Malini Fonseka
April 30, 1947 (78 years old) in Colombo, Sri Lanka
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Malaki Duwe Numba as Grandma
- 2025 · Ayu as Nishmi's Mother
- 2021 · Bhavatharana as
- 2020 · Little Miss Puppet as School Principal
- 2016 · Sarigama as Nun
- 2008 · Abá as Baddhakachchana
- 2008 · Flowers of the Sky as Sandya Rani
- 2006 · Elegy For A Mother as Sumanawathie
- 2002 · Mansion by the Lake as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
- 2002 · Little Angel as Sinhala Teacher
- 1998 · Night of Destiny as
- 1982 · Mihidum Sihina as
- 1981 · Aradhana as
- 1981 · Old Soldier as
- 1980 · Village in the Jungle as Punchi Menika
- 1978 · Apeksha as
- 1978 · Pilot Premnath as
- 1978 · The Wasps Are Here as Helen
- 1975 · She's an Adult Now as
- 1973 · Hathdinnath Tharu as
- 1973 · Thushara as
- 1972 · The Treasure as Irene Abeynayake
- 1971 · The Secret as Lover
- 1963 · Changes in the Village as