Malini Fonseka

Malini Fonseka

1947-04-30 – 2025-05-24 (age 78) Colombo, Sri Lanka
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Biography

Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malini Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya) is a Sri Lankan film actress and former member of Sri Lanka Parliament, who became known as the "Queen of Sinhalese cinema". Her cinema career that has spanned seven decades began with Tissa Liyansooriya's Punchi Baba in 1968.

She first became widely known when she won the 'Best Actress Award' at the 1969 National State Drama Festival This was followed by Sarasaviya Best Actress Awards for Hingana Kolla in 1980, Aradhana in 1982 and Yasa Isuru in 1983. In 2010, she was named by CNN as one of Asia's 25 greatest film actors of all time.

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Known For

Baddegama
Baddegama

1980

as Punchi Menika

Malaki Duwe Numba
Malaki Duwe Numba

2025

as Grandma

Pilot Premnath
Sarigama
Sarigama

2016

as Nun

Little Angel
Little Angel

2002

as Sinhala Teacher

Abá
Abá

2008

as Baddhakachchana

Mansion by the Lake
Mansion by the Lake

2002

as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow

Bambaru Awith
Bambaru Awith

1978

as Helen

Elegy For A Mother
Elegy For A Mother

2006

as Sumanawathie

Flowers of the Sky
Flowers of the Sky

2008

as Sandya Rani

Mihidum Sihina
Hathdinnath Tharu
Soldadu Unnahe
Bhavatharana
Aradhana
Ayu
Ayu

2025

as Nishmi's Mother

Night of Destiny
Thushara
Apeksha