She went India and obtained a Diploma in North Indian Ragadhari Music at the Bhatkhand University in Lucknow.
In the meantime, she was working at the Sathosa head office where she met popular theatre director R. R. Samarakoon.
Later, she was cast in Premaranjith Tilakaratne's Kontare, which was adapted from West Side Story but set in Sri Lanka.
She acted alongside Suvineetha Weerasinghe, Sunethra Sarachchandra, Nawanandana Wijesinghe, Elson Divithurugama, and her husband Lucien.
Since then, she performed in many plays: Premaranjith Tilakaratne's Kontharaya, Sri Wickrama, Samarakoon's Charith Dekak, Lucien's Tharavo Igilethi, Dayananda Gunawardena's Madhura Jawanika, Henry Jayasena's Kuveni 'and Prof. Sarachchandra's Mahasara.