Sachini Ayendra Stanley

Sachini Ayendra Stanley is a Sri Lankan actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won Miss World Sri Lanka 2003 and represented her country at Miss World 2003. She currently working in the Sinhala film industry, her first film Aadaraneeya Wassaanaya directed by Senesh Dissanaike Bandara was released in 2004. She won the award for best supporting actress at Signis Sri Lanka Film Awards for her performance.

Early life and background Ayendra was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, the youngest child of David Stanley and Thamara Wadasinghe. She studied at the Hillwood College, Kandy, completing her advanced levels in arts. In addition she was a member of the young writers club, school choir, drama club, interact club, school debating team, English literary association and took swimming, tennis and rugby as a sport. Sachini was the winner of best model in Kandy at a pageant in 2002 and Miss Sri Lanka in 2003 and she represented Sri Lanka at the Miss World 2003 pageant.

Career Sachini started her modeling career while still in school and her first special award was Best Model Kandy in 2002. Following that she appeared in many leading TV commercials of the Elephant House soft drink called Ride, the Sthree advertisement of the National Savings Bank in 2002. She later moved to Colombo to further her acting and modeling careers. Though her most popular character was played in the movie Adaraneeya Wassanaya, her break through performance was the movie Sankara as a poor girl working in sugar cane fields living in a remote village in Sri Lanka. Her performance in the movie ‘Heart FM’ in 2007 as a mentally disturbed girl also brought her a lot of praise and a merit award at the Signis Sri Lanka Film festival in 2009.

After winning the Miss Sri Lanka contest and best supporting actress award at the Signis Awards for Adaraneeya Wassanaya, she received her first nomination for Sarasaviya and Presidential Film Awards. Her second film Sankara was one of her best performances.

Filmography

As actress Year Film Role Notes 2003 Adaraneeya Wassanaya Madhupani Winner, Signis Sri Lanka Film Awards best supporting actress Nominated, Sarasaviya Awards best supporting actress Nominated, Presidential Film Awards best supporting actress 2006 Sankara Upamali Winner, Signis Sri Lanka Film Awards -best Supporting actress 2007 Heart FM Shakya 2010 Angara Dangara Nadee 2013 Siri Parakum Yonaka 2017 Swara Nimanthi 2017 Nimnayaka Hudekalawa Advertising executive 2023 Swara TBD Thanapathilage Gedara TBD Megha

As producer 2010 - Angara Dangara

Television