Himali Sayurangi Explained
Himali Sayurangi හිමාලි සයුරංගි |
Birth Name: | Himali Sayurangi Ranaweera |
Birth Date: | 1979 7, df=yes |
Nationality: | Sri Lankan |
Height: | 5ft 4in |
Education: | Anula Vidyalaya |
Years Active: | 2003–present |
Spouse: | Asanga Jayalath (m. 2012) |
Children: | 1 |
Awards: | Best Actress Best Upcoming Actress |
Occupation: | Actress |
Himali Sayurangi Ranaweera (born 18 July 1979 as හිමාලි සයුරංගි) [<nowiki/>[[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]]), is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.[1] She is best known for the role as Udeni in popular television serial Deveni Inima. She started her artistic career as a presenter and later joined the film industry. She has also excelled in dance, singing and dubbing [2]
Personal life
She was born on 18 July 1979 as the second of the family. She has one elder brother and one younger brother. Younger brother worked in the computer department of a television channel. Her father worked at the Insurance Corporation and mother is a housewife.[3] She completed education from Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda.[4]
Sayurangi is married to Asanga Jayalath where the wedding was celebrated on 1 March 2012 at Cinnamon Lakeside hotel in Colombo.[5] The couple has one daughter, Vanuji Senalya who was born in 2013. Asanga is the owner of an advertising agency called Adland Advertising.[6] [7] Sayurangi first met Asanga during a radio play where the bond later become strong during the shooting of Amaa teledrama.[8]
Career
She entered Lama Pitiya in Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation at the little age and became a radio presenter. Before entering acting, she worked as a television presenter in Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation and hosted the programs Pehebara Ahasa, Nadun Uyana and Nuga Sevana for four years.[9] [10]
Her maiden acting came through the television serial Vaadiya directed by Herbert Ranjith Peiris at the age of 11. She got this opportunity with the help of fellow actress Surangi Ruwanmali.[11]
Her first mega teledrama acting came through Adaraneeya Poornima. In 2016, she joined the mega teledrama Deveni Inima. The serial gained enormous popularity and won several awards at local television festivals.[12] Sayurangi played as the mother "Udeni" of "Anuhas", a courageous woman abandoned by his love "Ravi" during her pregnancy.[13] [14]
Her maiden cinematic experience came through a minor role in 2009 film Ekamath Eka Rateka, directed by Sanath Gunathilake. However, her first screened film is 2007 blockbuster Sikuru Hathe.[15] She won the Sarasaviya award for the best upcoming actress for her role "Samanmali" in the film. Prior to that, she won the Raigam merit award for the television serial Isuru Giri Tharanaya. For about ten years, she played the girlfriend character in many television serials.[16]
Sayurangi is an A-grade artist in Radio, where she rendered her voice for many radio commercials and radio plays. She was first involved in the stage play Mayadevi by K. B. Herath. After that she joined the stage play Daskon which was only shown in Australia. She only acted in these two stage plays. After more than 6 years, Sayurangi made the cinema appearance in the tragic film Tsunami directed by Somaratne Dissanayake. She played the role "Sriyani", a mother who lost the child from 2004 Tsunami.[17] In 2019, she joined the radio play Adara Wedilla produced by Sirasa FM.[18]
She also contested in the reality show Mega Star under the team "Sooryans" led by Yureni Noshika.[19] [20] In 2021, he appeared in the musical megadrama Divi Thura.[21] In the same year, she won the Best Actress award at the Borden International Film Festival in Sweden for the television serial Govi Thaththa directed by Dharshana Ruwan Dissanayake.
Selected television serials
- 4chun Residencies
- Adaraneeya Poornima
- Amaa
- Deveni Inima
- Diriya Doni [22]
- Divithura [23]
- Govi Thaththa [24]
- Isira Bhawana
- Isuru Giri Tharanaya
- Kaviya Numba
- Lokki [25]
- Mama Nemei Mama [26]
- Maya Manthri
- Meedum Amma
- Minigan Dela [27]
- Oba Kawda
- Praana
- Sansara Sakmana
- Sapiriwara [28]
- Sillara Kasi
- Sonduru Sithaththi [29]
- Thaksalawa [30]
Filmography
Awards
Rupavahini State Drama Festival
|-|| 2008 ||| Sikuru Hathe || Best Upcoming Actress ||
|-|| 2010 ||| Sikuru Hathe || Best Upcoming Actress[38] ||
SIGNIS Awards
|-|| 2011 ||| Thaksalava || Creative Supporting Actress [39] ||
|-|| 2016 ||| Thaksalawa || Best Actress[40] || |-|| 2016 ||| Kaviya Numba || Merit Award[41] ||
Rupavahini State Drama Festival
|-|| 2016 ||| Kaviya Numba || Best Actress [42] ||
|-|| 2020 ||| Nominating three consecutive times
for best actress category || Appreciation award [43] ||
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: May be girlfriend for a while longer . Divaina . 13 July 2020 . 4 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190804031429/http://www.divaina.com/2011/07/24/cineart05.html . dead .
