Paboda Sandeepani පබෝධා සන්දීපනී | |
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Born | Rashmini Paboda Sandeepani Pathirana 16 January 1982 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Other names | Rashi Paba Sandeepani |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1987-Present |
Spouse(s) | Sidath Harindra (m. 2012 and separated) |
Children | 1 |
Mother | Geetha Kanthi Jayakody |
Relatives | Rathna Lalani Jayakody (aunt) Sampath Tennakoon (uncle) Bimal Jayakody (cousin) Sujani Menaka (Bimal's wife) |
Website | Paboda Sandeepani on Facebook |
Rashmini Paboda Sandeepani Pathirana, (born 16 January 1982) is a Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television actress. [1] [2]
Sandeepani is the daughter of Sri Lankan actress Geetha Kanthi Jayakody. [3] [4] Her aunt Rathna Lalani Jayakody and uncle Sampath Tennakoon are also well known artists in Sri Lanka. [5] [6] Popular actor Bimal Jayakody is the son of Geetha Kanthi's elder brother. Bimal is married to fellow actress Sujani Menaka. [7]
When Paboda was just five years old, she acted in the teledrama Yashorawaya with her mother Geetha Kanthi. Then they acted together in teledrama Bopath Sakkiya. After 31 years, they acted together in the 2024 film Sri Saddha. [8] [9]
She entered the film industry at a very young age with the help of his mother. [10] Though she acted in few films, she gain more attraction with television serials. In 2000, she entered Sinhala cinema with an uncredited role in the film Sanda Yahanata . Her most popular cinema acting came through Udayakantha Warnasuriya's film Bahubuthayo in which she played as the leading female antagonist with two popular actors Mahendra Perera and Rodney Warnakula.
In 2011, Paboda won the Best Actress Awards for her leading role in the television serial Pingala Danawwa at the 7th Raigam Tele'es award ceremony. [37] She also won best teledrama actress award at the 19th Sumathi Awards in 2014 for her role in television serial Boralu Para. [38]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Hodin Nathnam Narakin | ||
2000 | Sanda Yahanata | Viveka's sister | [39] |
2002 | Bahubuthayo | Tikiri | [40] |
2002 | Wekande Walauwa | Aruni | [41] |
2011 | Suseema | Suseema | [42] |
2012 | Super Six | Sulo | [43] |
2013 | Doni | Teacher (Cameo Role) | [44] |
2015 | Gindari | Tikiri / Tikri | [45] |
2022 | Gindari 2 | Tikiri | [46] |
2023 | Gajaman | Padami (voice) | [47] |
2023 | Ruhire | Kamini | [48] |
2024 | Sri Siddha | Sugula | [49] |
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