popular television serials including ''Muthu Kirilli'', ''Amanda'' and ''Ruwan Maliga''. She won three awards for the most popular actress for the same role in the serial ''Muthu Kirilli''.
She participated to the reality show ''
Sirasa Dancing Stars
Sirasa Dancing Stars is a Sri Lankan reality dance show broadcast by Sirasa TV. It went on air on February 9, 2008. It won the award for the most popular program in Sri Lanka earlier that year. It's yet another creation of Mr. Susara Dinal, who a ...
'' and won fifth place. She collaborated with the dance troupe ''Torrential'' and performed on 5 December 2009 at Ummul Maleeha Memorial Hall, Panadura.
She presented the television musical program ''Tea Party'' telecast by
TV Derana
Derana TV is a Sri Lankan private entertainment terrestrial television channel broadcasting in Sri Lanka. Launched on 11 October 2005, it is one of the most popular television networks in the country. Its main transmission tower is on the Kikil ...
for three years.
In 2020, she started a dancing academy ''Nehara Dance Studio'' at Attidiya, Dehiwala.
Selected television serials
* ''Adaraneeya Niagara''
* ''Amanda''
* ''Bharyawo''
* ''Googly''
* ''Heily''
* ''Muthu Kirilli''
* ''Ruwan Maliga''
* ''Situ Medura''
Filmography
Awards and accolades
She has won
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 ...
most popular actress award for record four consecutive times from 2009 to 2012.
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 ...
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, , 2009 , , , ''Muthu Kirilli'' , ,
Most Popular Actress , ,
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, , 2010 , , , ''Muthu Kirilli'' , , Most Popular Actress , ,
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, , 2011 , , , ''Amanda'' , , Most Popular Actress , ,
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, , 2012 , , , ''Amanda'' , , Most Popular 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 ...
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, , 2009 , , , ''Muthu Kirilli'' , ,
Most Popular Actress , ,
References
External links
Nehara & Menaka in USA for “Adaraneeya Niagara”I loved him very muchThis is Nehara’s Style
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajapakse, Nehara Peiris
Living people
Sri Lankan film actresses
1988 births