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{{Short description|Sri Lankan actress }} {{Short description|Sri Lankan actress }}
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{{Infobox actor {{Infobox actor
| name = Leonie Kotelawala | name = Leonie Kotelawala
| birth_date = 1944 | birth_date = 1944
| birth_place = ], ] | birth_place = ], Sri Lanka
| death_date = {{Death date |2022|06|19|1944}} (78) | death_date = {{Death date|2022|06|19|1944}} (78)
| death_place = ], ] | death_place = Colombo, Sri Lanka
| burial_place = ] | burial_place = ]
| occupation = ] | occupation = Actress
| awards = 1962 - Best Actress Award - Mehew Lokaya; | awards = 1962 - Best Actress Award - Mehew Lokaya;
1988 - OCIC Best actress award 1988 - OCIC Best actress award
}} }}


'''Leonie Kotelawala''' (1944 – 19 June 2022) was a Sri Lankan actress best known for becoming the first Sri Lankan stage actress to win the 1962 Best Actress Award for her performance in the play Mehew Lokaya...<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away |url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/06/19/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passed-away/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst |language=en}}</ref> '''Leonie Kotelawala''' (1944 – 19 June 2022) was a Sri Lankan actress best known for becoming the first Sri Lankan stage actress to win the 1962 Best Actress Award for her performance in the play Mehew Lokaya...<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2022 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passed away |url=https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/06/19/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passed-away/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst |language=en}}</ref>


== Early Life == == Early Life ==
Leonie Kolelawala whose maiden name is Weerasinghe was married to Tissa Kotelawala who was a photographer. He passed away in 1999. She had four sons, all of whom lived abroad. She spent most of her time with her grandchildren. She loved their company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> Leonie Kolelawala whose maiden name is Weerasinghe was married to Tissa Kotelawala who was a photographer. He passed away in 1999. She had four sons, all of whom lived abroad. She spent most of her time with her grandchildren. She loved their company.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
Leonie Kotelawala studied at Good Shepherd Convent and started singing at Radio Ceylon when she was seven years old. She was ranked as an A-grade singer in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> Leonie Kotelawala studied at Good Shepherd Convent and started singing at Radio Ceylon when she was seven years old. She was ranked as an A-grade singer in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


She started acting in 1961 when she was 17 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathanasekara |first=Sahan |date=2022-06-19 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kothalawala has passed away |url=https://en.newswave.lk/30669/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=NewsWave LK English |language=en-US}}</ref>She made her debut as an actress in filmmaker, ]’s “Sama” followed by roles in dramas like Mehew Lokaya, Rathu Rosa and others. Soon thereafter, ] made the movie of the same name “Sama” and offered her the lead role. That paved the way for her to act in movies like Chandali Pipena Kumudu, Vajira and Raja Daruwo. In 2012, she acted in a film called Ekamath Eka Ratek where actor, ] was directing a film for the first time in his life. By 2012, she had acted in approximately 25 films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> She started acting in 1961 when she was 17 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathanasekara |first=Sahan |date=19 June 2022 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kothalawala has passed away |url=https://en.newswave.lk/30669/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=NewsWave LK English |language=en-US}}</ref>She made her debut as an actress in filmmaker, ]’s “Sama” followed by roles in dramas like Mehew Lokaya, Rathu Rosa and others. Soon thereafter, ] made the movie of the same name “Sama” and offered her the lead role. That paved the way for her to act in movies like Chandali Pipena Kumudu, Vajira and Raja Daruwo. In 2012, she acted in a film called Ekamath Eka Ratek where actor, ] was directing a film for the first time in his life. By 2012, she had acted in approximately 25 films.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


She is best known for her performance in the films Saama (1965), Machan (2008), Ekamath Eka Rataka (2009) and Burning Birds (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonie Kotelawala |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467612/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=IMDb}}</ref> She is best known for her performance in the films Saama (1965), Machan (2008), Ekamath Eka Rataka (2009) and Burning Birds (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonie Kotelawala |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467612/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=IMDb}}</ref>


In 1982, she was offered her first teledrama role in Somage SihinayaIn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online edition of Daily News - Features |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/06/09/artscop03.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=archives.dailynews.lk}}</ref> At that point, she was getting several offers in teledrama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> In 1982, she was offered her first teledrama role in Somage SihinayaIn.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Online edition of Daily News - Features |url=http://archives.dailynews.lk/2004/06/09/artscop03.html |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=archives.dailynews.lk}}</ref> At that point, she was getting several offers in teledrama.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


