Anarkali Akarsha

BIOGRAPHY

Anarkali Janina Jayatilaka, better known as Anarkali Akarsha, is a Sri Lankan actress, model, TV Host and a politician. She began her career as a child artist in tele-serial Iti Pahan (1995) but she came into the public limelight when she was crowned Miss Sri Lanka in 2004 and represented her nation at the Miss World 2004 beauty contest. Anarkali made her acting debut in the 2003 movie Pissu Trible. Since then she has acted in movies like One Shot (2005), Eka Malaka Pethi (2006), Hiripoda Wassa (2006), Anjalika (2006), Sonduru Wasanthe (2006), Sir Last Chance (2009), King Hunther (2011), Sikuru Hathe (2015) and July 7 (2016). After from movies, Anarkali has continued to star in TV shows like Sapphire and Silk (2004), Arunodaya Kalapaya (2005), Santhuwaranaya (2006), Kula Kumariya (2007) and Ran Thaliya Walauwa (2010). As a TV host she has presented Anarkali Live on TV Derana and also has her own talk show LIVE Sunday with Anarkali on Swarnavahini.