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'''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> '''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=23 June 2022 |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>


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Sri Lankan actress

Leonie Kotelawala
Born1944
Colombo, British Ceylon
Died (aged 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

References

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  12. Rathanasekara, Sahan (19 June 2022). "Veteran actress Leonie Kothalawala has passed away". NewsWave LK English. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  13. Madushanki, Dilini (19 June 2022). "Veteran actress Leonie Kotelawala passes away at 78 years". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  14. "Leonie Kotelawala". IMDb. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  15. Burning Birds (2016) - IMDb, retrieved 23 June 2022
  16. Gunathilake, Sanath (4 June 2009), Ekamath eka Rataka (Drama), S.G. Enterprises, retrieved 23 June 2022
  17. Machan (2008) - IMDb, retrieved 23 June 2022
  18. Pipena kumudu (1967) - IMDb, retrieved 23 June 2022
  19. Perera, G. D. L. (13 May 1965), Saama, Kala Pela Cultural Society, retrieved 23 June 2022
  20. Chandali (1964) - IMDb, retrieved 23 June 2022
  21. "Vajira - වජිරා - Sinhala Cinema Database". www.films.lk. 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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