Michelle Dilhara | |
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Born | Hatharasinghege Michelle Dilhara 1 May 1996 |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Education | Negombo South International School Newstead Girls College |
Occupation(s) | Actress, environmental activist, author, social activist, philanthropist |
Years active | 2016-present |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
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Awards | Most Popular Actress Best Upcoming Actress |
Website | michelledilhara |
Hatharasinghege Michelle Dilhara (Sinhala: මිෂෙල් දිල්හාරා; born 1 May 1996) is a Sri Lankan actress and an Environmentalist.[1][2] One of the most popular television actresses in Sri Lanka, Dilhara is best known for playing the role of "Ayoma" in the popular television series Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin[3][4][5][6] Apart from acting, she also engages in various philanthropic activities and is a social activist and an author.[7]
In 2019 Dilhara received the National Youth Icon Award at the World Youth Summit held in New Delhi, India for her book "Social Invisibility is not a Fiction, it Exists" and for her "Theory of Alternative Social Cogwheel".[8][9][10] In 2020 Dilhara won the Best Upcoming Actress award at the Raigam Tele'es awards ceremony for her role in the critically acclaimed serial Sudu Andagena Kalu Awidin.[11] For the same role, she also won the Best Upcoming Actress award at the 2019 Sumathi Awards,[12] as well as won the 15th Sri Lankan Television State Awards in 2021. In 2020, Dilhara was nominated as the Best Actress at the 26th Sumathi Awards for her role "Mahimi" in the television series Can You Hear Me . In 2021, she was nominated as the Best Supporting Actress at the Raigam Tele'es awards ceremony for the television series Pork Veediya. In 2022, she was once again nominated for the best Supporting Actress award at the Raigam Tele'es for the serial Lokaa.
Currently, she performs her role as the Earth Day Network Ambassador for Sri Lanka.[13] She is also an advocate and promoter of Net zero and Carbon neutrality. She collaborated with the Korean Ambassador Santhuth Woonjin Jeong to create a framework to implement Sustainable Development Goal 13, the net zero initiative within the Korean Embassy in Sri Lanka.[14][15][16]
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