== Awards == == Awards ==
1962 - Sri Lanka Arts Council award for her role in the drama “Sama”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/srilanka/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away/ar-AAYE2Na |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=MSN |language=en-XL}}</ref> 1962 - Sri Lanka Arts Council award for her role in the drama “Sama”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/srilanka/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away/ar-AAYE2Na |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=MSN |language=en-XL}}</ref>


1962 - Best Actress Award for her performance in the play ''Mehew Lokaya''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-19 |title=Leonie Kotelawala bids adieu {{!}} Breaking News |url=https://thesinhalanews.lk/2022/06/19/leonie-kotelawala-bids-adieu-breaking-news/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=The Sinhala News - Sri Lanka news today {{!}} Latest SL News {{!}} Sinhala News In English |language=en-US}}</ref> 1962 - Best Actress Award for her performance in the play ''Mehew Lokaya''<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 June 2022 |title=Leonie Kotelawala bids adieu {{!}} Breaking News |url=https://thesinhalanews.lk/2022/06/19/leonie-kotelawala-bids-adieu-breaking-news/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=The Sinhala News - Sri Lanka news today {{!}} Latest SL News {{!}} Sinhala News In English |language=en-US}}</ref>


1988 - UNDA award for the best teledrama actress for Kumarihamy<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref> 1988 - UNDA award for the best teledrama actress for Kumarihamy<ref>{{Cite web |title=PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions |url=https://www.pressreader.com/sri-lanka/daily-mirror-sri-lanka/20121231/282699044463902 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.pressreader.com}}</ref>


1988 - OCIC award for best actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathanasekara |first=Sahan |date=2022-06-19 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kothalawala has passed away |url=https://en.newswave.lk/30669/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=NewsWave LK English |language=en-US}}</ref> 1988 - OCIC award for best actress<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rathanasekara |first=Sahan |date=19 June 2022 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kothalawala has passed away |url=https://en.newswave.lk/30669/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=NewsWave LK English |language=en-US}}</ref>


== Death == == Death ==
According to her son, she had been ill for some time and passed away at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madushanki |first=Dilini |date=2022-06-19 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away at 78 years |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/2022/06/19/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away-at-78-years/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=Ceylon Today |language=en-US}}</ref> According to her son, she had been ill for some time and passed away at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 June 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Madushanki |first=Dilini |date=19 June 2022 |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away at 78 years |url=https://ceylontoday.lk/2022/06/19/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away-at-78-years/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=Ceylon Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Filmography<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonie Kotelawala |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467612/ |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=IMDb}}</ref> == == Filmography<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leonie Kotelawala |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467612/ |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=IMDb}}</ref> ==
{| class="wikitable" {| class="wikitable"
|Actress (9 credits) |Actress (9 credits)
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|'''Year''' |'''Year'''
|- |-
|Burning Birds (Davena Vihangun)<ref>{{Citation |title=Burning Birds (2016) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4502426/fullcredits |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Burning Birds (Davena Vihangun)<ref>{{Citation |title=Burning Birds (2016) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4502426/fullcredits |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
|Grandmother (as Leonie Kotalawela) |Grandmother (as Leonie Kotalawela)
|2016 |2016
|- |-
|Ekamath eka Rataka<ref>{{Citation |last=Gunathilake |first=Sanath |title=Ekamath eka Rataka |date=2009-06-04 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8006182/ |type=Drama |publisher=S.G. Enterprises |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Ekamath eka Rataka<ref>{{Citation |last=Gunathilake |first=Sanath |title=Ekamath eka Rataka |date=4 June 2009 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8006182/ |type=Drama |publisher=S.G. Enterprises |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
| |
|2009 |2009
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|2008 |2008
|- |-
|Machan<ref>{{Citation |title=Machan (2008) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172522/fullcredits |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Machan<ref>{{Citation |title=Machan (2008) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172522/fullcredits |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
|Neighbour (as Leoni Kotalawala) |Neighbour (as Leoni Kotalawala)
|2008 |2008
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|1997 |1997
|- |-
|Pipena kumudu<ref>{{Citation |title=Pipena kumudu (1967) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170401/fullcredits |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Pipena kumudu<ref>{{Citation |title=Pipena kumudu (1967) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170401/fullcredits |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
| |
|1967 |1967
|- |-
|Saama<ref>{{Citation |last=Perera |first=G. D. L. |title=Saama |date=1965-05-13 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6566766/ |publisher=Kala Pela Cultural Society |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Saama<ref>{{Citation |last=Perera |first=G. D. L. |title=Saama |date=13 May 1965 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6566766/ |publisher=Kala Pela Cultural Society |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
| |
|1965 |1965
|- |-
|Chandali<ref>{{Citation |title=Chandali (1964) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt14309506/fullcredits |access-date=2022-06-23}}</ref> |Chandali<ref>{{Citation |title=Chandali (1964) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt14309506/fullcredits |access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>
| |
|1964 |1964
|- |-
|Vajira<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vajira - වජිරා - Sinhala Cinema Database |url=https://www.films.lk/vajira-Sinhala-film-1240.html |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.films.lk}}</ref> |Vajira<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vajira - වජිරා - Sinhala Cinema Database |url=https://www.films.lk/vajira-Sinhala-film-1240.html |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.films.lk}}</ref>
| |
|1981 |1981
|} |}


