Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Deraniyagala (1908 – 1973) was a Sri Lankan lawyer and feminist, who was the first female barrister in the country.
[2] Ezlynn Isabel Améliè Obeyesekere was born in 1908, the only daughter and second child of F. A. Obeysekera, the speaker of the State Council of Ceylon and a member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon, and Anna Isabella née Sykes.
[3] She attended Hillwood College, Kandy before finishing her secondary schooling at St. Bridget's Convent, Colombo.
[3][4] She then attended St Anne's College, Oxford,[5] where she was president of the Geldart Society.
[7][10][11] She married Ralph St. Louis Pieris Deraniyagala, CBE a lawyer, who became the Clerk of Parliament.