Sandani Fernando

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Sandani Fernando
සඳනි ප්‍රනාන්දු
Born
Warnakulasuriya Sandani Malsha Fernando

(1998-09-07) September 7, 1998 (age 23)
Marawila, Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationNegombo South International School
Occupation
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • model
  • TV host
Years active2017–present
Parent(s)
  • Johan Hemali Fernando (mother)
RelativesThilina Fernando (cousin)

Warnakulasuriya Sandani Malsha Fernando (born 7 September 1998; සඳනි ප්‍රනාන්දු) [Sinhala]), popularly as Sandani Fernando, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television.[1] Started her career as a model, Sandani later became one of the popular television actresses particularly with the role 'Rashmi' in the popular television serial Haara Kotiya.[2] and 'Madhavee' in the serial Agni Piyapath.[3]

Personal life[]

She was born on 7 September 1998 in Marawila, Sri Lanka as the only child of the family.[4] Her mother Johan Hemali worked as a batik designer for few years.

Sandani completed her education at Negombo South International School and completed A/Ls through commerce stream.[5][6][7]

Career[]

In 2016, she started modeling career after becoming the runner-up in the ITN Avurudu Kumari competition.[8] Then she appeared in several television commercials such as Munchee Kome, Etisalat, Elephant House, Commercial Bank and HNB Bank.[9] In 2017, while doing commercials, she was invited to the play the supportive role 'Rashmi' in the television serial Haara Kotiya.[10] The show became very popular and was nominated for Sumathi Awards and Raigam Tele'es in many award categories.[11] She received a very good audience response for Rashmi's character and later became her turning point in the career.[12] In the same year, she participated to the Rupavahini Avurudu Kumari competition and became the runner-up.[13] She studied two courses on acting in the years 2016-2017 under Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara and Prasanna Withana.

About a month after the Haara Kotiya teledrama started, she went to study acting at 'Impas Acting and Performing Arts'. In 2018, she made her first music video appearance with the song Priyawee sung by Sirasa Superstar season 6 winner Piyath Rajapakse.[7][14] After the success of the serial, she was selected to play a recurring role in the second season of the serial titled Kotipathiyo in 2018.[12] In the same year, she acted in the serial Thuththiri, the first Sci-Fi Comedy Mega tele-drama in Sri Lanka.[15][16] She played the supportive role of an alien called "Tia" in the serial. At the same time, she participated for the reality competition, 'Hiru Mega Stars'.[17]

In 2017, she appeared in the music videos for the song "Yali Hamuwemu" sung by Nirosha Virajini and song "Saavi" by Iraj Weeraratne. In 2018, she made her maiden cinematic appearance with the film 1970 Love Story directed by Aruna Jayawardena.[18] However, the film is yet to release. In 2019, she acted in two television serials: Crime Scene and Hiru Awidin.[19] Then in 2020, she joined the cast of Agni Piyapath directed by Jayaprakash Sivagurunadan and written by Saddha Mangala Sooriyabandara.[20] In the serial, Sandani played the lead role of 'Madhavee',[21] wife of Manuranga, opposite to Saranga Disasekara and Shalani Tharaka.[22][23] The serial later received popularity and critics acclaim. In 2019 she performed in Pandama by Dhanith Sri. The video later won the award for the Best Music video at Sumathi Awards[24]

Apart from acting, she is also a television presenter currently hosting the musical program Handa Radi Peya telecast in Swarnavahini.[25]

Appeared Music Videos[]

Television serials[]

Year Teledrama Role Ref.
2017 Haara Kotiya Rashmi
2018 Thuththiri Tia
2018 Kotipathiyo Rashmi
2019 Crime Scene
2019 Hiru Awidin Samadhi
2020 Agni Piyapath Madhavee

Filmography[]

Year Film Role Ref.
TBD 1970 Love Story

References[]

  1. ^ "Sandani Ferndno's way of thinking about fashion ... My Fashion". Divaina. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. ^ "Chat with Sandani Fernando". sinhala.lakvahini. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  3. ^ "I do not like to show-off: Sandani Fernando". Aruna. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  4. ^ "They behave like that because they have a mental illness - Sandani". dadibidiya. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  5. ^ "Before coming to the field I was a girlfriend. Evil is an advantage to me: Sandani Fernando". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  6. ^ "When I was a child, I used to struggle - Sandani". ceylonnewsgraph. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  7. ^ a b "Looking at Iraj's past work, I was scared at first while talking to the song: Sandani Fernando". webgossip. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  8. ^ "I was born with a beautiful body. Sandani Fernando". ratawasiya. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  9. ^ "Not too addicted. There are times when some people misunderstand them". Hiru TV. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  10. ^ "There is no more freedom in this world than simplicity - Sandani Fernando". gossip24. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  11. ^ "Haara Kotiya, Its No Waste Of Time!". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  12. ^ a b "The fan accepts different things". Dinamina. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  13. ^ "I do not even remember how many proposals - Sadani Sandani Fernando". sltoday. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  14. ^ "Where Sandani's mind runs as soon as she gets a chance. - Sandani Fernando". starfriends. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  15. ^ ""Thuththiri" New Sinhala Mega Teledrama To Make Way To Small Screen Soon". Asianmirror. 24 Nov 2017. Retrieved 24 Nov 2017.
  16. ^ "A family that is aligned to be one family". Sarasaviya (in Sinhala). 5 Oct 2017. Retrieved 5 Oct 2017.
  17. ^ "Sandani in Mega Stars". saaravita. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  18. ^ "1970 Love Story to the present". channely. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  19. ^ "Crime scene on TV". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  20. ^ "I don't write characters for actors, I do create characters for actors: Saddha Mangala". Mawbima. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  21. ^ "Love story started secretly by Sandani Fernando". mawratanews. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  22. ^ "Agni Piyapth at a new time". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  23. ^ "Agni Piyapath". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  24. ^ "Now I'm a mother: Sandani speaks about Agni Piyapath". Mawbima. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  25. ^ "I'm not innocent - an honest character who doesn't talk much: Sandani Fernando". naifmvlog. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  26. ^ "Priyawee - Piyath Rajapakse: Official Music Video". M Entertainments. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  27. ^ "Piyath Rajapakse - Ai Mama Adare (ඇයි මම ආදරේ)". Piyath Rajapakse official YouTube page. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  28. ^ "Yali Hamuwemu (යලි හමුවෙමු) - Nirosha Virajini OFFICIAL VIDEO". SGM Tunes. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  29. ^ "IRAJ - සාවී - Saavi Ft. Malindu & Romaine Willis". IRAJ. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  30. ^ "DHANITH SRI - Pandama (පන්දම) Official Music Video". Dhanith Sri official YouTube page. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
  31. ^ "Adambarakari (ආඩම්බරකාරී) - Roshan Fernando Official Music Video". Roshan Fernando official YouTube page. Retrieved 2021-02-09.

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