# Sumathy Balaram

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{{Short description|Sri Lankan-Canadian filmmaker and actress}}
'''Sumathy Balaram''' is a [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)n-[Canadian](/source/Canada) filmmaker and actress.<ref name=newindian>Roshne Balasubramanian, [https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/Aug/15/filmmaker-sumathy-balarams-niyoga-on-sri-lanka-civil-war-1643650.html "Filmmaker Sumathy Balaram’s Niyoga on Sri Lanka Civil War"]. ''[The New Indian Express](/source/The_New_Indian_Express)'', August 16, 2017.</ref>  She is most noted for her 2015 feature film ''Niyoga'',<ref name=newindian/> and her performance in the 2025 short film ''[Karupy](/source/Karupy)''.<ref>C.J. Prince, [https://thefilmstage.com/10-must-see-short-films-at-tiff-2025/ "10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2025"]. ''The Film Stage'', September 2, 2025.</ref>

Born and raised in [Jaffna](/source/Jaffna), she emigrated to Canada in 1989.<ref name=newindian/> She has also directed a number of short films, and was a founder of Uyirppu Progressive Tamil Women Artistic Organization, a theatre company that produces and stages plays about [Tamil](/source/Tamil_people) women.

For ''Karupy'', she won the award for Outstanding Performer in a Canadian Short Film at the 2025 [Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_Reel_Asian_International_Film_Festival),<ref>Andrew Tracy, [https://playbackonline.ca/2025/11/06/montreal-my-beautiful-wins-best-canadian-film-prize-at-reel-asian/ "Montreal, My Beautiful wins best Canadian film prize at Reel Asian"]. ''[Playback](/source/Playback_(magazine))'', November 6, 2025.</ref> and received a [Canadian Screen Award](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award) nomination for [Best Performance in a Live Action Short Drama](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Performance_in_a_Live_Action_Short_Drama) at the [14th Canadian Screen Awards](/source/14th_Canadian_Screen_Awards) in 2026.<ref>[https://canadianfilmreviewer.ca/2026/03/26/the-14th-canadian-screen-awards-nominations-2026/ "The 14th Canadian Screen Awards Nominations (2026)"]. ''The Canadian Film Reviewer'', March 26, 2026.</ref>

==Filmography==
*''Mannamuzh'' (2001)
*''Inni'' (2002)
*''Uashh'' (2003)
*''Manushi'' (2004)
*''You2'' (2005)
*''To Be Continued'' (2006)
*''Pillai'' (2007)
*''Niyoga'' (2015)

===Actress===
*''Rooba'' (2017)
*''[Funny Boy](/source/Funny_Boy_(2020_film))'' (2020)
*''The Misadventure of Unlikely Heroes'' (2022)
*''[Karupy](/source/Karupy)'' (2025)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{imdb name|7363155}}

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Category:21st-century Canadian actresses
Category:21st-century Canadian screenwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian short story writers
Category:21st-century Canadian women writers
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian women film directors
Category:Canadian women short story writers
Category:Canadian women screenwriters
Category:Sri Lankan emigrants to Canada
Category:Asian-Canadian filmmakers
Category:Canadian writers of Asian descent
Category:Living people

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