Nehara Pieris Rajapakse
Kumarasinghe Arachchige Dona Chrihashni Nehara Canishia Pieris (born December 21, 1988 as ) [Sinhala]), popularly as Nehara Pieris Rajapakse, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Particularly active in television, she is also a singer, dancer and a TV host. Personal life. Nehara Pieris was born on 21 December 1988. Her father is Curtis Pieris and mother is Nishanthi Pieris. She has one brother, Nehan Pieris. She completed education from St. Lawrence's School. She was married to Nirmal Perera, whom she had a long-term affair in 2008. However, they got divorce in 2011 due  to many disputes. She is then married to popular television and cinema actor Menaka Rajapakse. The wedding was celebrated on 28 January 2014 at Kingsbury Hotel, Colombo. Menaka was divorced from his first marriage and have one daughter. Career. She started to perform in advertisements in 2005 and got the opportunity to appear in the music video "Mihiraviye" sung by Shihan Mihiranga in 2007. Her maiden television acting came through "Senehasata Adare" directed by Nalan Mendis in 2007. Then she appeared in many popular television serials including "Muthu Kirilli", "Amanda" and "Ruwan Maliga". She won three awards for the most  popular actress for the same role in the serial "Muthu Kirilli". She participated to the reality show "Sirasa Dancing Stars" and won fifth place. She collaborated with the dance troupe "Torrential" and performed on 5 December 2009 at Ummul Maleeha Memorial Hall, Panadura. She presented the television musical program "Tea Party" telecast by TV Derana for three years. In 2020, she started a dancing academy "Nehara Dance Studio" at Attidiya, Dehiwala. Awards and accolades. She has won Raigam Tele'es most popular actress award for record four consecutive times from 2009 to 2012.