Chandima Karunadasa

Chandima Karunadasa
චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස
Born (1989-02-16) 16 February 1989
Punewa, Sri Lanka
EducationMaithreepala Senanayake Central College, Medawachchiya
Alma materUniversity of Kelaniya
Occupationactress
SpouseTharindu Dissanayake
Parents
  • Karunadasa (father)
  • Ariyalatha Gnanawathi (mother)
AwardsBest Supporting Actress

Chandima Karunadasa (චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස: born 16 February 1989), is a Sri Lankan actress.[1][2] She is most notable for playing the role "Darling akka" in the popular teledrama Paara Dige .[3][4]

Personal life

She was born on 16 February 1989 in Punewa, Sri Lanka. Her father is Karunadasa and mother is Ariyalatha Gnanawathi. She completed education from Maithreepala Senanayake Central College, Medawachchiya. Then she obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and Theatre at the University of Kelaniya.[5] She has three elder sisters: Pushparani, Dulmini and Kasthuri.[6]

Karunadasa is married to Tharindu Dissanayake, an entrepreneur.

Before entering mainstream acting, she worked as an assistant lecturer for Department of Drama, Cinema and Television at the University of Kelaniya from 2015 to 2018.

Career

Karunadasa started her acting career in 2016 with the teledrama ''Bhawaharana'' directed by Janaka Chaminda. Then in the same year, she acted in the teledrama ''Nethu Addara'' by same director. However, her first breakthrough acting role came through the award winning teledrama ''Paara Dige'' directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunathan in 2021. Her role as "Darling akka" became very popular and made award nominations as well.[7] Then she acted in Sivagurunathan's other teledramas such as ''Circuskarayo'' in 2023[8] and currently in ''Jahuta''.[9] In 2020, at the Sumathi Awards, Karunadasa won the award for the Best Upcoming Actress for the role in the teledrama ''Awasan Husma Thek''. Then in 2024 at the Raigam Tele'es, she won the Raigam Tele'es Best Teledrama Supporting Actress Award for the teledrama ''Viyali''.[10] Later she won two other Supporting Actress awards for the same teledrama at the State Television Awards and Sumathi Awards in 2025.[11]

Apart from teledramas, she made a supporting role in the award-winning film ''The Newspaper (film)'' co-directed by Sarath Kothalawala and Kumara Thirimadura in 2020. In threater, she acted in the plays: ''Premawantha Kumarayo'', ''Mahasupina'' and ''Niyangala Premaya''.

In 2017, she was nominated for the best supporting actress at the National Stage Drama Festival for the play ''Silgath Billo''. In 2018, she won the award for the best lead role for the short film ''Waves Interrupted'' directed by Dimon John. Then in the same year, she won another award for the Best actress at the 7th National Youth Short Film Festival for the film ''Kaalatharana''.[12]

Teledramas

  • Bhawaharana
  • Nethu Addara
  • Bonchi Gedara Indrajala
  • Awasan Husma Thek
  • Agni Piyapath[13]
  • Sulanga Maha Meraka
  • Paara Dige
  • Mahapolowa
  • Paara Wasaa Atha
  • Circuskarayo
  • Viyali[14]
  • Jahuta[15]

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref.
2020 The Newspaper Prostitute
TBD Dari (Upcoming)
TBD Megha Warsha Playback singer

References

  1. ↑ රණසිංහ, අනුෂා (May 25, 2024). "ඒ හැඟීම පුදුමාකාර එකක් වෙනදාටත් වඩා දැන් තදින්ම දැනෙනවා: චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස". Silumina.
  2. ↑ "මේ ක්ෂේත්‍ර දෙකටම මම ගොඩාක් කැමැතියි". Aruna. 21 January 2026.
  3. ↑ admin, eLanka (2026-06-30). "CHANDIMA FROM REMOTE POONEWA TO FAME AS AWARD WINNING ACCLAIMED SOUGHT AFTER ACTRESS -by Sunil Thenabadu". eLanka. Retrieved 2026-07-07.
  4. ↑ කරුණාරත්න, දිශානි ජයමාලි (2021-12-04). "Chat with Star - චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස". SmartLady (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  5. ↑ "දැන් රඟපාල විතරක් ජීවත් වෙන්න අමාරුයි! ඒකට හුරු වෙන්න ටික කාලයක් ගියා! - Sri Lanka News Update". 2022-02-15. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  6. ↑ "The 'Dream Star' platform helped to bring out a certain quality in a design". www.ada.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  7. ↑ "ඒ හැඟීම පුදුමාකාර එකක් වෙනදාටත් වඩා දැන් තදින්ම දැනෙනවා චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස". silumina.
  8. ↑ ltd, Zelicade pvt. "Circuskarayo teledrama videos and actor details". actor.lk/index.php. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  9. ↑ yumal (2025-08-16). "නූතන ටෙලි නාට්‍යයේ ප්‍රමුඛයන් දෙදෙනෙක් එක්ව නිර්මාණය කරන 'ජහුටා' අගෝස්තු 18 සිට!". mirrorarts.lk. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  10. ↑ english, gossiplanka (2025-03-26). "කාන්තිව සම්මානයකට නිර්දේශ වීම ලොකු සතුටක්-චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස". gossiplanka.lk. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  11. ↑ Thanushika (2025-04-03). "21වැනි රයිගම් උලලෙළේ හොඳම නළුවා ප්‍රියන්ත සිරිකුමාර හොඳම නිළිය තරින්දි ප්‍රනාන්දු". සරසවිය. Retrieved 2026-06-10.
  12. ↑ english, gossiplanka (2023-09-29). "මම ආවේ වේදිකාවෙන් ඒක මට ආඩම්බරයක් - චන්දිමා කරුණාදාස". gossiplanka.lk. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  13. ↑ "කටකාරියක් වුණත් මං අහිංසකයි - Sri Lanka News Update". 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  14. ↑ "මෙගා වලට මොකද වෙන්නේ? - Sri Lanka News Update". 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2026-06-09.
  15. ↑ "හැදෑරීමක් එක්ක ආවොත් වටිනාකම වැඩියි". Mawbima.
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