Sujatha Chandradasa Paramanathan (born 13 November 1937 as Sinhala: සුජාතා පරමනාදන්), is a former beauty queen and actress in Sri Lankan cinema, theater and television.
[1] She is the first Sri Lankan actress turned politician, where she won the Yatawatta Gam Sabha council from Matale district in 1960.
Meanwhile, she met two singers Mohideen Baig and P. L. A. Somapala and invited to play the main character of the film Asoka.
But before that, another relative of Sujatha introduced her to K. Gunaratnam, owner of Cinemas film production company.
[5] Through Gunaratnam, she got the opportunity to act as Rita Ratnayake's friend in the film Warada Kageda directed by T. R. Sundaram and A. R.
[5] In 1968, she was selected for the lead role in the film Punchi Baba directed by Tissa Liyanasuriya.
In 1997, she re-entered active politics by unsuccessfully contesting the Matale Municipal Council election from the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna.