Date - 28th November 2011
Venue - BMICH - Colombo Sri Lanka
Event - SLIC Star Awards
Event Manager - Fun Time
Career Highlights : An Oriental/Western Artiste
1985 Judy started her professional career as a singer with Debbie Arnolda managed by Bobby Arnolda Entertainments.
1988 - with Kanthie de Silva the First mother & daughter Duo in the Sri Lankan western Music industry to hold a contract. They appeared in a weekly TV musical on National TV titled “Music Makers”. In 1989 they released audio in cassette and CD “With All Our Love”
Judy also had a brief encounter in catwalk modeling with Sri Lankan designer/choreographer Senaka de Silva.
1989 - 1995 with Sohan & The X’periments performed weekly contracted gigs and at many concerts in Sri Lanka and worldwide, also many audio releases on cassette and CD.
AWARDS : The Islands “MOST PROMISING ARTIST” for the year 1987
The Islands “MOST OUTSTANDING FEMALE VOCALIST” award for 1989
THE GOLDEN CLEF AWARD for “POP SINGER OF THE YEAR” 1993.
The prestigious SARASAVIYA AWARD for "BEST NEW ACTRESS"
Original songs released in Sinhala English.
1993, Launched career as silver screen actress acting beside Ranjan Ramanayake in “Sura Daruwo” this was her first attempt in acting and won her the “SARASAVIYA” Silver Screen prominent Award for “BEST NEW ACTRESS 1993”. (sarasaviya awards)
Appeared on German production “Southern Stars”.
Acted in Sri Lankan tele-dramas.
Mark Samson’s “Illakkaya”
Ranjan de Silva’s “Udagira”
Kumarasiri Abeykone’s “Viyaru Prarthana” and
Dharmasena Pathiraja’s “Nadunana Puthun” and film “wasuli”
1995 released her first solo album “Sihina Lokaye”.
1996 launched her own band “Judy with Eternal Soul”
1998 launched her solo career as a performing artist.
1998 - 2002 Toured the UK, Japan, Cyprus, Dubai and India.
2005 Kanthie & Judy (“Merit Makers”) organized charity events
“Cosmic Hits” in 2005 and “Cosmic Hits 2” in 2006.
2002 - to-date based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, she travels to all continents for
semi-cultural and non-cultural events representing Sri Lanka as a guest artist to entertain Sri Lankans living overseas.
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