[1] A highly versatile actress with a career spanned more than 25 years, Nirmali is best known for her role in the television serial Weda Hamine.
[5] She moved to Colombo and started a drama career through the stage plays Lokaya Suddai and Sudu Samanalayo in 1987.
Her turning point in her acting career came through the 1990 blockbuster television serial Weda Hamine, directed by Jayantha Chandrasiri.
[58] According to the Deputy Director of Cancer Hospital, Dr. Wasantha Dissanayaka, when radiotherapy was unsuccessful, Nirmali received chemotherapy treatment.
Her remains were kept in a private funeral house in Borella and were then moved to Kala Bhawana on Thursday for final rites.