Anarkali Aakarsha
Born
Anarkalli Janina Jayatilaka Aakarssha

(1987-07-12) 12 July 1987
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Occupation(s)Actress, model, politician
Years active1995–present
AwardsSarasaviya Most Popular Actress Award (2004), Presidential Award for performance in Anjalika (2005) Derena LUX Film award most popular actress (2012) & Miss Sri Lanka (2004)
Websitewww.anarkalli.com

Anarkali Akarsha (Sinhala: අනර්කලී ආකර්ෂා;born 12 July 1987 as Anarkali Janina Jayatilaka) is a Sri Lankan actress, model, former politician and beauty pageant titleholder.[1] She was crowned Miss Sri Lanka 2004 and represented Sri Lanka at the Miss World 2004 beauty pageant. She has worked as a brand ambassador & a fundraiser.[2] She attended Colombo International School.

Film career

Her first public opportunity to act came when Somaratne Dissanayake and Renuka Balasuriya, who directed and produced the teledrama Iti Pahan in 1995, were in search of a little girl who was fluent in English. In the drama, she performed the role of "Daisy Susan" beside renowned actress Vasanthi Chathurani.[3]

After a nearly seven-year hiatus, she returned to acting in 2003 when, at 15, she was cast in a lead role in Pissu Trible.[4] Subsequently, she performed in several successful movies, and received acclaim in teledrama performances with her roles as "Inoka" in Sihinayak Paata Paatin and 'Tanya' in Santhuwaranaya.[5]

She is the youngest actress to date in the history of Sri Lankan Cinema to win the most popular actress award.[6] She has acted as the leading lady in more than 22 movies and 10 teledramas. She also works as a model, brand ambassador and a presenter.[7]

She has appeared in many music videos. Some of her famous music videos are "Meedum selen" by Bathiya and Santhush, "Jeththu none" by Dushanth Weeraman and "Siththamak wage" by Yashan.

Anarkalli also won the glamorous Lux Derana Film Most Popular Actress Award for 2012.

In 2019, Anarkalli Akarsha was adjudged amongst the Top Three Most Beautiful and Hottest Sri Lankan Actress and Model by N4M Media [8]

Political career

Anarkalli contested for the Galle District at the 2009 Southern Provincial Council Election,[9] and on 29 October 2009, she was elected to the Southern Province Council.[10] She is the youngest female councillor to date, and the sole female member on the council.

Career as a host

Anarkalli hosted her own TV show 'Anarkali Live' on TV Derana.[11] She also hosted Derana Music Awards 2010. She hosted her own talk show, LIVE Sunday with Anarkalli on Swarnavahini.

Personal life

Anarkalli currently lives in the US and hosts a Youtube channel.[12][13]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleRef.
2003Pissu TribleNisansala
2005One ShotSherry
2006Hiri Poda WessaVeena
2006AnjalikaKavya
2006NilambareSherine
2006Eka Malaka PethiTaniya
2006Sonduru WasantheAnju
2007Sikuru HatheOIC's daughter
2007Mr Dana Rina
2008Tharaka MalSuranya
2009Sir Last ChanceArti's fiancée
2010Mago Digo DaiRosy
2011King HuntherMoreen
2011Ethumai MethumaiTeena
2013It’s a Matter of LoveNatasha[14]
2015SanjanaSanjana
2016July 7Anarkali
2019Sikuru YogayaHiruni[15]
TBDSihina LowakMain actress

Teledramas

YearFilmRoleOther notes
1995Iti PahanDaisy Susan
2004Sihinayak Paata PaatinInoka[16]
Sapphire and SilkTanya
2004Isi Dasuna[17]
2005Arunodaya Kalapaya
2006SanthuwaranayaTanya[18]
2007Kula KumariyaSuwimali[19]
2007Nethaka Maayavee[20]
2009Sanda Sakki
2010Ran Thaliya WalauwaDosatara nona
2012Adariye[21]
2012Saranganaa[22]
2012Mini Muthu[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Anarkalli Aakarsha". National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Anarkali washing a car (Car wash)".
  3. ↑ "Anarkalli in 'Iti Pahan'". Lankalibrary.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Anarkalli Aakarsha in 'Sihinayak Pata Patin'". Sundayobserver.lk. 25 January 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  5. ↑ Anarkalli in 'Santhuwaranaya' Archived 23 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Bollywood Movie Actress Anarkali Akarsha Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u.
  7. ↑ Anarkalli – Brand Ambassador for Veet Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ N4M, Team (20 November 2019). "List Of Top Most Beautiful & Hottest Sri Lankan Actresses & Models". N4M (News4masses). Retrieved 9 July 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Anarkalli for Southern Provincial Council Elections". Srilankan-stars.blogspot.com. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "us-elected-to-un-human-rights-council-may-12-2009-1pp". Human Rights Documents Online. doi:10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-9970-0059.
  11. ↑ "Show". Derana.lk. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  12. ↑ "American Life Of Sri Lankan Actress Anarkali Akarsha - E Online Sri Lanka". 19 April 2020.
  13. ↑ "ENGAGE - Anarkalli Akarsha". www.letsengage.com.
  14. ↑ "'ඉට්ස් අ මැටර් ඔෆ් ලව්'". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  15. ↑ "Sikuru Yogaya coming tomorrow". Sarasaviya. Archived from the original on 5 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  16. ↑ "Mohan Niyaz has a dream in Colour". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "'Isi Dasuna': Portrays action & reaction". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  18. ↑ "'Santhuwaranaya' : A story of sacrifice". Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. ↑ "Jane Eyre turns 'Kulakumariya'". Sunday times. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  20. ↑ "'Nethaka Maayavee' depicts drama on love and deception". Sunday Times. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  21. ↑ "'Aadariye' comes on every week day". Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  22. ↑ "සාරංගනා පුංචි තිරයට". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  23. ↑ "රෝෂන් මිණි මුතු සමඟ". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
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