K. P. Shashika Udari Perera (born 23 April 1984) ( si, උදාරි පෙරේරා, උදාරි පෙරේරා), popularly known as Udari Perera, is a
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 ...
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film actress
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and
model
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. In 2016, she won the title Mrs. Sri Lanka and subsequently participated in the Mrs. Universe pageant.
Personal life
Udari has two younger sisters – Purnima and Shehani. She is married to Prasad Ranasinghe and the couple has one son, Jaydon. Purnima Perera is an air hostess. Her younger sister Shehani Perera is an actress who played the lead roles in two films ''Face to Pace'' and ''Ethalaya''. Udari completed education from St. Anne's Balika Maha Vidyalaya, Wattala.
She worked as an air hostess before entering cinema.
Mrs Universe 2016
In 2016 Udari won the title of Mrs. Sri Lanka, at the national Mrs. Universe pageant held on 17 August 2016 at Ramada Hotel,
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 ...
and represented the country at the
Mrs. Universe
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pageant in
Guangzhou
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, China on 23 August 2016.
Career
She is best known for her appearance in ''Ran Ran Ran Sela Anda'' of Iraj and Sangeeth's music video in 2007.
She debuted acting in the television serial ''Sinindu Piyapath'' with a minor role. Her film debut was in ''
Pravegaya
''Pravegaya'' (English: velocity ) is a 2015 Sri Lankan Sinhala action thriller film directed by Donald Jayantha and produced by Sadesh Kumar. It stars Hemal Ranasinghe and Udari Perera with Jayalath Manoratne, Pubudu Chathuranga and Jackson Antho ...
'', which was released in 2015 opposite to
Hemal Ranasinghe
Hemal Sachindra Ranasinghe (born 25 August 1984 as හේමාල් රණසිංහ)) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. He earned the critics' award for 'Best Actor' and 'Most Popular Actor' at the Derana Film Awards in bo ...
.
Filmography
Television serials
* ''Sinindu Piyapath'' as Saroja
* ''Iththo''
Awards
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Hiru Golden Film Awards
''Hiru Golden Film Awards'' (Sinhala:හිරු රන් සිනමා සම්මාන) is an award bestowed to distinguished individuals involved with the Sri Lanka's silver screen, awarded by the Asia Broadcasting Corporation, Sri Lan ...
- Most Popular Actress - 2016
References
External links
Gossip Chat With Actress Udari Pereraකාන්තාවක් සමග කෙහෙවලු පටලාගත් ජනප්රිය නිළි උදාරි පෙරේරා එළියට ඇද දමලා
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Living people
Sri Lankan film actresses
Sri Lankan television actresses
1984 births