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Malini Fonseka

Malini Fonseka

Born: 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
Malaki Duwe Numba poster
Malaki Duwe Numba
2025 • Grandma
Ayu poster
Ayu
2025 • Nishmi's Mother
Bhavatharana poster
Bhavatharana
2021
Little Miss Puppet poster
Little Miss Puppet
2020 • School Principal
Sarigama poster
Sarigama
2016 • Nun
Abá poster
Abá
2008 • Baddhakachchana
Flowers of the Sky poster
Flowers of the Sky
2008 • Sandya Rani
Elegy For A Mother poster
Elegy For A Mother
2006 • Sumanawathie
Mansion by the Lake poster
Mansion by the Lake
2002 • Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Little Angel poster
Little Angel
2002 • Sinhala Teacher
Night of Destiny poster
Night of Destiny
1998
Mihidum Sihina poster
Mihidum Sihina
1982
Aradhana poster
Aradhana
1981
Old Soldier poster
Old Soldier
1981
Village in the Jungle poster
Village in the Jungle
1980 • Punchi Menika
Apeksha poster
Apeksha
1978
Pilot Premnath poster
Pilot Premnath
1978
The Wasps Are Here poster
The Wasps Are Here
1978 • Helen
How to Be an Adult poster
How to Be an Adult
1975 • Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
Hathdinnath Tharu poster
Hathdinnath Tharu
1973
Thushara poster
Thushara
1973
The Treasure poster
The Treasure
1972 • Irene Abeynayake
The Secret poster
The Secret
1971 • Lover
Changes in the Village poster
Changes in the Village
1963