Dilhani Ekanayake

Dilhani Ekanayake

දිල්හානි ඒකනායක

Full Name: Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake Born 20 January 1973

20 January 1973

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NameDilhani Ekanayake
Sinhala Nameදිල්හානි ඒකනායක
Full NameDilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake
Born20 January 1973

Biography

Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress.

PERSONAL LIFE

Dilhani studied at St Clare's girls school ,Colombo. She is married to singer and actor Priyankara Perera son of famous singer Milton Perera. She has a son aged 13.Sinhala film industry slumped in the face of stiff competition from Bollywood and resurgence of Tele Drama industry. Dilhani is one of the few who contributed immensely towards keeping Sinhala cinema afloat. Her early roles were confined to commercial films. Her ability to dance and her trade mark smile captivated the audiences. She is known as "SRI DEVI" of sri lanka, (Sri devi is a popular south Indian actress famed for her dancing). Her carrier hit a different trail with her role as an abandoned Tamil girl in the film "Me Mage Sandai" (This is my moon) by Ashoka Handagama. This serious role paved the way for other remarkable performances in "SUDU KALU SAHA ALU" (shades of Grey), "Mage wam atha" (my left Hand) and "Sulanga" (wind). She has also starred in several Tele Dramas of which "Maya Ranga" and "Meeduma" stand out. She plays a major role in the sri lankan movie star show "Ridee Reyak", which is a very popular annual event in sri lanka.

CAREER

Dilhani made her cinema debut in 1989 from the film titled Dedunnen Samanaliyak directed by Yasapalitha Nanayakkara.

She won the Sarasaviya Best Actress Award in 2005 at the Sarasaviya Film Festival Sri Lanka.

Also she made some notable roles in Mage Wam atha , Sulanga, Me Mage Sandai, Sudu Kalu Saha Alu, Pem Kekula (comedy), Maya Ranga (teledrama) also her latest performance in Dhawala Doowili.

Awards

National Awards

1 Best Actress Dharma Yuddhaya - 2017 6th Derana Film Awards 2018 - 2018
2 Most Popular Actress 3rd Derana Film Awards 2015 - 2015
3 Best Actress (Swarna Sammana) Gamani - 2011 36th SIGNIS Awards - 2012
4 Best Actress Gamani - 2011 1st Derana Film Awards 2012 - 2012
5 Best Actress Sudu Kalu Saha Alu - 2005 31st Sarasaviya Awards - 2006 - 2006
6 Best Actress [2nd] Me Mage Sandai - 2001 28th OCIC and UNDA Award Ceremony 2002 - 2002
7 Best Performance Award Chaya Maya - 1993 22nd Sarasaviya Awards - 1994 - 1994
8 Famous Actress 20th Sarasaviya Awards - 1992 - 1992
9 Best Upcoming Actress Dedunnen Samanaliyak - 1990 19th Sarasaviya Awards - 1991 - 1991

