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Nilmini Buwaneka is an actress, dancer and choreographer from Sri Lanka.[1]

Dancing

She learned dancing in Bhatkhande Music Institute, where she gained a Diploma in Baratha Natyam.^{[citation needed]}

Theater

Nilmini has portrayed many leading roles for the most thriving directors in the drama and theater field of Sri Lanka, and in many non-commercial stage plays such as:

Television acting

Nilmini has acted in a Total of 45 Television serials ranges from drama, thriller to comedy.

Selected television serials

Directing and Choreography

Having had the opportunity to work as an Assistant Director alongside Dharmasiri Bandaranayake a Director who marked an era of movie making in Sri Lanka, Nilmini was praised by foreign critics after seeing her own direction of a stage plays using only children engulfed by Down syndrome. (Sihina Mal Dangakary, Eka Adipathi,[14] Yakshaya, Sathya)

Cinema

Playing characters in both leading as well as supporting roles in several movies, her distinctiveness remains that of acting only in handpicked special creations of cinema.

Year	Film	Role	Ref.
1997	Bawa Duka
1997	Bawa Karma
2009	Ekamath Eka Rateka
2009	Bindu	Saping's wife
2014	Samige Kathawa	Sam's mother
2015	Bora Diya Pokuna
2020	Paangshu		[15]
TBD	Bahuchithawadiya	Sasitha's sister

Awards

In 2004 she won the State Drama Award Festival(SDAF) for Best Actress in a leading role followed by the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the Sumathi Tele Drama Award Festival in 2008. (State Drama Award for ‘Dasa Mallige Bangalawa’ directed by Ruwan Malith and Sumathi Tele Award for ‘Sudheera’ directed by Benat Rathnayake)

References

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