== Teledrama<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/srilanka/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away/ar-AAYE2Na |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=MSN |language=en-XL}}</ref> == == Teledrama<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away |url=https://www.msn.com/en-xl/asia/srilanka/veteran-actress-leonie-kotelawala-passes-away/ar-AAYE2Na |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=MSN |language=en-XL}}</ref> ==
*Somage Sihinaya *Somage Sihinaya
*Kumarihamy *Kumarihamy
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== Stage == == Stage ==


* Mehew Lokaya<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liyoni Kotelawala passes away - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Liyoni-Kotelawala-passes-away/108-239331 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref> * Mehew Lokaya<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liyoni Kotelawala passes away - Breaking News {{!}} Daily Mirror |url=https://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Liyoni-Kotelawala-passes-away/108-239331 |access-date=23 June 2022 |website=www.dailymirror.lk |language=English}}</ref>


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 08:58, 24 June 2022

Sri Lankan actress

Leonie Kotelawala
Born1944
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died(2022-06-19)June 19, 2022 (78)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Burial placeBorella Cemetery
OccupationActress
Awards1962 - Best Actress Award - Mehew Lokaya; 1988 - OCIC Best actress award

Leonie Kotelawala (1944 – 19 June 2022) was a Sri Lankan actress best known for becoming the first Sri Lankan stage actress to win the 1962 Best Actress Award for her performance in the play Mehew Lokaya...

Early Life

Leonie Kolelawala whose maiden name is Weerasinghe was married to Tissa Kotelawala who was a photographer. He passed away in 1999. She had four sons, all of whom lived abroad. She spent most of her time with her grandchildren. She loved their company.

Career

Leonie Kotelawala studied at Good Shepherd Convent and started singing at Radio Ceylon when she was seven years old. She was ranked as an A-grade singer in 1969.

She started acting in 1961 when she was 17 years old.She made her debut as an actress in filmmaker, G. D. L. Perera’s “Sama” followed by roles in dramas like Mehew Lokaya, Rathu Rosa and others. Soon thereafter, G. D. L. Perera made the movie of the same name “Sama” and offered her the lead role. That paved the way for her to act in movies like Chandali Pipena Kumudu, Vajira and Raja Daruwo. In 2012, she acted in a film called Ekamath Eka Ratek where actor, Sanath Gunathilake was directing a film for the first time in his life. By 2012, she had acted in approximately 25 films.

She is best known for her performance in the films Saama (1965), Machan (2008), Ekamath Eka Rataka (2009) and Burning Birds (2016)

In 1982, she was offered her first teledrama role in Somage SihinayaIn. At that point, she was getting several offers in teledrama.

Awards

1962 - Sri Lanka Arts Council award for her role in the drama “Sama”

1962 - Best Actress Award for her performance in the play Mehew Lokaya

1988 - UNDA award for the best teledrama actress for Kumarihamy

1988 - OCIC award for best actress

Death

According to her son, she had been ill for some time and passed away at home in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 19 June 2022.

Filmography

Actress (9 credits)
Title Role Year
Burning Birds (Davena Vihangun) Grandmother (as Leonie Kotalawela) 2016
Ekamath eka Rataka 2009
A Conditional Truce (Short) Ajit's mother (as Leonie Kotalawela) 2008
Machan Neighbour (as Leoni Kotalawala) 2008
Scent of the Lotus Pond Gothami's Mother (as Leoni Kotalawela) 2004
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (TV Movie) Hospital Nurse (as Leonie Kotalawela) 1997
Pipena kumudu 1967
Saama 1965
Chandali 1964
Vajira 1981

Teledrama

  • Somage Sihinaya
  • Kumarihamy
  • Charitha Thunak
  • Naedaeyo
  • Thara Devi
  • Hiruta Muwawen
  • Charulatha

Stage

  • Mehew Lokaya

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  13. Madushanki, Dilini (19 June 2022). "Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away at 78 years". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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  23. "Liyoni Kotelawala passes away - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

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