Paboda Sandeepani


Rashmini Paboda Sandeepani Pathirana, is a Sri Lankan cinema, theatre and television actress.
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Background

Sandeepani is the daughter of Sri Lankan actress Geetha Kanthi Jayakody. Her aunt Rathna Lalani Jayakody and uncle Sampath Tennakoon are also well known artists in Sri Lanka. Popular actor Bimal Jayakody is the son of Geetha Kanthi's elder brother. Bimal is married to fellow actress Sujani Menaka.
When Paboda was just five years old, she acted in the teledrama Yashorawaya with her mother Geetha Kanthi.

Career

She entered the film industry at a very young age with the help of his mother. Though she acted in few films, she gain more attraction with television serials. In 2000, she entered Sinhala cinema with an uncredited role in the film Sanda Yahanata. Her most popular cinema acting came through Udayakantha Warnasuriya's film Bahubuthayo in which she played as the leading female antagonist with two popular actors Mahendra Perera and Rodney Warnakula.

Notable television works

AdarawanthayoAnanthaBopath SakkiyaBoralu ParaDaangaleDeydunu YanayaDiyaniyoEkas GinnaGini Dalu MedaHanduna Gaththoth Oba MaIsuru BawanaKasee Salu Mage Kaviya Mata Denna Mal HathaiMandaram KathawaMayura Asapuwa PabaluPem PiyawaraPeraliyaPingala DanawwaSakarma SakiSakura MalSakuge KathawaSamanala Sihinaya Sanakeliyay MayaSathmahalaSihina Genena KumariyeSivpath Rena Sooriya WachchasaThuththiriTharupabaWassanaye Hiru Evidin
  • ''Yashorawaya''

Accolades

In 2011, Paboda won the Best Actress Awards for her leading role in the television serial Pingala Danawwa at the 7th Raigam Tele'es award ceremony. She also won best teledrama actress award at the 19th Sumathi Awards in 2014 for her role in television serial Boralu Para.

Filmography

YearFilmRoleRef.
1990Hodin Nathnam Narakin
2000Sanda YahanataViveka's sister
2002BahubuthayoTikiri
2002Wekande WalauwaAruni
2011Suseema Suseema
2012Super SixSulo
2013DoniTeacher
2015GindariTikiri / Tikri
2022Gindari 2Tikiri
2023GajamanPadami
2023RuhireKamini
2024Sri SiddhaSugula