[5] Starting her career as a model, she appeared on several song videos including "Chanchala", and took a major role in the television drama series Paba.
In 2008, she acted in Sri Lanka's first gigital movie, Hetawath Mata Adaraya Karanna.
The film was telecast on Valentine's Day 2008 through Citi Hitz Satellite movie channel of Dialog Television.
[11] She supported the governing United People's Freedom Alliance voting for the 18th amendment to the constitution and crossing over.
She took part as a contestant in the Mega Star reality program organized by Swarnavahini, a leading TV broadcast station of Sri Lanka.
[13] MP Upeksha Swarnamali was appointed Monitoring Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare by President Mahinda Rajapaksa from 2014.