They have a daughter and a son[4] [5] She first appeared as a 6-month-old baby in the movie Vena Swargayak Kumatada, a Robin Tampoe production in 1960.
Having entered the silver screen at a very young age, she did 'child' roles in Suwaneetha Lalini, Suhada Divi Piduma, Sithaka Mahima, Satha Panaha, Athulveema Thahanam, Senehasa, Penawa Neda and was known as Baby Shyama.
In 1969 she won the Lanka Deepa Deepasika award for best child artists in Sri Lankan Sinhala Cinema’s 25 years history for the portrayal of twin sisters in her father’s first home production Pravesam Venna, an MSA films release.
In the third of the Shyama series Hello Shayama (1982) she was cast as a dutiful daughter who competes with her father, Gamini Fonseka to do justice for her mother.
[6] In 1994, she appeared with her daughter and son in the blockbuster film Mama Baya Ne Shayama directed by her father.