As a Cast

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 6821990 Dedunnen Samanaliyak දේදුන්නෙන් සමනලියක් Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
2 7001991 Weda Barinam Wedak naha වැඩ බැරිනම් වැඩක් නෑ Actress Upali Piyarathna
3 7061991 Asai Bayai ආසයි බයයි Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
4 7101991 Love In Bangkok ලව් ඉන් බැංකොක් Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
5 7171991 Dhanaya ධනය Main Actress Ananda Wickramasinghe
6 7241992 Jaya Sri Wey Kumariya ජය ශ්‍රී වේ කුමරියේ Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
7 7321992 Malsara Doni මල්සර දෝනි Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
8 7331992 Chandi Rajina චන්ඩි රැජින Actress Sunil Soma Peiris
9 7411992 Suranimala සුරනිමල Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
10 7421992 Kulageya කුලගෙය Actress H.D. Premarathna
11 7531993 Prathingya ප්‍රතිඥා Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
12 7541993 Sasara Serisaranathek Oba Mage සසර සැරිසරනතෙක් ඔබ මගේ Actress Ananda Wickramasinghe
13 7561993 Mevila Penevi Rupe මැවිලා පෙනේවි රූපේ Main Actress Alaric Lionel Fernando
14 7601993 Chaya Maya චායා මායා Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
15 7621993 Jeewan Malli ජීවන් මල්ලි Main Actress Roy De Silva
16 7651993 Sandarekha සඳරේඛා Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
17 7711993 Soora Veera Chandiyoo සූර වීර චන්ඩියෝ Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
18 7751994 Ekada Wahi එකදා වැහි Main Actress Parakrama Jayasinghe
19 7771994 Jayagrahanaya ජයග්‍රහණය Actress Samson Kumarage
20 7821994 Nohadan Landune නොහඩන් ළඳුනේ Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
21 7891994 Okkoma Hodatai ඔක්කොම හොඳටයි Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
22 7931994 Sudu Piruvata සුදු පිරුවට Actress Roy De Silva
23 7941994 Love 94 ලව් 94 Actress Roy De Silva
24 8021995 Vijey Saha Ajey විජේ සහ අජේ Actress Roy De Silva
25 8061995 Pudumai Eth Aththai පුදුමයි ඒත් ඇත්තයි Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
26 8161995 Edath Chandiya Adath Chandiya එදත් චන්ඩියා අදත් චන්ඩියා Main Actress V. Siwadasan
27 8211995 Dalulana Gini දළුලන ගිනි Main Actress Aleric Lionel Fernando
28 8361996 Sabe Mithura සබේ මිතුරා Actress Upali Piyarathna, Sherly P.Wijerathna
29 8431996 Cheriyo Darling චෙරියෝ ඩාලින් Main Actress Roy De Silva
30 8451996 Maduree මදුරී Actress K.A.W. Perera
31 8531997 Ramba Saha Madhu රඹා සහ මධු Main Actress Roy De Silva
32 8611997 Pem Mal Mala පෙම් මල් මාලා Main Actress Bandu Samarasinghe
33 8881999 Re Ru රෑ රූ Actress Jayasekara Aponsu
34 8921999 Rathu Aluyama රතු අලුයම Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
35 8981999 Kolompoor කොලොම්පූර් Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
36 9021999 Koti Sana කොටි සනා Actress Ranjith Siriwardhana
37 9031999 Seetha Sameere සීත සමීරේ Actress Danny W. Pathirana
38 9061999 Nagaran නගරන් Main Actress Nishantha De Alwis
39 9222000 Pem Kekula පෙම් කැකුල Main Actress Roy De Silva
40 9262001 Jack and Jill ජැක් ඇන්ඩ් ජිල් Main Actress Dharmashri Wickramasinghe
41 9272001 Kolamba Koloppan කොළඹ කොලොප්පන් Main Actress Niroshan Deshapriya
42 9382001 Me Mage Sandai මේ මගේ සඳයි Main Actress Asoka Handagama
43 9492001 Sellam Kukka සෙල්ලම් කුක්කා Main Actress Louie Vanderstraeten
44 9542002 Seethala Gini Kandu සීතල ගිනි කඳු Actress Daya Wimalaweera
45 9552002 Pissu Double පිස්සු ඩබල් Main Actress Sunil Soma Peiris, Sudesh Wasantha Pieris
46 9562002 Kalu Sudu Mal කළු සුදු මල් Main Actress Mohan Niyaz
47 9572002 Cheriyo Holman චෙරියෝ හොල්මන් Main Actress Parakrama Jayasinghe
48 9622002 Thahanam Gaha තහනම් ගහ Main Actress Christy Shelton Fernando
49 9662002 Mage Wam Atha මගේ වම අත Main Actress Linton Semage
50 9722002 Surapurata Kanyaviyak සුරපුරට කන්‍යාවියක් Main Actress Mario Jayathunga
51 9782003 Sundarai Adare සුන්දරයි ආදරේ Main Actress Upali Piyarathna
52 9922003 Sonduru Dadabima සොඳුරු දඩබිම Main Actress Anura Horeshas
53 9992003 Sudu Salu සුදු සළු Actress Gamini Lakshman Fernando
54 10012003 Hitha Honda Pisso හිත හොඳ පිස්සෝ Main Actress Sunil Soma Peiris
