Malini Fonseka
Acting
1947-04-30 · 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.
Filmography(25)
movieMalaki Duwe Numba
as Grandma · 2025 · 0.0
movieAyu
as Nishmi's Mother · 2025 · 8.0
movieBhavatharana
as · 2021 · 0.0
movieLittle Miss Puppet
as School Principal · 2020 · 0.0
movieSarigama
as Nun · 2016 · 10.0
movieAbá
as Baddhakachchana · 2008 · 8.0
movieFlowers of the Sky
as Sandya Rani · 2008 · 6.5
movieElegy For A Mother
as Sumanawathie · 2006 · 0.0
movieMansion by the Lake
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow · 2002 · 6.5
movieLittle Angel
as Sinhala Teacher · 2002 · 8.0
movieNight of Destiny
as · 1998 · 0.0
movieMihidum Sihina
as · 1982 · 0.0
movieAradhana
as · 1981 · 0.0
movieSoldadu Unnahe
as · 1981 · 0.0
movieBaddegama
as Punchi Menika · 1980 · 6.0
movieApeksha
as · 1978 · 0.0
moviePilot Premnath
as · 1978 · 8.0
movieBambaru Awith
as Helen · 1978 · 7.0
movieRebellion
as Bandara Menike · 1978 · 10.0
movieEya Dan Loku Lamayek
as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee' · 1975 · 8.0
movieHathdinnath Tharu
as · 1973 · 0.0
movieThushara
as · 1973 · 0.0
movieThe Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake · 1972 · 7.0
movieThe Secret
as Lover · 1971 · 0.0