Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 1, 1981
- Place of birth
- Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
Biography
Prasanna Puwanarajah (Tamil: பிரசன்னா புவனராஜா; born 1981) is a British actor, director, writer, and former junior medical doctor.
Puwanarajah was born at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk to Tamil Sri Lankan parents from Sri Lanka, his mother a psychiatrist and his father a dentist. He spent his early childhood on Churchill Avenue in Ipswich before the family moved to Hampshire when he was four. He participated in school plays and spent a season with the National Youth Theatre, but thought of acting as more of a hobby than a career choice at the time.
He trained in Medicine at New College, Oxford. After working as a junior doctor in reconstructive surgery for over three years, Puwanarajah decided to take a year out. It was during this time he decided to become a full-time actor, describing it as "more of a strong pull towards something else" than a "push away from" his medical career.
Movies with Prasanna Puwanarajah
- The Gunman 2015 · ★ 5.8
- Diana 2013 · ★ 5.6
- The Stoning of Soraya M. 2009 · ★ 7.7
- Möbius 2013 · ★ 5.7
- Finding Emily 2026 · ★ 6.9
- The Vote 2015 · ★ 8.4
- National Theatre Live: Hamlet 2010 · ★ 7.8
- The Baby Shower 2016 · ★ 6.3
- Malcolm 2023 · ★ 7.0
- National Theatre Live: London Assurance 2010 · ★ 7.0
- National Theatre Live: Dara 2020 · ★ 9.0
Movies directed by Prasanna Puwanarajah
- Ballywalter 2023 · ★ 6.6