Peries subsequently cast her in his debut feature film Rekava as a mother, 'Kathirinahamy'. Meedeniya started her career in cinema in Lester James Peries "Be Safe or Be Sorry" for the Government Film Unit. Accordingly, Serasinghe is the first Sri Lankan actress to have received an academic training in acting. The following years saw Meedeniya in constantly changing settings–teaching briefly at Musaeus College, working for The Times of Ceylon after returning from London, doing a stint at the SLBC and handling a post in the tourist trade working as a junior executive and guide of Walkers Tours and Travels (Pvt)Ltd. Doing mainly English roles at first, she started playing in Sinhala theater in Henry Jayasena's Apata Puthe Magak Nethe and followed with roles in Damma Jagoda's Sinhala version of A Streetcar Named Desire, Ves Muhunu, and Porisadaya. The Lionel Wendt Art Centre theater portion of the center opened on 12 December 1953 with the production of Maxim Gorky's "The Lower Depths", starring Iranganie Serasinghe and produced by Neuman Jubal. Returning to Sri Lanka, Meedeniya met up with Ludowyk and Austrian Jew director Neuman Jubal and got back into theater. Her son Ravi died by an accident at the age of 31. Winston had appeared in Rekava and some other productions with her. There was a 17 year age gap between the two. She was then married to fellow actor Winston Serasinghe, during playing English stage plays. She was first married to a contemporary student at the university and later became a specialist dentist, Professor S. There with the help of actresses Flora Robson and Sybil Thorndike, Meedeniya attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for a year and the London School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art for two years. She eventually graduated with an Arts degree and traveled to London with letters of recommendation from Ludowyk following a marriage to Professor Dissanayake (they divorced some time later). He was the first student to study drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and The Bristol Old Vic Theate School under the guidance of Professor Ludowyk. Ludowyk she also became a proficient dancer with lessons from Chitrasena. She immersed herself in the Ceylon theater scene while there under the guidance of Professor E. He died in her first year away at a time when Marxist ideas were the norm. Against her father a Rate Mahatthaya's wishes, Meedeniya entered the University of Ceylon in 1947 with the support of her cousins. While attending Bishop's College she played in several end-of-term plays at Girls' High School, Kandy whilst pursuing a HSC Meedeniya took a leading role in Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Her early touches with nature later led her to become an environmental activist. She had three siblings, Indrani Meedeniya, Kamani Vitharana who married Professor Tissa Vitharana and Mahinda Meedeniya. Her mother was the sister of Nanda Ellawala's father who was a Member of Parliament for Ratnapura. Meedeniya Adigar was elected unopposed to the Ruwanwella seat in the State Council and her uncles included D. She was born on 9 June 1927 in Mudungomuwa, Ruwanwella, Sri Lanka to Joseph Hercules Meedeniya, Rate Mahatmaya of Ratnapura and Violet Ellawela.
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