- Web site: It is difficult to maintain popularity - Himali Sayurangi . Dinamina . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: I'm not really a girlfriend - Himali Sayurangi . Ada Derana . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Himali Sayurangi wedding . lankanstuff . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Himali weds Asanga . Daily Mirror . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Himali Sayurangi is getting married today . Hiru Gossip . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Himali Sayurangi, who plays beautiful characters, has become disfigured . sathhanda . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Asanka is a Good Person . lkactress . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: In life, I'm very happy - Himali Sayurangi . Lankadeepa . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Gossips are not true . lkactress . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: I received lot of opportunities - Himali Sayurangi . Aruna . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: My daughter does not like me to cry while acting - Himali Sayurangi . Nawrata News . 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713155032/https://www.mawratanews.lk/heart/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%82-%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%9F%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92-%E0%B6%85%E0%B6%AC%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%A7-%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%94%E0%B7%80-%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%90%E0%B6%B8 . dead .
- Web site: The unspoken story of Himali . lankahitgossip . 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713200344/http://sinhala.lankahitgossip.com/2019/10/14/himali-noki-kathawa/ . dead .
- Web site: Everyone asks why she became the mother of such an eldest son - Himali Sayurangi . etthawitthi . 13 July 2020 . 13 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713155031/https://www.sinhala.etthawitthi.com/aththa-gossip/himali-sayurangi . dead .
- Web site: Himali Sayurangi filmography . Sinhala Cinema Database. 13 July 2020.
- Web site: "I'll keep him close to me somehow. It's sad to be away from him." - Himali Sayurangi . Tharunaya . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: The beautiful experience of the film Tsunami . Divaina . 13 July 2020 . 2020-07-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200713155032/https://divaina.com/sunday/index.php/mee/33-atambula-9/6064-2018-09-27-08-07-32 . dead .
- Web site: Played the role of mother from an early age - Himali Sayurangi . Saaravita . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Chat with Himali Sayurangi . gossiplankahotnews . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Team Sooryans - Himali Sayurangi - හිමාලි සයුරංගි. Hiru TV . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: I was not degraded because of Udeni -Himali Sayurangi . 2021-05-06 . Sarasaviya.
- Web site: Dee Ga brings 'Daring Daughter' . Daily News . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: 'Divi Thura' from tomorrow . 2021-04-12 . Sarasaviya.
- Web site: Govi Thaththa . Govi Thaththa official website . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: No one has seen my evil . gossiplankahotnews . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Nalan Mendis teledramas . Nalan Mendis official website . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Special occasions at the Minigandela Muhurath Festival . mirrorarts . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Humanity brought out in 'Sapiriwara' . Daily News . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Sonduru Sithaththi සොඳුරැ සිතැත්ති . toranavideo . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Ananda makes 'Thaksalawa' . Sunday Observer . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: 'Sikuru Hathe' ready for release in August . Sunday Times . 11 December 2019.
- Web site: Sanath ventures to filmmaking with a French fiction . Sunday Times . 16 December 2019.
- Web site: 'Kanyavi' salutes the role of woman . Sunday Times . 16 December 2019.
- Web site: Tale of a fisherwoman and an army son . Sarasaviya . 17 November 2017.
- Web site: On 'Wings of Illusion' . Daily News . 11 March 2017.
- Web site: Love in the time of Tsunami . Daily News . 31 October 2019.
- Web site: Memorable moments from the 'Mandara' muhurath. Daily Mirror . 13 July 2020.
- News: Spectrum Sundayobserver.lk - Sri Lanka. archives.sundayobserver.lk.
- Web site: Damitha and Mahendra shine @ SIGNIS awards . Daily Mirror . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: 'Thaksalawa' tops Sumathi awards. The Sunday Times.
- Web site: Sumathi Awards 2016. Ceylon Today. 2020-07-13. 2017-08-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20170805101111/http://www.ceylontoday.lk/article20160701CT20161030.php?id=1769. dead.
- Web site: 27 awards for national television . Sri Lanka Mirror . 13 July 2020.
- Web site: Shalani becomes the brightest star and wins both Raigam Awards - Here are the complete winners . True News . 25 September 2020.