Thusitha Jayasundera

Thusitha Jayasundera is a Sri Lankan actress born in 1971. She currently resides in the United Kingdom. Jayasundera attended an all-girls school administered by Australian missionaries and later graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1993. Her notable television roles include Tushura 'Tash' Bandara in the BBC hospital drama Holby City from 1999 to 2002, DS Ramani De Costa in the ITV police drama The Bill from 2003 to 2006, and DS Ayesha Masood in the BBC series Silent Witness. Jayasundera has also appeared in theatrical productions such as the National Theatre adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse. In 2015, she played Ros Mahendra in the BBC drama Doctor Foster and in 2019 she appeared in Midsomer Murders. Jayasundera was cast in the Amazon Prime Video series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which premiered in September 2022.