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Diane Hemamali Sangeetha Weeraratne (born December 13, 1973, as is a Sri Lankan film actress in the Sri Lankan cinema. She made her debut as a sixteen-year-old with Roy de Silva's It's a Matter of Time opposite Kamal Addararachchi in 1990. However, she earned immense popularity only after performing in H.D. Premaratne's Saptha Kanya, also opposite Kamal Addararachchi in 1993. It was a huge success and she won the Sarasaviya Best Newcomer Award that year. She has acted in over 50 movies.

Personal life
Sangeetha Weeraratne was born the second daughter of cinematographer Timothy Weeraratne and his wife Daisy. She had her primary education at St. John's Girls' School Panadura and then moved on to Methodist College, Colombo for her secondary studies. She has an elder sister, Nayanatara Weeraratne who currently lives in Australia. Sangeetha married to a businessman, Roshantha Kariyapperuma in December 2002. Her husband Roshantha Kariyapperuma owns and operates the company Voice of Asia Network (Pvt) Ltd which is the largest Media Network in Sri Lanka. ==Career==
Career
Sangeetha made her debut in to the silver screen through the renowned director Roy de Silva with his film ''It's a Matter of Time'' in 1991. She had the rare fortune of mingling with some of the popular stars of the time, such as Malini Fonseka, Vijaya Kumaratunga, Gamini Fonseka and Roy de Silva. In 2001, Weeraratne won the Sarasaviya Best Actress Award for her role as Guneris' wife in Aswesuma directed by Bennet Ratnayake. She was also crowned the Sarasaviya Most Popular Actress for three consecutive years from 2001 to 2003. She also appeared in few blockbuster comedy movies such as Dawal Migel Ra Daniyel series and Sapata Dukata Sunny as well. She launched her first production with the film, Sewwandi directed by Vasantha Obeysekera in 2006. Her latest dramatic film is Uppalawanna directed by Prof. Sunil Ariyaratne, where she plays the role of Upuli and later the bhikkhuni, Uppalawanna was also critically acclaimed. In 2012, a vision for transforming Sri Lanka's beauty pageant landscape became reality when alongside Shereen Kumaranantunge and Dhananjaya Bandara, Sangeetha established Modelshop. This innovative company took on the prestigious responsibility of organizing both the Miss World Sri Lanka and Mr World Sri Lanka pageants. Over the past decade, Modelshop has consistently elevated the standards of pageant organization in Sri Lanka, bringing international recognition and credibility to the nation's beauty and talent competitions. Through their dedicated efforts and professional approach, the company has successfully guided numerous contestants to represent Sri Lanka on the global stage, while maintaining a commitment to discovering and nurturing diverse talent from across the island nation.she started In 2021, she appeared in the Raffealla Fernando Celebrity Calendar along with many other Sri Lankan celebrities. == Filmography ==
Filmography
Since her first film in 1991, she has acted in more than 40 commercially successful films. • No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema. ==Awards==
Awards
She is a recipient of many state awards in many times for many categories. Sarasaviya Film Festival Presidential Film Festival Critic Awards OCIC Awards Other Festivals ==References==
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