Yashoda Wimaladharma (Sinhala: යශෝධා විමලධර්ම) is a Sri Lankan actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Often referred to as the "innocent on the small screen", Wimaladharma excelled in cinema, television and theatre in a career spanning more than three decades. Through her experience in domestic and foreign cinema, she is also working as a jury member of foreign cinema festivals.
Biography Yashoda Wimaladharma was born on 28 October 1970 in Sri Lanka to Ravilal Wimaladharma, a Hindi language lecturer at University of Kelaniya and Mallika Wimaladharma, a former dancer and school teacher. Her sister Thusitha, now a school teacher, is seven years older than Yashoda. She has a master's degree in Hindi and fluent in the language.
Wimaladharma attended St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya in Colombo.
Career She was invited to act in the teledrama Atta Bindei in 1988 directed by her uncle Bandula Vithanage. This marks the beginning of her drama career. Yashoda made her cinema debut in 1990 from the film titled Gurugedara (Teacher's home) directed by Vijaya Dharmasiri, and also won the merit award for this film at Sarasaviya Film Festival in 1993.
Yashoda hosted her personal website (www.yashodaw.com) on 18 June 2003 the ceremony was held at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. This was the first-ever website hosted by a Sri Lankan actress. In 1999, she made her first song lyrics titled Thugu Girikulu. The song was sung by Dayan Witharana and the music was composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.
In 2019, she became the first Sri Lanka to appointed as a judge in international film festival.
Filmography
Year Film Language Role 1992 Guru Gedara Sinhala Neela1992 Aacharyan (Guru) Malayalam Rekha 1993 Le Prix d'une Femme (The price of a woman) French Kusum1995 Maruthaya Sinhala Renuka1996 Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor English Sister Maria1996 Tea Garden, Music Garden, Flower Garden French 1996 Sihina Deshayen Sinhala Theatre actress1997 Duwata Mawaka Misa Sinhala Kusum1997 Iqbal (Carpet weaver) Italy Fathima1999 Theertha Yatra Sinhala Menaka2000 Return to Bangalore Pakistan Radha2001 Anantha Rathriya Sinhala Narmada2002 Agnidahaya Sinhala Kirimanike2002 Kalu Sudu Mal Sinhala Mala2005 Guerilla Marketing Sinhala Suramya2010 Kshema Bhoomi Sinhala Damayanthi2013 Samanala Sandhawaniya Sinhala Punya2015 Maharaja Gemunu Sinhala Queen Dharithri2018 Vaishnavee Sinhala Vaishnavi, the Tree Goddess2018 Gharasarapa Sinhala 2019 Solar Eclipse English 2019 Asandhimitta Sinhala Vasanthi 2023 Guththila Sinhala Chunna2024 Sinhabahu Sinhala Suppa Devi English
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Personal Website යශෝධා විමලධර්මගෙන් කාන්තා පරපුරට අගනා දායාදයක් පාර ක්ලියර් -නිවැරදිව යමු තණමල්විල කොල්ලෙක් ගැන යශෝධා සමඟ කතාවක්