Nilmini Buwaneka is an actress, dancer and choreographer from Sri Lanka. [1]
Nilmini Buwaneka is an actress, dancer and choreographer from Sri Lanka. [1]
She learned dancing in Bhatkhande Music Institute, where she gained a Diploma in Baratha Natyam.[ citation needed ]
Nilmini has portrayed many leading roles for the most thriving directors in the drama and theater field of Sri Lanka, and in many non-commercial stage plays such as:
Nilmini has acted in a Total of 45 Television serials ranges from drama, thriller to comedy.
Having had the opportunity to work as an Assistant Director alongside Dharmasiri Bandaranayake a Director who marked an era of movie making in Sri Lanka, Nilmini was praised by foreign critics after seeing her own direction of a stage plays using only children with Down syndrome. (Sihina Mal Dangakary, Eka Adipathi, Yakshaya, Sathya) [14]
Playing characters in both leading as well as supporting roles in several movies, her distinctiveness remains that of acting only in handpicked special creations of cinema.
| Year | Film | Role | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bawa Duka | ||
| 1997 | Bawa Karma | ||
| 2009 | Ekamath Eka Rateka | ||
| 2009 | Bindu | Saping's wife | |
| 2014 | Samige Kathawa | Sam's mother | |
| 2015 | Bora Diya Pokuna | ||
| 2020 | Paangshu | [15] | |
| TBD | Bahuchithawadiya | Sasitha's sister |
In 2004 she won the State Drama Award Festival(SDAF) for Best Actress in a leading role followed by the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Sumathi Tele Drama Award Festival in 2008. (State Drama Award for ‘Dasa Mallige Bangalawa’ directed by Ruwan Malith and Sumathi Tele Award for ‘Sudheera’ directed by Benat Rathnayake)
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