Malini 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.

Known For

Abá

Acting

1980

Village in the Jungle

as

Punchi Menika

Mihidum Sihina

as

1978

Pilot Premnath

as

2008

Flowers of the Sky

as

Sandya Rani

1963

Changes in the Village

as

2002

Mansion by the Lake

as

Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow

1978

The Wasps Are Here

as

Helen

2020

Ayu

as

Nishmi's Mother

2008

Abá

as

Baddhakachchana

2002

Little Angel

as

Sinhala Teacher

1972

The Treasure

as

Irene Abeynayake

1971

The Secret

as

Lover

Production

Crew

Directing