Saumya liyanage biography of barack
Dishan Joseph takes a closer look at Saumya Liyanage's life journey and how he has successfully balanced his acting and academic careers.
Saumya Liyanage has been working as an actor and a theatre scholar in Sri Lanka over two decades and has received best actor awards and many accolades..
Saumya Liyanage
Sri Lankan actor
Saumya Liyanage (Sinhala: සෞම්ය ලියනගේ) is an actor in Sri Lankan cinema, stage drama and television.[1] He is a senior lecturer and currently the Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies[2] in University of the Visual and Performing Arts by profession.[3] Highly versatile actor mainly involved in dramatic roles, Saumya is the son of veteran dramatist Hemasiri Liyanage and brother of musician Indrachapa Liyanage.[4]
Personal life
Liyanage completed his bachelor's degree of arts (BA) from University of Kelaniya and then master's degree in Creative Arts from Flinders University, South Australia.[5] He completed Phd.
from La Trobe University, Melbourne in Drama Program under the guidance of Dr. Rob Conkie.[6]
Career
He started stage work early 1990s when he is an undergraduate at the Kelaniya University.
After that, he became a continues leading actor in stage drama.[7] His ma