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Samarawickrama Dahanayake Sujani Menaka (born 17 May 1980 as සුජානි මේනකා) [Sinhala]), popularly as Sujani Menaka, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. Started as a child artist in advertisements, she is best known for the role in NSB commercial Sathen Sathe and title role Sara in the teledrama as well as film adaptation.
Personal life
Sujani Menaka was born on 17 May 1980. She is an old girl of St. Paul's Girls School, Milagiriya. Her father was an art director in films.
She is married to popular actor Bimal Jayakody. She met Bimal during the teledrama Ramya Suramya back in 2000. They married in 2007. The couple has two daughters and one son.
Bimal's father is the elder brother of popular actresses Geetha Kanthi Jayakody and Rathna Lalani Jayakody. Geetha's daughter Paboda Sandeepani is also a popular award-winning actress in cinema and television. Rathna Lalani is married to fellow actor Sampath Tennakoon.
Career
She faced a camera at the age of 3 in Prarthana teledrama directed by maestro Lester James Peries. Then, at the age of 10, she was selected for the NSB commercial Sathe Sathe, which gain enormous popularity as a child artist. In 1987, she acted in her maiden cinematic role as a child artist in the film Ahinsa. Her stage drama Athurupasata Chat Ekak will be showing in future.
= Selected television serials
== Selected stage dramas
=Athurupasata Chat Ekak
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Filmography
Her maiden cinematic experience came through as a child artist in 1987 film Ahinsa, directed by Malani Fonseka. Some of her popular films are Thrishule, Sathya and Sara.
Awards and accolades
She has won several awards at the local stage drama festivals and television festivals.
References
Official Facebook page
External links
Sujani Menaka blog
Nil Balakaya blamed for attack on artistes
ලබන අවුරුද්දේ තුන්වැනියෙක් බලාපොරොත්තු වෙනවා
දස වසක් සපිරෙන බිමල් – සුජානි ආදර කතාවේ රහස
I can see the Danger - Bimal & Sujani Menaka
සුපුරුදු පරිදි අපි හොඳින් ඉන්නවා
Love Talk is with popular actress Sujani Menaka
Need good understanding for better family life
Pride and patriotism!
සුජානි මේනකා - Hiru Gossip - Hiru FM
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Sujani Menaka
- Minnu
- Menaka (disambiguation)
- Kambili (film)
- Bimal Jayakody
- Paboda Sandeepani
- Rathna Lalani Jayakody
- St. Paul's Girls School, Milagiriya
- Sara (2010 film)
- Uthuru Sulanga