Dinakshie Priyasad
{{short description|Sri Lankan goddess and presenter (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Dinakshie Priyasad (සම්මාන නම් මට පේන්නම බෑ)
| image = Dinakshie P.jpg
| caption = Priyasad at an event in 2016
| native_name = දිනක්ෂි ප්රියසාද්
| birth_name = Baminnahennadige Dinakshie Priyasad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|3|18}}
| birth_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka
| nationality = Sri Lankan
| education = Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya ·
Royal Institute International School, Colombo
| alma_mater = Open University of Sri Lanka
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|TV presenter}}
| years_active = 1997 – Present
| notable_works =
| spouse = {{Marriage|Saranga Disasekara|2020}}
| children = Saranya Disasekara
| parents = Dinesh Priyasad (father)
Shiranie Priyasad (mother)
| relatives = Sheshadri Priyasad (sister)
Shanudrie Priyasad (sister)
| website =
}}
Baminnahennadige Dinakshie Priyasad (born 18 March 1990) (Sinhala: දිනක්ෂි ප්රියසාද්) is a Sri Lankan actress and television presenter.{{cite web |url=http://archives.sarasaviya.lk/2012/01/12/_art.asp?fn=sa1201122&pn=03 |title=Mother speaks about her daughter Dinakshie |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=10 November 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.silumina.lk/2024/12/07/rasanduna/30673/රූපවාහිනිය-සිනමාව-ජය-ගන්/ |title=රූපවාහිනිය-සිනමාව ජය ගන්නට සමත්: දිනක්ෂි ප්රියසාද් |date=6 December 2024 |publisher=Silumina|access-date=8 January 2025}} Priyasad made her acting debut at the age of two in the film Apaye Thathpara 84,000 directed by her father Dinesh Priyasad.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarani.lk/2017/11/09/?fn=sa17110911 |title=Home of Three Glowing Sisters |publisher=Sara |access-date=10 November 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Early life
Dinakshie Priyasad was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 18 March 1990. She is the first of three daughters for Dinesh Priyasad and Shirani Priyasad.{{cite web|url=http://www.films.lk/ArtistDetails.php?id=629|title=Artist details www.films.lk}} She and her family members are devout Catholics. Her father Dinesh is a film director, who pioneered various technologies and graphics for Sri Lankan cinema.{{cite web |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2013/10/24/?fn=sa1310241 |title=I am not making films for awards |publisher=Sarasaviya |access-date=1 November 2017}} His best known film being the 1995 action film Demodara Palama starring Gamini Fonseka.{{cite web|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/070408/TV/001tv.html|title=Demodara Palama' in memory of Gamini retrieved Sunday, 8 April 2007}} Dinakshie's mother has produced films directed by her father. Dinakshie has two younger sisters Sheshadri Priyasad and Shanudrie Priyasad, who are also actresses in Sri Lankan cinema and television.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Dinakshie attended the Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya up to the ordinary level (O/L) examination and completed her pre-university studies at the Royal Institute International School in the Maths Stream.{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.lk/2009/11/22/enter.htm#@|title= A new step into the teledrama industry, The nation paper Monday, November 29, 2010}} Thereafter, she joined the Open University of Sri Lanka and is currently studying engineering for her Bachelor's degree. She is also doing her diploma in Media and Mass Communication at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Career
Though it was in 1992 as a 2 year old that Dinakshie made her acting debut in her father's film Apaye Thathpara 84,000. Her first major acting role came 2009 in the tele drama version of Upul Shantha Sannasgala's renowned romantic novel Wassana Sihinaya. The teledrama was produced and directed by Janaka Siriwardana and Kavindya Jayasekara penned the script.{{cite web|url=http://sundaytimes.lk/090927/Magazine/sundaytimestvtimes_08.html|title=Sunday times tv times magazine 27th September 2009}}
In 2009 she was seen in the teledrama Sanda Giri Pawwa portraying the main role of a teacher in a rural area. She has stated that this was the most challenging role she has portrayed as the character was a teacher who came from extreme poverty to excel in life and the sensitive emotions involved were challenging to depict. Also, the filming was done in extremely harsh rural areas in the Kurunagala district. Her next teledrama was Hithata Wahal Weemi Sarath Kaviratne's popular picture story that appeared in the Siththara weekly in the seventies.{{cite web|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/life/132-life/23819.html|title=Daily mirror MONDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2010|access-date=7 January 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712221555/http://print.dailymirror.lk/life/132-life/23819.html|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead}} The teledrama was directed by Mohan Niyaz{{cite web|url=http://print.dailymirror.lk/life/youth-mirror/137-youth-mirror-image/31462.html|title=Hithata wahal weemi THURSDAY, 30 DECEMBER 2010 10:26|access-date=7 January 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907103052/http://print.dailymirror.lk/life/youth-mirror/137-youth-mirror-image/31462.html|archive-date=7 September 2012|url-status=dead}} where Dinakshie portrays the character of Nimmi.
