Thesara Jayawardane Explained

Thesara Jayawardane
Known For:	Film and teledrama actress, Singer, Dancer, TV Presenter, author, Lecturer and Senior Lecturer UOM
Education:	Phd, MPhil, Bsc(Eng.) NZ, LLB(Hons) (London), MA (Kelaniya), MCIM (UK), MSLIM (SL), AMA (USA), AMIE (SL), Dip.M (UK), Chartered Marketer (UK), Attorney-at-law(SL), Notary Public (SL), Commissioner for Oaths (SL), company secretary (SL)^[1]
Website:	FaceBook Page
Children:	Jehara, Satara^[2]
Nationality:	Sri Lankan, New Zealand citizen^[3]
Occupation:	Engineer,^[4] Actress,^[5] Author^[6]
Parents:	Amara^[7] Jayanthi^[8]

Thesara Jayawardane (Sinhala:තෙසාරා ජයවර්ධන) is a Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress,^[9] singer, dancer^[10],^[11] TV Presenter^[12] and author.^{[13] [14] [15]}

Personal life

Thesara is married to Jeeth Sumedha Samarasekara. The wedding was celebrated at Eagles Lake Side Banquet & Conventional Hall in Attidiya, Ratmalana.^[16]

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.^[17]

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).^{[18] [19]}

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).^[20]

Television

Her maiden teledrama acting came through Athbhutha Laampuwa directed by Bennette Ratnayake.

Selected television serials

• Ataka Nataka
• Athbhutha Laampuwa^[21]
• Dhawala Yamaya^[22]
• Hima Kandulu
• Kapa Nasna Samaya^[23]
• Kekiri
• Meedum Seveneli^[24]
• Mihidum Sihina^[25]
• Nagenahira Weralin Asena as Fathima^[26]
• Pas Mal Pethi
• Pathihi
• Rangana Vijithaya^[27]
• Sabanda Babanis as Simona
• Sabanda Eliyes as Komali
• Sakisanda Suwaris as Simona^[28]
• Samanaliyak Iki binda
• Sanda Biligath Raththriya
• Sandali Saha Radika as Radika^[29]
• Situ Gedara
• Sneha as Sakuni^[30]
• Wasuda

Filmography

Her maiden cinema acting came through 2006 film Sihina Devduwa directed by Suresh Kumarasinghe.^[31]

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
2006	Sihina Devduwa	Natasha	^[32]
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	^[33] ^[34]
2018	Vaishnavee	Laxmi's friend
2018	Nidahase Piya DS	Doctor Perera

Bibliography

Year	Title	ISBN	Notes
2011^[35]	Sanda Nodutu Tharaka (Sinhala:සඳ නොදුටු තාරකා)^[36]		Sarasavi Publishers
2014	Hiru Nodutu Dedunu (Sinhala:හිරු නොදුටු දේදුනු)		Sarasavi Publishers
2013	Hunger Games (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 1)
2015	Catching Fire (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 2)
2016	Mockingjay (Sinhala:කුසගිනි ක්‍රීඩාව – 3)		Sarasavi Publishers Sinhala translation of Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins^[37]
2019	Kalu Samanallu (Sinhala:කළු සමනල්ලු)		KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්‍රකාශන)^[38]
2020	Meherunnisa The Twentieth Wife (Sinhala:මෙහෙරුනීසා ද ට්වෙන්ටියත් වයිෆ්)		KBOOKS Publishing (Sinhala:කේබුක්ස් ප්‍රකාශන)^[39]

External links

• Thesara Jayawardane's latest teledrama 'Sneha' all episodes on tharunaya teledrama.

Notes and References

1. News: Dr. Thesara Jayawardane. Department of Management of Technology. 19 December 2014.
2. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Deshaya Hadasara. 29 September 2019.
3. News: Thesara emerges as top worldwide CIM postgraduate student. The Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 3 December 2012.
4. News: Bollywood brings its magic to town. The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 2003.
5. News: Thesara emerges as top worldwide CIM postgraduate student. The Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 3 December 2012.
6. News: Thesara emerges as top worldwide CIM postgraduate student. The Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 3 December 2012.
7. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Lanka Help Magazine . 7 May 2013.
8. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Lanka Help Magazine . 7 May 2013.
9. News: Thesara Jayawardane. rasaduna(Sri Lanka). 28 April 2013.
10. News: Bollywood brings its magic to town. The New Zealand Herald. 13 October 2003.
11. News: Lankan dancers on New Zealand stage. Sunday Observer(Sri Lanka). 3 November 2002.
12. News: UTHTHAMACHARA on Rupavahini every Tuesday. Daily Mirror Sri Lanka . 23 February 2006.
13. News: Hunger Games . Vijitha Yapa Bookshop(Sri Lanka). 2013.
14. News: Yahaluwo . The Sunday Times Online(Sri Lanka). 25 November 2007.
15. News: The East is Calling. The Sunday Times(Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
16. Web site: Thesara married . Sarasaviya . 11 March 2017.
17. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Lanka Help Magazine . 7 May 2013.
18. News: Thesara emerges as top worldwide CIM postgraduate student. The Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 3 December 2012.
19. News: Marketing accolade for LLB student. University of London(England). 13 December 2012.
20. News: New Arrivals. The Sunday Observer(Sri Lanka). 27 October 2013.
21. News: Multi- talented Thesera for small screen . Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
22. Web site: ‘Dhawala Yaamaya’ on Sirasa . Sunday Times . 11 September 2019.
23. Web site: ‘Kapanasna Samaya’ : A period story with an interesting theme . Sunday Times . 11 December 2019.
24. Web site: ‘Mihidum Sevaneli’: Story of an arrogant SM . Sunday Times . 4 December 2019.
25. Web site: Jeewan in action after 5 years . The Sunday Times . 24 March 2017.
26. News: The East is Calling. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 19 November 2006.
27. Web site: ‘Rangana Vijithaya’ : Suspense story . Sunday Times . 11 September 2019.
28. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Lanka Help Magazine . 7 May 2013.
29. Web site: ‘Sandali Saha Radika’ narrates rebirth story . Sunday Times . 18 August 2019.
30. News: Sneha Teledrama. LKVideos. 3 February 2014.
31. News: Sihina Dewduwa . sinhala cinema database . 2009.
32. News: Thesara Jayawardane. Lanka Help Magazine. 7 May 2013.
33. News: ‘Sam's Story’ writes Chamila's name in record book. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 9 June 2009.
34. News: Sami's Story. divaina. 28 February 2014.
35. News: Thesara launches maiden novel. Daily Mirror(Sri Lanka). 25 October 2011.
36. News: Interested books to read. Silumina(Sri Lanka). 8 September 2013.
37. News: Hunger Games 3. Sarasavi Bookshop (pvt) Ltd. 2016.
38. News: Kalu Samanallu. KBOOKS Publishing (pvt) Ltd. 2019.
39. News: The Twentieth Wife Indu Sundaresan. KBOOKS Publishing (pvt) Ltd. 2020.