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{{Infobox person
| name = Gamya Wijayadasa
| birth_name = Gamya Prasadini Vaidurya Wijayadasa
| image = Gamya Wijayadasa.jpg
| caption = Gamya at Cast of 'Aalaap' interview
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| nationality = [[Sri Lanka]]n
| height = 5'6"
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|06|30|df=y}}|
| birth_place = [[Colombo]], Sri Lanka
| years_active = 2009–present
}}

'''Gamya Wijayadasa''' ([[Sinhala language|Sinhala]]:ගම්‍යා විජයදාස) is a [[Sri Lanka]]n film actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won Derana Veet [[Miss World Sri Lanka|Miss Sri Lanka]] 2009 and represented Sri Lanka in [[Miss World 2009]] on December 12, 2009 in [[Johannesburg]], South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glamnglory.com/Gamya_Wijayadasa.htm |title=Gamya Wijayadasa | Miss Sri lanka for Miss world 2009 | Folio Wallpapers | Biography Of Gamya Wijayadasa | Gamya Wijayadasa Beautiful Pictures | Film Photo Gallery | Photo Gallery | Biography | Hot Photos | Photos | Filmography | Pics | BindaasPoll |publisher=Glamnglory.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

==Early life==
Wijayadasa studied up to grade 6 at [[Musaeus College]] in Colombo before leaving to Singapore and then studying at the Marsiling College, Wijayadasa also studied at Strathmore Secondary College in Australia before going on to study Psychology for her Bachelor's degree.

==Career==
Wijayadasa was named Miss Sri Lanka 2009 on Wednesday July 22, 2009 beating 11 beauty queens at Mount Lavinia Hotel in Sri Lanka. She also won mini-titles like Miss Veet Beautiful Legs, Miss Personality and Miss Veet Beautiful Skin at the Derana Veet Miss Sri Lanka 2009 beauty pageant.<ref>[http://www.zimbio.com/Sri+Lankan+Models+And+Actress/articles/Ya28uwwJ9mS/Gorgeous+Gamya+Wijayadasa+Miss+Sri+Lanka+2009 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811062155/http://www.zimbio.com/Sri+Lankan+Models+And+Actress/articles/Ya28uwwJ9mS/Gorgeous+Gamya+Wijayadasa+Miss+Sri+Lanka+2009 |date=August 11, 2009 }}</ref>

2009 October Wijayadasa was appointed as the United Nations Good will ambassordor for Sri Lanka as a recognition of her 10 years of community service for her country. Wijayadasa is also working as representative of " Tharunyata Hetak " - [[National Youth Organisation (Sri Lanka)|National Youth Organisation]].

Wijayadasa focus on rehabilitation process, welfare of Internally Displaced People in the North of Sri Lanka and Youth education.

In 2012 Wijayadasa met the producers including [[Manish Manikpuri]] of Aalaap Bollywood movie and she was selected for an Item number for the movie.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-15/news-interviews/31062460_1_bengali-film-sri-lankan-deepa-mehta |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103071833/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-02-15/news-interviews/31062460_1_bengali-film-sri-lankan-deepa-mehta |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-01-03 |title=I don’t expect Jacqueline to help me: Gamya Wijayadasa |date=2012-02-15 |work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=2014-03-08}}</ref>

==Social work==
Wijayadasa began volunteering at the age of 13. She started as a volunteer journalist and ventured into many avenues of social service where she contributed to major community projects before the title of Miss Sri Lanka was bestowed upon her.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
|-
|2012
| [[Aalaap]]
|Item Number
|Hindi
|Song named 'Chadhti Jawaani'
|-
|2019
|U Turn
|Maya
|Sinhala
|
|-
| TBD
| [[1970 Love Story]]
|
|Sinhala
|Sinhala Debut
|}

==References==
{{Commons category|Gamya Wijayadasa}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2013/08/08/?fn=sa13080828 බොලිවුඩ් අහසට අපෙන් තවත් තරුවක්] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222232152/http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2013/08/08/?fn=sa13080828 |date=2014-02-22 }}
{{Miss World 2009 delegates}}

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[[Category:Sri Lankan film actresses]]
[[Category:Sinhalese artists]]
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Ajay Kumar at 12:51, 20 August 2023