Suvineetha Weerasinghe
{{short description|Sri Lankan actress}}
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|name = Suvineetha Weerasinghe
සුවිනීතා වීරසිංහ
|other_names = Suvineetha Abeysekera
Suvineetha Kongahage
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|5|19|mf=yes}}
|birth_name = Suvineetha Weerasinghe
|birth_place = Dehiwala
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|nationality = Sri Lankan
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|years_active = 1962–present
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|spouse = Tissa Abeysekara
Sarath Kongahage
|children = Devinda Kongahage
|awards = Merit Award
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|occupation = Actress
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Suvineetha Weerasinghe (born May 19, 1947 as සුවිනීතා වීරසිංහ) [Sinhala]), is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema{{cite web | url=https://rateyourmusic.com/films/suwineetha_weerasinghe/ | title=Suwineetha Weerasinghe | publisher=Rate Your Music | access-date=16 August 2016}} theater and television. Highly versatile actress with a career spanning more than five decades, Weerasinghe has portrayed many critically acclaimed films such as Sikuruliya, Welikathara, Yuganthaya and Sudo Sudu.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Swineetha-Weerasinghe-Reflections-on-an-open-canvas--140931.html| title=Swineetha Weerasinghe: Reflections on an open canvas | publisher=Daily Mirror | access-date=16 August 2016}}
Personal life
Her father was an ex-gunman in the Army and her mother was a housewife. She started junior school at Buddhist Girls College in Mount Lavinia until grade 5 and then attended to Dehiwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2015/12/02/features/suvineetha-weerasinghe-opens-her-heart | title=Suvineetha Weerasinghe opens her heart | work=Daily News| access-date=9 August 2018}} At the school, she was an athlete and a strong netball shooter. She also completed all three stages of Kandyan dancing at school times. After finishing school, she enrolled at Indigenous Medical College for a four-year course. However, while studying in the third year, Weerasinghe quit medical college and entered the cinema industry.
She was first married to the late Tissa Abeysekara, who was a renowned director in Sinhala cinema. She has one son from her second marriage with Sarath Kongahage.{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160306/magazine/raising-the-bar-for-the-local-cinema-industry-184945.html | title=Raising the bar for the local cinema industry | publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 August 2016}} Her son Devinda Kongahage is also a director in Sinhala cinema.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2015/12/23/features/enter-1760 | title=Enter 1760 | work=Daily News | access-date=16 August 2016}}
Acting career
In television, she acted in some critically acclaimed serials such as H. D. Premaratne's Sandun Gira Gini Ganee and Dharmasena Pathiraja's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Lady with the Little Dog.
=Selected television serials=
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- Bim Kaluwara{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/000507/tv.html | title=Bim Kaluwara: The story of environmental change | publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 August 2016}}
- Kaluwara Anduna{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/011223/tv.html | title=Story of a village in turmoil | publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 August 2019}}
- Nonimi Yathra {{cite web |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/041107/tv/3.html |title=A voyage from here to eternity |publisher=Sunday times |access-date=17 November 2017}}
- Piniwassa{{cite web | url=https://www.nation.lk/2008/07/27/enter2.htm | title=" Piniwassa" – a tale of love, intrigue and tragedy | publisher=The Nation | access-date=16 August 2016}}
- Ran Dalambuwo{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/021117/tv/3.html | title='Ran Dalambuwo' on Rupavahini | publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 August 2016}}
- Sandun Giri Gini Ganee
- Wansakkarayo{{cite web | url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/070715/TV/tv_8.html | title='Wansakkarayo' exposes evils of politics | publisher=Sunday Times | access-date=16 August 2019}}
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Beyond acting
She was one of the judges reality show Guwan Prathibha Prabha in the drama category.{{cite web | url=https://www.airforce.lk/news.php?news=1218 | title=Semi Finals of 'Guwan Prathibha Prabha – 2012' | publisher=Airforce | access-date=16 August 2016}}
She contested from National List of Democratic National Alliance in 2010 General Election.{{cite web | url=http://www.island.lk/2010/02/28/news18.html | title=UNP includes 15 minority members – more than UPFA's 8 in its National List | publisher=The Island | access-date=16 August 2016}}
Filmography
Her maiden cinematic experience came through 1962 film Suhada Divi Piduma, directed by Robin Tampoe. Some of her popular films are Sudo Sudu, Sikuruliya Anupama and Welikathara.{{cite web | url=http://www.films.lk/sinhala-cinema-artist-suvineetha-weerasinghe-579.html | title=Suvineetha Weerasinghe filmography | publisher=Sinhala Cinema Database | access-date=16 August 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917410/ | title=Suvineetha Weerasinghe filmography | publisher=IMDb | access-date=16 August 2016}}
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Awards
=[[Presidential Film Awards]]=
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|| 1985 ||| Sathi Pooja || Merit Award{{cite web |url=http://www.nfc.gov.lk/presidential_awards_details.php?year=1985 |title=Presidential Film Awards - 1985 |publisher=National Film Corporation |access-date=11 March 2017}} || {{won}}
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References
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External links
- [http://gossip.hirufm.lk/28619/2018/12/suvinitha-weerasinghe.html සුවිනීතා වීරසිංහ - Suvinitha Weerasinghe]
- [https://alt.army.lk/sfkilinochchi/content/distribution-spectacles-needy-people Distribution of spectacles for needy people]
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