Suvineetha Weerasinghe
Suvineetha Weerasinghe (born May 19, 1947 as ) [Sinhala]), is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema theater and television. Highly versatile actress with a career spanning more than five decades, Weerasinghe has portrayed many critically acclaimed films such as "Sikuruliya", "Welikathara", "Yuganthaya" and "Sudo Sudu". Personal life. Her father was an ex-gunman at the Army and mother was a housewife. She started junior school with Buddhist Girls College in Mount Lavinia until grade 5 and then attended to Dehiwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya. At the school, she was an athlete and a strong netball shooter. She also completed all  three stages of Kandyan dancing at school times. After finishing school, she enrolled with Indigenous Medical College for a four-year course. However, while studying at third year, Weerasinghe quit from medical college and entered cinema industry. She was first married to late Tissa Abeysekara, who was a renowned director in Sinhala cinema. She has one son from her second marriage with Sarath Kongahage. Her son Devinda Kongahage is also a director in Sinhala cinema. Acting career. In television, she acted in some critically acclaimed serials such as H. D. Premaratne's "Sandun Gira Gini Ganee" and Dharmasena Pathiraja's  adaptation of Anton Chekhov's "Lady with the Little Dog". Beyond acting. She was one of the judges reality show "Guwan Prathibha Prabha" in drama category. She contested from National List of Democratic National Alliance in 2010 General Election. Filmography. Her maiden cinematic experience came through 1962 film "Suhada Divi Piduma", directed by Robin Tampoe. Some of her popular films are "Sudo Sudu", "Sikuruliya" "Anupama" and "Welikathara".