 She is the aunt of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe.Born Iranganie Roxana Meedeniya to Joseph Hercules Meedeniya, Rate Mahatmaya of Ratnapura and Violet Ellawela.Her paternal grandfather was J. H. Meedeniya Adigar and her uncles included D. R. Wijewardena and Sir Francis Molamure.