Thesara Jayawardane (Sinhala:තෙසාරා ජයවර්ධන) is a Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress, singer, dancer , television presenter, and author.
Personal life Thesara is married to Jeeth Sumedha Samarasekara. The wedding was celebrated at Eagles Lake Side Banquet & Conventional Hall in Attidiya, Ratmalana.
Beyond acting Thesara is a full-time Senior Lecturer at the University of Moratuwa and is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CASL), Edulink Campus, Imperial Institute of Higher Education, Saegis Campus and CFPS Law School.
She has won the World Prize for her academic achievements in marketing in 2012. This award was presented to her for the outstanding Performance at the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing conducted by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
Career She won OCIC / SIGNIS tele Award for Best Actress 2008 and the Best Supporting Actress Award in the State National Tele Drama Awards (Rajya Sammana Ulela) for her outstanding role as Fathima in "East is Calling". (Sinhala:නැගෙනහිර වෙරළෙන් ඇසෙනා).
Television Her maiden teledrama acting came through Athbhutha Laampuwa directed by Bennette Ratnayake.
Selected television serials
Ataka Nataka Athbhutha Laampuwa Dhawala Yamaya Hima Kandulu Kapa Nasna Samaya Kekiri Meedum Seveneli Mihidum Sihina Nagenahira Weralin Asena as Fathima Pas Mal Pethi Pathihi Rangana Vijithaya Sabanda Babanis as Simona Sabanda Eliyes as Komali Sakisanda Suwaris as Simona Samanaliyak Iki binda Sanda Biligath Raththriya Sandali Saha Radika as Radika Situ Gedara Sneha as Sakuni Wasuda
Filmography Her maiden cinema acting came through 2006 film Sihina Devduwa directed by Suresh Kumarasinghe.
Year Film Role Ref. 2006 Sihina Devduwa Natasha 2006 Ammawarune Doctor's wife 2007 Yahaluvo Meera 2008 Maan Kethiswaree 2009 Sanda Tharaka Tharushi 2010 San Sun Inn Apsara 2011 Kara & Sara Teesha 2014 Jal & Bari Inspector Nisha 2014 Sam's Story Captain Elmo's daughter 2018 Vaishnavee Laxmi's friend 2018 Nidahase Piya DS Doctor Perera
Bibliography + Year Title ISBN Notes 2011 Sanda Nodutu Tharaka (Sinhala:සඳ නොදුටු තාරකා) Sarasavi Publishers 2014 Hiru Nodutu Dedunu (Sinhala:හිරු නොදුටු දේදුනු ) Sarasavi Publishers 2013 Hunger Games (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්රීඩාව – 1 ) Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2015 Catching Fire (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්රීඩාව – 2 ) Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 2016 Mockingjay (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්රීඩාව – 3 ) Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins 2019 Kalu Samanallu (Sinhala:කළු සමනල්ලු) KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්රකාශන) 2020 Meherunnisa The Twentieth Wife (Sinhala:මෙහෙරුනීසා ද ට්වෙන්ටියත් වයිෆ්) KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්රකාශන)
References
External links Thesara Jayawardane's latest teledrama 'Sneha' all episodes on tharunaya teledrama.