Yashoda Wimaladharma


Yashoda Wimaladharma is a Sri Lankan actress in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television. Often referred to as the "innocent on the small screen", Wimaladharma excelled in cinema, television and theatre in a career spanning more than three decades. Through her experience in domestic and foreign cinema, she is also working as a jury member of foreign cinema festivals.

Biography

Yashoda Wimaladharma was born on 28 October 1970 in Sri Lanka to Ravilal Wimaladharma, a Hindi language lecturer at University of Kelaniya and Mallika Wimaladharma, a former dancer and school teacher. Her sister Thusitha, now a school teacher, is seven years older than Yashoda. She has a master's degree in Hindi and fluent in the language.
Wimaladharma attended St. Paul’s Girls School, Milagiriya in Colombo.

Career

She was invited to act in the teledrama Atta Bindei in 1988 directed by her uncle Bandula Vithanage. This marks the beginning of her drama career.
Yashoda made her cinema debut in 1990 from the film titled Gurugedara directed by Vijaya Dharmasiri, and also won the merit award for this film at Sarasaviya Film Festival in 1993.
Yashoda hosted her personal website on 18 June 2003 the ceremony was held at Galadari Hotel, Colombo. This was the first-ever website hosted by a Sri Lankan actress. In 1999, she made her first song lyrics titled Thugu Girikulu. The song was sung by Dayan Witharana and the music was composed by Rohana Weerasinghe.
In 2019, she became the first Sri Lanka to appointed as a judge in international film festival.

Filmography

YearFilmLanguageRole
1992Guru GedaraSinhalaNeela
1992Aacharyan MalayalamRekha
1993Le Prix d'une Femme FrenchKusum
1995MaruthayaSinhalaRenuka
1996Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's PoorEnglishSister Maria
1996Tea Garden, Music Garden, Flower GardenFrench
1996Sihina DeshayenSinhalaTheatre actress
1997Duwata Mawaka MisaSinhalaKusum
1997Iqbal ItalyFathima
1999Theertha YatraSinhalaMenaka
2000Return to BangalorePakistanRadha
2001Anantha RathriyaSinhalaNarmada
2002AgnidahayaSinhalaKirimanike
2002Kalu Sudu MalSinhalaMala
2005Guerilla MarketingSinhalaSuramya
2010Kshema BhoomiSinhalaDamayanthi
2013Samanala SandhawaniyaSinhalaPunya
2015Maharaja GemunuSinhalaQueen Dharithri
2018VaishnaveeSinhalaVaishnavi, the Tree Goddess
2018GharasarapaSinhala
2019Solar EclipseEnglish
2019AsandhimittaSinhalaVasanthi
2023GuththilaSinhalaChunna
2024SinhabahuSinhalaSuppa Devi
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