Prasanna Puwanarajah

Prasanna Puwanarajahis an English actor, director, writer, and former junior medical doctor.

Early life

Puwanarajah was born at Ipswich Hospital in Suffolk to Eelam Tamil 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.

Personal life

Puwanarajah lives in North West London.