Iranganie Serasinghe

Iranganie Serasinghe
අයිරාංගනී සේරසිංහ
Born
Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya

(1927-06-09) 9 June 1927 (age 97)[1]
Ruwanwella, British Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
Education
Occupation(s)Teacher (Musaeus college)
Journalist (Times, SLBC)[2]
Film, Television and Stage actress
Years active1950
Spouses
  • Prof. S.B. Dissanayake (Div.)
  • Winston Serasinghe
Children2
RelativesJ. H. Meedeniya (grandfather)
D. R. Wijewardena (uncle)
Francis Molamure (uncle)
Tissa Vitharana (brother-in-law)
Ranil Wickramasinghe (cousin)
AwardsKala Keerthi,[3] Sri Lankan of the year

Iranganie Roxanna Meedeniya (born 9 June 1927),[1] best known as Iranganie Serasinghe, is a Sri Lankan actress of theater and television.[4] Since her debut in Rekava, Serasinghe has become recognized for playing motherly figures in various films and television serials.[5] She is the aunt of former president Ranil Wickramasinghe.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Irangani As Told to Kumar de Silva", Kumar de Silva, Samaranayake Publishers, 2013
  2. ^ a b "Lankadeepa Online". www.lankadeepa.lk. Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  3. ^ "The Sunday Times News and Comments". www.sundaytimes.lk. Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-02-28.
  4. ^ "Love the environment The environment protects you". Sarasaviya. 2021-09-01. Archived from the original on 2021-09-03. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. ^ "A Shining Star striving to protect Planet Earth". Daily News(Sri Lanka). 23 May 2007. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2008.
  6. ^ "Beloved mother of Sinhala cinema: Irangani Serasinghe". Silumina. Archived from the original on 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-06-07.