55 10062004 Bambara Senakeli බඹර සැණකෙළි Main Actress Nishantha De Alwis
56 10092004 Re Daniel Dawal Migel 3 රෑ දනියෙක් දවල් මිගෙල් 3 Main Actress Roy De Silva
57 10152004 Ohoma Harida ඔහොම හරිද Main Actress Sunil Soma Peiris
58 10182004 Samawenna Maa Raththarane සමාවෙන්න මා රත්තරනේ Main Actress Kandapola Kumarathunga
59 10192004 Mille Soya මිල්ලේ සොයා Actress Boodee Keerthisena
60 10202004 Rajjumala රජ්ජුමාලා Main Actress Anura Chandrasiri
61 10342005 Sudu Kalu Saha Alu සුදු කළු සහ අළු Main Actress Sudath Mahadivulwewa
62 10372005 Sulanga සුළඟ Main Actress Bennett Ratnayake
63 10452006 Naaga Kanya නාග කන්‍යා Main Actress -
64 10502006 Nilambare නිලම්බරේ Main Actress Kelum Palitha Maheerathna
65 10602006 Kurulu Pihatu කුරුළු පිහාටු Main Actress Sumith Kumara
66 10812008 Siri Raja Siri සිරි රජ සිරි Actress Somaratne Dissanayake
67 10872008 Pitasakwala Kumarayai Pancho Hathai පිටසක්වල කුමාරයයි පැංචෝ හතයි Main Actress Sirimal Wijesingha
68 11012009 Sinasuna Adaren සිනාසුනා ආදරෙන් Actress Eranga Senarathna
69 11062009 Akasa Kusum ආකාස කුසුම් Main Actress Prasanna Vithanage
70 11282011 Sinhawalokanaya සිංහාවලෝකනය Actress Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa
71 11352011 Mahindagamanaya මහින්දාගමනය Main Actress Sanath Abeysekara
72 11382011 Gamani ගාමණී Main Actress Sarath Weerasekara
73 11442011 Thank You Berty තැනක් යු බර්ටි Main Actress Tennyson Cooray
74 11802014 Siri Daladagamanaya සිරි දළදා ගමනය Main Actress Sanath Abeysekara
75 11872014 Parapura පරපුර Actress Cleatus Mendis
76 11892014 Que Sera කේ සේරා Main Actress Parakrama Jayasinghe
77 12002015 Spandana ස්පන්දන Actress Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa
78 12132015 Lantin Singho ලැන්ටින් සින්නෝ Main Actress Anura Mahendra
79 12432017 Aloko Udapadi ආලෝකෝ උදපාදී Main Actress Baratha Gihan Hettiarachchi, Chithra Weeraman
80 12472017 Kota Uda Express කොට උඩ එක්ස්ප්‍රස් Main Actress A.A. Junaideen
81 12562017 Heena Hoyana Samanallu හීන හොයන සමනල්ලු Main Actress Rohan Perera
82 12592017 Dharma Yuddhaya ධර්මයුද්ධය Main Actress Cheyyar Ravi
83 12652017 5 Samath 5 සමත් Main Actress Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan
84 12742018 Seya සේයා Actress Kalyana Chandrasekara
85 12952019 Ginnen Upan Seethala ගින්නෙන් උපන් සීතල Actress Anurudda Jayasinghe
86 13032019 Weli Pawuru වැලි පවුර Main Actress Sunil Premarathna
87 13052019 Suba Theraniyo සුභා තෙරණියෝ Actress Sumith Kumara
88 13182019 Reload රීලෝඩ් Main Actress Susantha Dharmapriya
89 13382021 Uthuru Sulanga උතුරු සුළඟ Actress Chamara Janaraj Peiris
90 13442021 Jangi Hora ජංගි හොරා Main Actress Somaratne Dissanayake
91 13492022 Happy Birthday Main Actress Aruna Jayawardana
92 13532022 Ae ඈ Actress Eranga Senarathna
93 13712023 Deveni Yuddhaya දෙවැනි යුද්ධය Hon Appearance V. Siwadasan
94 13872023 Ape Principal අපේ ප්‍රින්සිපල් Main Actress Chris Antony
95 13952024 Minnu මින්නු Actress Asoka Athaudahetti
96 14212024 Gautama Buddha Matha ගෞතම බුද්ධ මාතා Actress Sunil Ariyaratne
97 14232025 Rosa Adare රෝස ආදරේ Actress Harsha Udakanda
98 14302025 Nelum Kuluna නෙළුම් කුළුණ Actress Ilango Rama
99 14332025 Walampuri-new වාලම්පුරි (නව ) Main Actress Lakmal Dharmaratne
100 14392025 Soorya සූර්යා Actress Mahesh Munasinghe
101 14412025 Mother Lanka මදර් ලංකා Actress Anusha Sanjeewa Edirimuni
102 14522026 Father ෆාදර් Actress Chaminda Jayasuriya
103 14532026 Dharmayuddhaya 2 ධර්මයුද්ධය 2 Main Actress Aruna Jayawardana
104 14562026 Sura Detuwo සුර දෙටුවෝ Actress Lakmal Weerasiri

Upcoming Films

#Film RoleDirector
1 Doni Amaya දෝනි අමායා Actress Keerthi Bandara
2 Oluwa Japan Kanda German ඔළුව ජපන් කඳ ජර්මන් Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
3 Manussakama මනුස්සකම Main Actress -
4 Suragana Main Actress Jayantha Das Perera
5 Thanapathilage gedara තානාපතිලාගේ ගෙදර Actress Nalin Mapitiya
6 BEND IN THE COFFIN Actress Ilango Rama
7 Thawath Ek Adara Kathawak තවත් එක් ආදර කතාවක් Actress Sripali Hettiarachchi
8 Kuna කුණා Actress Pubudu Chaturanga
9 Magam Soli මාගම් සෝලි Actress Chaminda Ilukwela
10 Pashchima Yamaya පශ්චිම යාමය Main Actress Samantha Wijekoon
Priyankara Perera
Husband Priyankara Perera ප්‍රියංකර පෙරේරා