Geetha Kumarasinghe previously served as a Member of a Parliament as well as being the State Minister of Women and Child Affairs from 2022 to 2024.
25 Facts About Geetha Kumarasinghe
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Geetha Kumarasinghe has received the Sarasaviya Most Popular Actress Award several times.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe was born on 5 July 1945 in Hamburugala village, Bentara, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe grew up in Bentara, Elpitiya and had her education at Elpitiya Ananda College, Aluthgama and Holy Family Convent, Kalutara.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe was a talented member of the netball team during her college days.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe has five younger sisters: Nayana, Kokila, Dammika, Dinusha, Shyama and two younger brothers: Thilak and Upendra.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe played the role of 'Kundalakeshi' in the play Chora Pabbatha on the school stage.
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In 1973 at the age of 16, Geetha Kumarasinghe won the competition.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe's aunt, Anula Wickramapala, was a friend of renowned director Lester James Peiris.
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Little Geetha Kumarasinghe, who used to spend her school vacations in her aunt's house in Kollupitiya would imitate Punya Heendeniya, her childhood heroine.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe signed contracts for 21 films before her debut film was released, a record in Sri Lankan Cinema.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe, who is often cast in controversial roles, has performed the foreign films Pakistani, Hindi, Japanese, Tamil and French productions.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe acted opposite Sivaji Ganesan in Mohana Punnagai which was released on 1981.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe received critical acclaim in roles such as 'Dulcie' in Pembara Madhu, 'Dotty' in Palama Yata, 'Punna' in Lokuduwa and 'Amali' in Ran Diya Dahara.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe won 10 awards at the 1991 Sarasaviya Awards, 09 awards at the Swarna Sankha Awards, 07 OCIC Awards and a total of 26 awards.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe won both Best Actress Award and the Best Producer Award for this film.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe represented Sri Lanka at the 1990 Singapore International Film Festival with the film.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe was an ardent supporter of Mahinda Rajapakse at 2010 presidential elections and was appointed as the chief organizer to Elpitiya electorate.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe unsuccessfully contested at the 2010 general elections and blamed election irregularities for her defeat.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe contested the provincial council elections in 2014 and took oath as a counselor at the Southern Provincial Council.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe contested for the 2015 Parliamentary Election from Galle District.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe was elected to the 15th Sri Lankan Parliament by receiving 63,955 preferential votes.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe applied in supreme courts, but the supreme courts reconfirm that she is disqualified to hold office as a member of parliament because she had held dual citizenship in Sri Lanka and Switzerland.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe criticised the lifting of highly discriminatory taxes on imported English and Tamil dramas.
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Geetha Kumarasinghe quit from cinema after award-winning film Randiya Dahara and focused on politics.