Goniya Malimage Awanthi Aponsu, popularly known as Awanthi Aponsu (Sinhala: ගෝනියා මාලිමගේ අවන්ති අපොන්සු) (born June 18, 1959) is a Sri Lankan actress known for her extensive work in supporting roles of teledramas, films and stage plays.
[2] Aponsu was born in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka,[3] where she attended Gamini Central College.
Her uncle, Edwin Peiris, was a stage play director in Nuwara Eliya, who was acquainted with Rohana Weerasinghe.
As a child, she had dreamed of acting, but thought it was out of reach due to her extreme shyness growing up.
She started her acting career in stage plays under the tutelage of her brother Jayasekara.