Thusitha Jayasundera (born 1971) is a Sri Lankan actress who lives in the

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. She attended an all-girls school run by Australian missionaries, and graduated from the

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in 1993. Jayasundera played Tushura 'Tash' Bandara in the BBC hospital drama ''

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'' for three years from December 1999 to June 2002. She played DS Ramani De Costa in the ITV police drama ''

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'' from 2003 to 2006, and DS Ayesha Masood in the BBC series ''

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''. She appeared in the National Theatre

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's novel, ''

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''. In 2009 she appeared in the play ''Dreams of Violence'' by

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for

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and

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. In 2015, she played Ros Mahendra in the BBC drama '' Doctor Foster''. On 17 March 2019, Jayasundera appeared in ''

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'' in the episode "Death of the Small Coppers". In December 2020, she was cast in the

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series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'', which premiered on 2 September 2022.

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Dreams of Violence

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1971 births Living people British television actresses Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Kingdom Sri Lankan television actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{SriLanka-bio-stub