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
Ayu
Bhavatharana
Little Miss Puppet
Sarigama
Abá
Flowers of the Sky
Elegy For A Mother
Mansion by the Lake
Little Angel
Night of Destiny
Mihidum Sihina
Aradhana
Old Soldier
Village in the Jungle
Apeksha
Pilot Premnath
The Wasps Are Here
How to Be an Adult
Hathdinnath Tharu
Thushara
The Treasure
The Secret
Changes in the Village