[1] Gunasekara is best known for the character as Dan Chooty in film Chanchala Rekha by Sena Samarasinghe.
[4] Her mother Thalatha Gunasekara was a school teacher and a popular film actress.
Due to her father being a post officer, they had to move to several cities, where Gunasekara then studied in Gampola.
In 1973, she attended to Pushpadana Girls' College, Kandy and then to Vishaka Balika Vidyalaya, Bandarawela.
[5] Her most popular films include Kanchana, Chanchala Rekha, Biththi Hathara and Thani Tharuwa.