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Nadeeka Gunasekara

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Nadeeka Gunasekara
නදීකා ගුණසේකර
Born
Dissanayake Wijesuriyage Sandhya Darshani Gunasekara

(1958-05-13) May 13, 1958 (age 68)
Kandy, Sri Lanka
EducationPushpadana Girls' College, Kandy
Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy
Alma materUniversity of Kelaniya
OccupationActress Producer
Years active1980–present
SpouseSuren Hapuarachchi
ChildrenThenuki Hapuarachchi
Parent(s)Thalatha Gunasekara
Stanley Gunasekara
AwardsBest Supporting Actress
WebsiteNadeeka Gunasekara on Facebook

Dissanayake Wijesuriyage Sandhya Darshani Gunasekara (born May 13, 1958 as නදීකා ගුණසේකර) [Sinhala]), popularly known as Nadeeka Gunasekara, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television.[1] Gunasekara is best known for the character as Dan Chooty in film Chanchala Rekha by Sena Samarasinghe.[2]

Personal life

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Nadeeka Gunasekara was born on 13 May 1958 in Kandy as the eldest of the family with four siblings. Her father Stanley Gunasekara worked at Nawalapitiya post office.[3] Her mother Thalatha Gunasekara was a school teacher and a popular film actress.[4][5] She has one younger sister: Ganga and one younger brother from mother's first marriage and two younger sisters from her second marriage: Vidya and Yamuna.[6]

When she was 3 year old, they moved to Charle's de Silva flats, Nawalapitiya. She started school with Udugoda Vidyalaya, then Uduheenthanna Senadhikara Vidyalaya. Due to her father being a post officer, they had to move to several cities, where Gunasekara then studied in Gampola. In 1973, she attended to Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy and then to Vishaka Balika Vidyalaya, Bandarawela.[7] She completed A/L from art stream in Mahamaya Girls' College, Kandy.[8][3] She is a graduate of BA in Arts from the University of Kelaniya.[2][9][10]

She is married to businessman Suren Hapuarachchi and in 2004, the couple had one daughter, Thenuki Sehansa.

Acting career

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Her maiden cinematic experience came through 1980 film Kanchana directed by M.A. Sangadasa while doing A/Ls.[11] Her most popular films include Kanchana, Chanchala Rekha, Biththi Hathara and Thani Tharuwa.[12] She acted as leading actress in 19 films and has produced 2 films - Ahinsa and Aya Obata Barai. Her stage name, Nadeeka was given by Siri Kularatne.[2]

Selected television serials

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  • Ada Sihinaya[13]
  • Chanchala Rekha[14]
  • Ganga Addara Kele[15]
  • Himi Ahimi
  • Parasathu Malak[16]
  • Sandali Saha Radika [17]

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleRef.
1980KanchanaKanchana[18][19][20]
1980SinhabahuSinha Sivali[21][22]
1981BaddegamaHinnihami[23][24][25]
1981VajiraGajasinghe Arachige Vajira Laxmi Priyadarshani 'Sheela' 'Manike'[26]
1981Chanchala RekhaDan Chuti[27][28][29][30]
1982AdhistanaMangalika
1982Ridee NimnayaKusalawathie[31]
1982Sithaara
1982Yahalu YeheliyoMudithalatha[32][33][34][35]
1982Thani Tharuwa[21]
1982Biththi HatharaNandani[36][21]
1983Samanala Sihina[35]
1983Siwu Ranga SenaKamani[35][21]
1984BattiBatti[37][38]
1985Wathsala AkkaWathsala[39][40][41]
1985Doringe Sayanaya[39]
1985Kirimaduwal[39]
1987Yugayen Yugayata[42][43][44]
1987AhinsaKalpana[45]
1989Okkoma Rajawaru
1989Waradata Danduwama
1990Hondin Naththam Narakin
1990Pem Rajadahana
1991Ran HadawathaAntony's wife
1991Cheriyo DoctorMadhu
1992Yasasa
1992Oba Mata WiswasaiVasanthi / Samanthi[46]
1993ChayaSelli[47]
1993Haathi Mere Saathi
1995Rodaya
1996Sihina Vimane KumariyaNimeshika Rajapakse
1996Loku Duwa[48]
1997YasomaYasoma
1998Aya Obata BaraiKumari[47]
1999Rathu AluyamaEmilia[49]
2000Danduwama
2001Wasanthaye Kunatuwak[50]
2003Madre TeresaArchitect's companion
2003Sundarai AdareMadhura 'Madhu' Weearsinghe[51]
2004Premawanthayo[52]
2008Hathara Denama SoorayoMrs. Samarasinghe[53]
2010Viyapath Bambara[54]
2011Nidi Yahana Kelabei[55]
2011Angara DangaraJanaki Wikramasinghe[56]
2012Senasuru MaruwaAnuththara's mother[57]
2012DaruwaneVishaka, Vaijrasena's wife[58]
2014Ahelepola KumarihamiPusselle Kumarihami[59]
2015Maharaja AjasathKakawalli[60]
2015Sinahawa AtharinCameo role[61]
2016SinhayaProfessor[62]
2016Ran DedunnakShiva's mother[63]
2018Adarei Man[64]
2023Guththilacameo[65]
2023YugathraMrs.Suryabandara
2025Elada Braa[66]
TBARapist †[67]

