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Rathna Lalani Jayakodi

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DOB : 08-01-1964
Age : 60
Star Sign : Capricorn
Gender : Female

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Rathna Lalani Jayakodi is a teacher cum actress born on 8th January 1964 in Colombo as Jayakodige Dona Rathna Lalani. Rathna went to Siddhartha Maha Vidyalaya in Sedawatta and Kolonnawa Balika Vidyalaya. Her father is an Ayurveda doctor. She has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, and most of them are in the film industry. Geetha Kanthi Jayakody Geetha Kanthi Jayakody is a Sri Lankan actress bor >> Read More... is her elder sister, and her another sister is Sriyani. Bimal Jayakodi Bimal Jayakodi is a Sri Lankan actor, born on 21st >> Read More... is her nephew. He is her elder brother’s son. Her sister Geetha’s daughter, Paboda Sandeepani Rashmini Paboda Sandeepani Pathirana, popularly kn >> Read More... , is also an actress. Sujani Menaka Samarawickrama Dahanayake Sujani Menaka, popularly >> Read More... is her nephew Bimal’s wife. Rathna is married to Sampath Tennakoon, an actor. They have a son, Manjitha Tennakoon. Besides being an actress, Rathna works as a teacher in Sri Rajasinghe Madya Maha Vidyalaya.

Rathna started her career in Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation for a program, Lamapitiya, with her sister, Geetha. In 1985, she shared the screen space with Gamini Fonseka Bio coming soon... >> Read More... in a theatre play, Julius Caesar, produced by Tony Ranasinghe Tony Ranasinghe was an actor born as Ranasinghe He >> Read More... . As her voice was strong and loud, she was chosen to do a number of stage plays. Ananda Sirisena, Mahinda Algama, Agnes Sirisena, Ashoka Tillakaratne and Piyadasa Ranasinghe are the directors who shaped her career as an actress.

In 1986, she debuted in the film industry with a minor role in the movie Pooja, directed by Dharmasiri Gamage. Awaragira, Randiya Dahara, Siri Raja Siri, President Superstar and Sinhabahu are some of her notable films. She was also seen in Gini Avi Saha Gini Keli 2, directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya Udayakantha Warnasuriya is one of the best directo >> Read More... in 2024.

Laa Hiru Dahasak is her debut drama by Parakrama Niriella. In 2013, Rathna and her husband Sampath organized a drama festival to celebrate their drama career of 3 decades. The drama festival was named after them, Abhinayana Sampath-Rathna Rangabhumika.