The Sarasaviya Most Popular Actress Award is presented annually by the weekly Sarasaviya newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited

Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited , also known as Lake House, is the largest newspaper company in South East Asia. It publishes three daily, three weekend, five weekly, two monthly and three annual publications in Sinhala, English and Tamil....

 at the Sarasaviya Awards Festival

Sarasaviya Awards

Sarasaviya Awards are the most prestigious awards presented to distinguished individuals involved with the Sinhala cinema, each year by the Sarasaviya weekly newspaper in collaboration with the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited , Sri Lanka in recognition of the contributions made by them to...

. This award is decided solely on popular vote and is chosen based on the verdict given by the readers of the weekly Sarasaviya. Although the Sarasaviya Awards Ceremony began in 1964 , this award was introduced two years later, in 1966.
Jeevarani Kurukulasuriya was chosen as the most popular actress, that year.
Anula Karunathilake , Malini Fonseka

Malini Fonseka

Malani Senehelatha Fonseka is an award-winning Sri Lankan film actress, also known as the "Queen of Sinhalese cinema". Her cinema career which has spanned many decades began with Tissa Liyansooriya's Punchi Baba in 1968...

 , Geetha Kumarasinghe

Geetha Kumarasinghe

Geetha Samanmali Kumarasinghe is an award winning Sri Lankan film actress. She made her debut with veteran director K.A.W. Perera's Wasana in 1975 but it was Neil Rupasinghe's Lassana Kella which was released first...

 , Sabitha Perera , Dilhani Ekanayake

Dilhani Ekanayake

Dilhani Ashokamala Ekanayake is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress.-Biography:Dilhani studied at St Clare's girls school ,Colombo. She is married to singer and actor Priyankara Perera son of famous singer Milton Perera. She has a son aged 16.Sinhala film industry slumped in the...

 and Sangeetha Weeraratne

Sangeetha Weeraratne

Sangeetha Weeraratne is an award-winning actress in the Sri Lankan cinema. She made her debut as a sixteen-year-old with Roy De Silva 's It's a Matter of Time opposite Kamal Addararachchi in 1990. However, she earned immense popularity only after performing in H.D. Premaratne's Saptha Kanya, also...

 were the actresses who were eventually crowned as the Most Popular Actresses.

Following is a list of the winners of this prestigious title since 1966.

Year	Actress
2007	Sangeetha Weeraratne Sangeetha Weeraratne Sangeetha Weeraratne is an award-winning actress in the Sri Lankan cinema. She made her debut as a sixteen-year-old with Roy De Silva 's It's a Matter of Time opposite Kamal Addararachchi in 1990. However, she earned immense popularity only after performing in H.D. Premaratne's Saptha Kanya, also...
2006	Sangeetha Weeraratne
2005	Sangeetha Weeraratne
2004	Anarkalli Aakarsha Jayatileke Anarkalli Aakarsha Anarkalli Aakarsha Jayatilaka is an award winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actress, model,singer, TV presenter and a politician. She was crowned Miss Sri Lanka 2004 and represented Sri Lanka at the Miss World 2004 beauty pageant. She has worked as a brand ambassador & a fundraiser...
2003	Sangeetha Weeraratne
2002	Sangeetha Weeraratne
2001	Sangeetha Weeraratne
2000