Dr. Sonali Deraniyagala is a Sri Lankan economist and memoirist. She is also popular as actress Fiona Shaw’s partner.

Dr.Sonali is a brave woman and a survivor of a tragedic incident, Indian Ocean Tsunami. However, she lost her family in that incident. It was a brutal fate that she went through.

Nonetheless, she started her life fresh and is now living happily. The tsunami that took her closest one’s life was in 2004. Obviously, she has come a long way.

After she came back alive and got a hold of herself, she wrote a memoir named “Wave”. The book is based on her times with her late husband and children.

10 Facts About Dr. Sonali Deraniyagala

1. Dr. Sonali Deraniyagala, also known as Fiona Shaw’s partner is a Sri Lankan economist and memoirist.
2. She met her current wife, Fiona in an interview with a media channel The Daily Express. However, Fiona was impressed by her book, Wave. In fact, the actress initiated their first meeting.
3. Fiona’s partner, Sonali is 56 years old. According to sources, she was born in 1964.
4. Her nationality is Sri Lankan and her ethnic background is Asian.
5. Recently, Fiona expressed her happiness for marrying her economist wife, Sonali. The couple tied the knot in 2018.
6. Previously, she was married to Stephen Lissenburgh, an economist. He along with her two children, Nikhil and Vikram passed away in 2004 in the Indian Ocean Tsunami.
7. She is a published author. Her book “Wave” gave her fame and attention as a memoirist.
8. Read details about her professional life on her Wikipedia page. She has a wiki profile of her own.
9. Her doctorate was completed from University of Oxford. Later, she also completed her education as a research scholar from  Columbia University.
10. She is originally from Sri Lanka. However, she now lives in New York.

Facts of Dr Sonali Deraniyagala