Baminnahennadige Sheshadrie Priyasad (
Sinhalese
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: ශේෂාද්රි ප්රියසාද්; born 2 December 1991) is an
actress
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in
Sri Lanka
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cinema
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and
television presenter
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who appears in television shows.
Personal life
Sheshadri Priyasad was born on 2 December 1991 as the second of the family with three siblings. Her father Dinesh Priyasad is a filmmaker and producer in Sinhala cinema and mother Shirani Priyasad is a housewife. Her elder sister
Dinakshie Priyasad
Baminnahennadige Dinakshie Priyasad (born 18 March 1990) ( Sinhala: දිනක්ෂි ප්රියසාද්) is a Sri Lankan actress and television presenter. Priyasad made her acting debut at the age of two in the film ''Apaye Tha ...
is also a popular award-winning actress in Sri Lankan cinema, television and stage drama and a television host. Her younger sister
Shanudrie Priyasad
Baminnahennadige Shanudrie Priyasad ( si, ශනුද්රි ප්රියසාද්; born 8 September 1997) is a Sri Lankan actress, dancer, and singer, who appears in Sri Lankan films and television shows. She began her acting car ...
is also a popular award-winning actress in cinema, television as well as a singer. She is a past pupil of
Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya
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Career
Her maiden cinematic experience came through as a four months old child artist in 1997 film ''Apaye Thathpara Asu Haradahak'' directed by her father Dinesh Priyasad. She also worked as a child television host in the children's program ''Punchi Panchi'' with her sister Dinakshie, which is telecasted by
Sirasa TV
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. Sheshadri made her first adult main role in the 2011 film ''Challengers (Yawwanaye Babaru Api).''
Filmography
Television
Film
Awards
She won a merit award at
34th Sarasaviya Awards
The 34rd Sarasaviya Awards festival (Sinhala: 34වැනි සරසවිය සම්මාන උලෙළ), presented by the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited, was held to honor the best films of 2016 and 2017 Sinhala cinema on Augus ...
in 2016 for the role Shanuli in 2015 film ''Zoom''.
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References
External links
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Living people
Sri Lankan film actresses
1991 births
Alumni of Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya