Malini Fonseka
28 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 30, 1947
- Died
- May 24, 2025 (age 78)
- Place of birth
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Also known as
- Malani Fonseka
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
Malini Fonseka: movies and TV shows
Acting (28)
- 2025 Malaki Duwe Numba
as Chanuli's Grandmother
- 2025 Ayu
as Nishmi's Mother
- 2021
- 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
- 1989 Siri Medura
as Nirmala
- 1982
- 1981 Aradhana
as Jinadari
- 1981
- 1980 Baddegama
as Punchi Menika
- 1979 Muwan Pelessa
as Namali
- 1978
- 1978
- 1978 Bambaru Awith
as Helen
- 1978 Rebellion
as Bandara Menike
- 1975 How to Be an Adult
as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
- 1973
- 1973
- 1972 The Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake
- 1971 The Secret
as Lover
- 1968
- 1963
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2009