Suvineetha Weerasinghe

Her father was an ex-gunman in the Army and her mother was a housewife. She started junior school at Buddhist Girls College in Mount Lavinia until grade 5 and then attended to Dehiwela Madya Maha Vidyalaya.^[3] 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 at Indigenous Medical College for a four-year course. However, while studying in the third year, Weerasinghe quit medical college and entered the cinema industry.^[3]

She was first married to the late Tissa Abeysekara, who was a renowned director in Sinhala cinema. She has one son from her second marriage with Sarath Kongahage.^[4] Her son Devinda Kongahage is also a director in Sinhala cinema.^[5]

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.^[3]

She was one of the judges reality show Guwan Prathibha Prabha in the drama category.^[12]

She contested from National List of Democratic National Alliance in 2010 General Election.^[13]

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.^[14][15]