Amila Sampath Abeysekara (born 7 March 1983: ), is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Mostly engaged in television, Abeysakara is best known for the role Amantha in the serial Paba, where he won the most popular actor award in 2009. He has also hosted four seasons in the reality show Derana Dream Star.
Personal life
Amila Abeysekara was born in Kandy. At the age of 10, they moved to Maharagama. He has two younger brothers. He started to education from Dharmaraja College, Kandy, and then moved to President's College, Maharagama. He played cricket in school times, where he continued to play for clubs before entering to acting. He is married to longtime partner Theja Jayawardena. The wedding was celebrated in 2010, however wedding was registered in 2004. She is currently working as a flight attendant in Emirates airline.
Career
In 1998, Abeysekara got the opportunity as an arbitrator at Swarnavahini. He started acting career in 2000 with the blockbuster serial Depath Nai. His maiden cinema acting came through 2008 film Hathara Denama Soorayo which is a remake of 1971 blockbuster of the same name directed by Neil Rupasinghe. He played the character Linton in that movie as a supportive role. In 2012, he acted in Sihinaya Dige Enna as the lead actor.
He hosted the musical program Rhythm Chat telecast on Jathika Rupavahini.
Selected television serials
Adaraneeya Chanchala
Adara Wassa
Aththai Me Adare
Depath Nai
Diriya Doni
Ektam Ge
Giri Shikara Meda
Googly
Mini Muthu
Muthu Palasa
Nethaka Maayavee
Night Learners
Paba
Pini Wassak
Ridi Pahan
Sanda Eliya
Sasara Seya
Sathweni Dawasa
Saveena
Senehasa Kaviyak
Sihinayak Paata Paatin
Sith Bindi Rekha
Situ Gedara
Sonduru Dadayakkaraya
Susumaka Ima
Thurumpu Asiya
Wasanthaya Aran Evith
Wassa Numba Wagei
Filmography
Awards
Raigam Tele'es
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||2009 ||| Paba || Most Popular Actor ||
References
External links
Amila Abeysekara Wedding photos
බිරිඳ සේවය කරන ගුවන් යානයේම ගිය අමිල
අමිල අපහාස කලා යයි පවසන පුවත
අමිල නයනාට වැඳ සමාව ගනි කියන කතාව
අමිල වැඳ සමාව ගත්තේ නෑ ලු
නිළියෝ වැරදි ව්යාපාර කරනවා - Amila abeysekara
අමිල අබේසේකර - Hiru Gossip
අර නිළියට වඩා වැඩියෙන් ගාණ කියන්න ඕනෙ" කියලා හිතුවොත් අපිට ගෙදරටම වෙලා ඉන්න වෙන්නෙ..." – අමිල අබේසේකර