Nethalie Nanayakkara

Acting

Nethalie Nanayakkara

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Kalabushana Nethalie Violet Nanayakkara, popularly known as Nethalie Nanayakkara, is a Sri Lankan actress. One of the earliest pillars in Sri Lankan television drama industry, Nanayakkara has been involved in more than 140 serials across a career spanning more than six decades.

Known for

Jahuta poster
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The story centers around a woman in her youth navigating intense emotional pressure and the complexities of a challenging romantic relationship. As lives intertwine and secrets surface, the series delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the fragile line between love and indifference.

Jahuta

2025

The Wife poster
NR

Behind a struggling filmmaker stands a wife holding a marriage on the edge of collapse. When some hidden truths surface, her quiet endurance is tested beyond its limits.

The Wife

2026

Koombiyo poster
9.1

35 year old bachelor Jehan and his partner in crime Priyantha try to exploit the loopholes in the law in order to make a living.Koombiyo tells the story of Jehan Fernando, who has neither family nor home and lives alone in an abandoned building complex in Colombo. He accidentally meets Hiruni and Priyantha Mahaulpathagama in a public bus when Priyantha is coming to Colombo on his search for a job. Jehan convinces Priyantha to abandon the job he is going for and join Jehan's company Purchasing Lanka instead, which delivers retail items to customers claiming they are from supermarkets when in reality they are bought from the local flea markets. Priyantha starts living with Jehan while being a partner in his business and they quickly become good friends.

Koombiyo

2017

Dreaming Butterflies poster
6.5

Heena Hoyana Samanallu (Dreaming Butterflies) (Sinhalese: හීන හොයන සමනල්ලු) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala family drama film directed by Rohan Perera and produced by Sunil T Fernando for Sunil T Films. Shehan, who belongs to a higher middle class family is the only child of Madhavi (Dilhani Ekanayake) and Adithya (Saumya Liyanage). Their lives changed unexpectedly when Shehan is diagnosed with leukemia.

Dreaming Butterflies

2017

King Hanther poster
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The film takes place where an ancient King Hunther (Vijaya) was awaken by a hundred years sleep and started to modernize to present day world. He finally became a minister with the help of his present day friends Hector (Mahendra) and Moreen (Anarkali).

King Hanther

2011

Siri poster
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This narrative follows a free-spirited, resilient young woman navigating the stark economic and cultural contrasts between rural traditions and modern urban realities. Driven by themes of personal sovereignty and identity, the plot balances her inherently vibrant nature with the heavy emotional demands of deep-seated family obligations and secrets. As lighthearted romance gives way to intense domestic conflict, the protagonist is forced to confront shifting social expectations, testing her psychological endurance against systemic pressures and personal betrayal in her fight to protect her core values.

Siri

2026

Film credits

2020s · 3 titles

2010s · 4 titles

Dreaming Butterflies poster
6.5

Heena Hoyana Samanallu (Dreaming Butterflies) (Sinhalese: හීන හොයන සමනල්ලු) is a 2017 Sri Lankan Sinhala family drama film directed by Rohan Perera and produced by Sunil T Fernando for Sunil T Films. Shehan, who belongs to a higher middle class family is the only child of Madhavi (Dilhani Ekanayake) and Adithya (Saumya Liyanage). Their lives changed unexpectedly when Shehan is diagnosed with leukemia.

Dreaming Butterflies

2017

King Hanther poster
NR

The film takes place where an ancient King Hunther (Vijaya) was awaken by a hundred years sleep and started to modernize to present day world. He finally became a minister with the help of his present day friends Hector (Mahendra) and Moreen (Anarkali).

King Hanther

2011

Motor Bicycle poster
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Rangana is a young musician from the working classes who dreams big. His aim is to rise above his station, even as he toils the low-rent barroom circuit with his band, playing night after night to under-appreciative crowds to make a frugal living. Tanya is the love of his life, the woman whom all this will be worth achieving. She is just finishing school. As he toils through the nights, his need of a mode of transport - a motor bicycle - becomes more and more apparent. He dreams of one day collecting enough money to buy one, finally buying a second hand motorbike despite his mother's great protest. He now wants to taste his new found freedom with his beloved Tanya, along the city streets of Colombo. As Rangana and Tanya embark on this motorbike journey across the city, questions about their present, challenges to their future and the very essence of their lives is brought to the fore, in "Motor Bicycle."

Motor Bicycle

2016

August Drizzle poster
6.5

A film that touches Life, Death and Expectations.One Person’s death fans the flame of expectations in another. the life that begins with that expectation ultimately ends in death. Loneliness, loss of social contacts and deceit are the underlying human conditions of the film.

August Drizzle

2011

Series credits

Jahuta poster
NR

The story centers around a woman in her youth navigating intense emotional pressure and the complexities of a challenging romantic relationship. As lives intertwine and secrets surface, the series delves into themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the fragile line between love and indifference.

Jahuta

2025

Koombiyo poster
9.1

35 year old bachelor Jehan and his partner in crime Priyantha try to exploit the loopholes in the law in order to make a living.Koombiyo tells the story of Jehan Fernando, who has neither family nor home and lives alone in an abandoned building complex in Colombo. He accidentally meets Hiruni and Priyantha Mahaulpathagama in a public bus when Priyantha is coming to Colombo on his search for a job. Jehan convinces Priyantha to abandon the job he is going for and join Jehan's company Purchasing Lanka instead, which delivers retail items to customers claiming they are from supermarkets when in reality they are bought from the local flea markets. Priyantha starts living with Jehan while being a partner in his business and they quickly become good friends.

Koombiyo

2017

Siri poster
NR

This narrative follows a free-spirited, resilient young woman navigating the stark economic and cultural contrasts between rural traditions and modern urban realities. Driven by themes of personal sovereignty and identity, the plot balances her inherently vibrant nature with the heavy emotional demands of deep-seated family obligations and secrets. As lighthearted romance gives way to intense domestic conflict, the protagonist is forced to confront shifting social expectations, testing her psychological endurance against systemic pressures and personal betrayal in her fight to protect her core values.

Siri

2026