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Walimuni Mudiyanselage Menake Hemaal Rajapakse (මේනක රාජපක්ශ: born 24 May 1983), popularly as Menaka Rajapaksa, is a Sri Lankan teledrama and film actor as well as a model. He was first cast in 2005 as one of the main actors, but the role changed into a lead, in the teledrama ''Sanda Mudunata'', which was telecast on
Swarnavahini Swarnavahini (; literally Golden Channel) is a Sinhala language general entertainment and news television channel in Sri Lanka owned by EAP Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of EAP Holdings. Launched in 1994 as ETV (Extra Terrestrial Vision), ...
in 2005. He had acted in more than 30 teledramas and 3 films as of 2015.


Early life

Menake is the second child of his family. His father Ivan Rajapakse was an executive who worked in the hotel industry and died in 2004. His mother Zareena Allang, is a Malay and was a teacher at Wycherly International School. He is a past pupil of St. Peter's College, Colombo.


Career

He was first sighted by a teledrama producer Samy Pavel during a SAAF Games in 2005. He is a competitive swimmer and broke a national level record. In 2005, Menaka was selected for a main role in the teledrama ''Sanda Mudunata'' directed by Samy Pavel. He became popular in 2008, in the teledrama ''Muthu Kirilli'' and then acted in many television serials such as ''Ran Dam Wal'', ''Monara Kadadasi'' and ''Adare Ahasa Tharam''. His first film was ''
Sinhawalokanaya ''Sinhawalokanaya'' (සිංහාවලෝකනය - Lion's Pride) is a 2011 in film, 2011 Sinhala language, Sinhala sports drama film written and directed by Suneth Malinga Lokuhewa. The film features DeLon, Dilan Jay and Raini Charuka Goo ...
,'' a sport-drama film. He also acted in the crime thriller film ''Train to Kandy''.


Selected television serials

* ''Adare Ahasa Tharam'' * ''Ahas Maliga'' * ''Amanda'' * ''Ammawarune'' * ''Ayemath Adaren'' * ''Bharyawo'' * ''Divyadari'' * ''Isira Bhawana'' * ''Jeewa Chakra'' * ''Kumee'' * ''Monara Kadadasi'' * ''Muthu Kirilli'' * ''Piyasa'' * ''Queen'' * ''Ralla Veralata Adarei'' * ''Ran Dam Wal'' * ''Sanda Mudunata'' * ''Sihina Piyapath'' * ''Situ Medura'' * ''Lanvee''


Personal life

Menaka married Virangi Siriwardena in 2010. They divorced in 2013. He is married to fellow actress Nehara Peiris in 2014. Nehara and Menaka acted in lead roles on many occasions. They first met in ''Muthu Kirilli'', and followed in ''Amanda'', ''Bharyawo'', ''Ammawarune'', ''Situ Medura'' and others. The couple has two children.


Filmography


References


External links

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Nehara & Menaka in USA for “Adaraneeya Niagara”නමක් අමතක වුණා නම් සොරි අපි රට හැර ගියා...ලක්‍ෂපතියේ ලක්‍ෂ පහ දිනූ මේනක සරසවියට හෙළි කළ රහසමේනක - නෙහාරා සමඟ සෘජු කතාබහක්මේනක, නෙහාරාට ප්‍රශ්නාවලියක්මේනක රාජපක්ෂ ගැන අම්මා සරීනා ගේ මතකයඉක්මනින් මවක්වෙන්න ආසයි - Nehara Pieris
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajapakse, Menake Living people 1983 births Sri Lankan male television actors Sri Lankan male film actors Alumni of St. Peter's College, Colombo