Years active 1967 – present | Occupation Actress Children Chandupa Jayasinghe | |
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Full Name Warnakulasuriya Uswattha Liyanage Sabeetha Janaki Perera Spouse(s) Don Upali Jayasinghe (m. 1996) Movies Similar Yashoda Wimaladharma, Malini Fonseka, Sangeetha Weeraratne, Geetha Kumarasinghe, Dilhani Ekanayake | ||
Jeevithayata Idadenna | Sabeetha Perera | Sirasa TV | 21st September 2020
Warnakulasuriya Uswattha Liyanage Sabeetha Janaki Perera, popularly as Sabeetha Perera (born in December 1, 1962 as සබීතා පෙරේරා [Sinhala]) is an award winning Sri Lankan actress, mainly works in cinema and television. She has received a number of awards for her acting, including the Sarasaviya, OCIC, Presidential and the Swarna Shanka.
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Personal life
Sabeetha was born on 1 December 1962 as the third of the four daughters to famous actor and director W.O.L Stanley Perera and famous actress Shri Kavilakshana Panditha Koralage Girlie Gunewardane. They lived in mother's home town, Mount Lavinia in early days and attended to Visakha Montessori for primary education and then to Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo. After few years, they moved to father's home town Wennappuwa and completed her secondary education from Holy Family Convent, Wennappuwa.
Acting career
Sabeetha started her cinema career at the age of 3 years, when he played the role of daughter in her own father's film Ivasana Dana. Then she acted as the daughter of her own mother in the film Hathara Kendaraya. After the role in Yasapalitha Nanayakkara’s film `Rosy, Sabeetha staged Pakistani film career. The Sinhala titled Sadaakal Randeva which was based on the novel Never say Good Bye screened in Pakistan as Kabi Al Vidana Kena. The film became a blockbuster hit in both countries as well. This induced Pakistani film makers to introduce Sabeetha for further Pakistani films and she completed 17 Urdu films at the end.
Filmography