Awards and accolades

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She has won several awards at the local film festivals.[3][2]

Unda Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1987Himi AhimiBest ActressWon

Sarasaviya Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1982 Lux Upcoming ActressWon
1985BattiBest PerformanceWon
1988AhinsaBest PerformanceWon
1994ChayaBest Supporting ActressWon

Presidential Film Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
1981BaddegamaBest Supporting ActressWon
1983Yahalu YeheliMerit AwardWon
1993ChayaBest Supporting ActressWon

References

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  1. ↑ "Sri Lankan film actresses - Nadeeka Gunasekara". National Film Corporation Of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Nadeeka—a part of the film industry". The Island. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lesser Known Facts About Nadeeka Gunasekara". Lanka Help. Retrieved 18 August 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "අම්මයි, තාත්තයි වෙන්වුණාට දරුවෝ ගැන හිතුවා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "කඩවසම් තැපැල් මහතා ළඟ කුමාරිහාමිගේ සිත නවතී". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "අම්මා ෂූටිං යද්දි තාත්තා අපි පස්දෙනාම බලා ගත්තා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "තාත්තා කළ කැපවීමේ තරම වැටහුණේ තරුණ වියේදියි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "දෛවය දෙන තීන්දු හරි පුදුමයි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "ඒ ළමයා මට මල දීලා 'මං ඔයාට ආදරෙයි' කිව්වා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "නුවර අහස යට සුළඟට ගසා ගිය පළමු පෙම". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  11. ↑ "Nadeeka Gunasekara filmography". Sinhala Cinema Database. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  12. ↑ "Nadeeka Gunasekara films". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  13. ↑ "Dilemma of a husband who goes astray". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Chanchala Rekha ready to become unspool". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  15. ↑ "'Ganga Addara Kele': A kids film". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  16. ↑ "'Parasathu Malak':bloom of sweet love". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "'Sandali Saha Radika' narrates rebirth story". Sunday Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "පළමු සිනමා රංගනය කාංචනා රූගත වෙයි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "මගේ සිනමාවේ පළමු පෙම්වතා විජය". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  20. ↑ "සන්ධ්‍යාලා දෙන්නෙක් සිනමාවට එපා කියලා අම්මා කිව්වා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "තනි තරුවේ තනියක් දැනුණේ නැහැ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "සිංහබාහු වෙනුවෙන් විඳි දුක්පීඩා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  23. ↑ "All about Beddegama". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  24. ↑ "'හින්නිහාමි' මට අභියෝගාත්මක චරිතයක්". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "එකම උලෙළකදී මට සරසවිය සම්මාන දෙකක් ලැබුණා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "දෙනෝදාහක්' ගීතය රූගත කරද්දී මම ඇත්තටම ඇඬුවා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  27. ↑ "ඇස් නැති මා නුඹේ ඇසින් ඒ ලස්සන දුටුවා ඒත් නුඹේ රුව දකිනට මදි මා පින් කෙරුවා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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  30. ↑ "එක මවු කුසයේ උපදීවා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  31. ↑ "මට 'ගුණසේකර' කියලා කතා කළේ නිහාල් අයියා විතරයි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  32. ↑ "මුදිතලතා සඳහා අධ්‍යක්ෂ සුමිත්‍රාවන්ගේ චරිතයත් මට බලපෑවා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
  33. ↑ "මුදිතලතා වගේම මං දර්ශන තලයේදීත් අසාධාරණයට එරෙහි වුණා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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  35. 1 2 3 "සම්මානිත වූ යහළු යෙහෙළි". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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  47. 1 2 "'චායා' අවසන් විනාඩි විස්සෙන් සරසවිය-ජනාධිපති සම්මාන දක්වා". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
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  49. ↑ "'Rathu Aluyama': last creation of Yasapalitha". Sunday Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  50. ↑ "'Wasanthaye Kunatuwak': Tale of passion". Sunday Times. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
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  56. ↑ "'Angara Dangara' now on screen". Sunday Times. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  57. ↑ "Senasuru Maruwa". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
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  63. ↑ "Count your rainbows". Daily News. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  64. ↑ "New year starts with a new director". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  65. ↑ "Tale of Guththila becomes a cinema". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  66. ↑ "සිනාසෙන්න නොදත් අයට: "එළඳ බ්‍රා"". Sarasaviya. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  67. ↑ "ආචාර්ය සෝමරත්න දිසානායකගේ 13 වැන්න Rapist". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
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