In year 2019, News4masses adjudged Dinakshie as the numero uno (No. 1) among the 'Most Beautiful Actresses and Models' in Sri Lanka.{{Cite web|url=https://news4masses.com/top-most-beautiful-hottest-sri-lankan-actresses-models-n4m-list/10/|title=List Of Top Most Beautiful & Hottest Sri Lankan Actresses & Models, N4M Review|date=2019-11-20|website=news4masses (N4M)|language=en-US|access-date=2021-10-20}} Dinakshie happens to be one of the very few who rose to the top slot from the TV presenter and teledrama artists.
Dinakshie has also appeared as the lead in four music videos by the artists Tehan Perera – Unuhuma, Prabudda Geetha Ruchi – Yahamin duka kiyaganna, Doctor Band – Aya Enathura and Billy Fernando – Ra Ahase. In 2021, she was cast in Raffealla Fernando Celebrity Calendar along with many other Sri Lankan celebrities.{{Cite web |title= Rafaela's calendar changed by art stars |url=http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2021/02/18/19877/කලා-තරු-වෙනස්-කරපු-රැෆෙලාගේ-කැලැන්ඩරය |access-date=2021-02-17 |website=Sarasaviya}}
Filmography
=Films=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1992
| Apaye Tathpara 84,000 | Malini's baby Daughter | Child artist |
| 2013
| Theja | |
| 2015
|Serina |Merit awards Sarasaviya Awards, Presidential Film Awards |
| 2016
|Roshan's sister | |
| 2016
| Zoom |Naduli Stella Cooray | |
| 2020
|Sumali | |
| 2024
|Saara | |
| 2024
| | |
| 2024
| Wishma | |
| 2025
|Sachini | |
| 2025 |
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|{{pending film|italic=no| MAA }} | | |
=Selected Television Serials=
- Ammawarune
- Chanchala Rekha
- Hithata Wahal Weemi
- Konkala Doni
- Mini Gan Dela
- Oba Enna Awith Yanna
- Piyavi
- Sandagiri Pawwa
- Take Care as Menaka
- Wes
- Yaya 4
- Loka
- Paradise
- Oba enna awith yanna
= Webseries =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Channel ! |
| 2023
|Under one Roof |MCC Prime | |
References
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External links
- https://t.me/Dinakshielive
- [http://www.slmdb.com/DinakshiePriyasad/ Dinakshie Priyasad TV & Movie info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211091258/http://slmdb.com/DinakshiePriyasad |date=11 December 2012 }} on Sri Lankan Movie Database
- [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2018/07/11/?fn=sa18071111 දෙරණ ස්ටාර් සිටි 20 – 20 ජය අක්කානගෝට]
- [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/stage-dramas/2019/01/17/2356/%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%82%E0%B6%9C-%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%82%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%91%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80-%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%93%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%A7-%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%BD%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%8A සාරංග ඩිනක්ෂි එක්ව පොලීසියට පැමිණිල්ලක්]
- [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2020/06/04/17701/සාරංගයි-ඩිනක්ෂියි-මොකක්ද-මේ-ආරවුල සාරංගයි ඩිනක්ෂියි මොකක්ද මේ ආරවුල]
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