Malini Fonseka
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Died
- May 24, 2025 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Colombo, Sri Lanka
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
Filmography
Ayu
Movie · as Nishmi's Mother
Malaki Duwe Numba
Movie · as Chanuli's Grandmother
Bhavatharana
Movie
Little Miss Puppet
Movie · as School Principal
Sarigama
Movie · as Nun
Dancing Star
Movie · as Self - Cameo Appearance
Flowers of the Sky
Movie · as Sandya Rani
Abá
Movie · as Baddhakachchana
Elegy For A Mother
Movie · as Sumanawathie
Mansion by the Lake
Movie · as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Little Angel
Movie · as Sinhala Teacher
Night of Destiny
Movie
Siri Medura
Movie · as Nirmala
Mihidum Sihina
Movie
Aradhana
Movie · as Jinadari
Soldadu Unnahe
Movie
Baddegama
Movie · as Punchi Menika
Muwan Pelessa
Movie · as Namali
Pilot Premnath
Movie
Bambaru Awith
Movie · as Helen
Apeksha
Movie
Rebellion
Movie · as Bandara Menike
How to Be an Adult
Movie · as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
Thushara
Movie
Hathdinnath Tharu
Movie
The Treasure
Movie · as Irene Abeynayake
The Secret
Movie · as Lover
Thousand Thoughts
Movie
Changes in the Village
Movie