Who is Line of Duty star Prasanna Puwanarajah and is he married?
PRASANNA Puwanarajah is making waves in the British television industry.
The Doctor Foster star has landed in a role in the sixth season cult-favourite detective drama Line Of Duty.
Who is Line of Duty star Prasanna Puwanarajah?
Prasanna Puwanarajah is a British actor starring in Line of Duty in 2021.
He is the son of a psychiatrist and a dentist, both of whom moved to the UK from Sri Lanka.
Puwanarajah hasn't always worked in the acting industry.
Despite being keen on the arts and a member of the National Youth Theatre, Prasanna read medicine at the University of Oxford.
He went on to work in the NHS for three and a half years before taking time off to kickstart his career as a writer and actor.
Prasanna told : "There wasn’t really a point when I wanted to switch,
"I needed to take a break from working in the NHS because I spent two very intense years working straight out of medical school and I needed to take a bit of time away just to catch my breath."
Is he married and does he have kids?
It is not known if Prasanna is married or in a relationship.
The actor has lived near Edgware Road for the past 10 years.
Prasanna told he loves to run in Regent’s Park.
What else has he starred in?
Puwanarajah is an actor known primarily for his role in Doctor Foster: A Woman Scorned.
Before that, he appeared in legal drama Silk as Dr Malik.
He also had a recurring role in British medical drama Critical and was on our screens in 2019 as Ashley in Defending The Guilty and Major Taylor in World On Fire.
The 36-year-old has also had stints on comedy drama You, Me And The Apocalypse and BBC drama series Mum.
He also starred opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in Sky series Patrick Melrose.
As a writer, his debut play Nightwatchman premiered at the National Theatre in 2011.
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His other credits include Boy starring Timothy Spall, which screened at the London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony,
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Prasanna is currently developing a drama series for ITV with Jed Mercurio.
The pair have worked together on graphic novel series Sleeper.