Dasun Pathirana
Dasun Pathirana (born 26 July 1985, as ) [Sinhala]), is a model and an award-winning actor in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television. He won an award at Indie Fest 2014 as best actor in a leading role. He received his first Sarasaviya award in 2018. Personal life. Pathirana was born on born 26 July 1985 and studied in Carey College, Colombo. He studied drama and acting under Mahendra Perea's academy of acting and drama. He had one younger sister, Deshani who was born in 1996. Dasun's partner is Nadeesha Hansi Dissanayake and their love story  had been a secret to the media for four years. The two has two daughters, Shaiya Lily Pathirana, born in 2018 and Shaya Lily Pathirana , born in 2019 Career. Pathirana started his career in 2002 at the age of 17. In 2004, Pathirana entered Mahendra Perera’s Academy for Acting and Drama. He performed in many Sri Lankan teledramas, films, commercials, stage dramas and music videos. He received a Best Upcoming Actor award for his role in the teledrama "Ahasin Watuna". In 2014, he was the lead in the film "Frangipani", which screened at Tasveer, the ninth Annual Seattle South  Asian Film Festival and at the BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival. His acting received positive reviews. In 2015, he played the lead in "Motor Bicycle", which won best film and best direction awards at the SAARC Film Festival. The film also won the "Cinema of tomorrow" award at the Derana Film Award Ceremony in year 2015. He received the best actor award in Derana sunsilk cinema Awards 2017 for his role "Kasun" in movie "Sayapethi Kusuma". He performed in many music videos and won the best actor in a video award in Derana music award ceremony in 2016. Awards and  accolades. Hhe has won several awards at the local stage drama, cinema and television festivals.