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.
Filmography
all 18
Movies 18
Nishmi's Mother
Ayu (2020)
Movie
Reverend Mother
Sarigama (2016)
Movie
Baddhakachchana
Abá (2008)
Movie
Sandya Rani
Flowers of the Sky (2008)
Movie
Sumanawathi
Elegy For A Mother (2006)
Movie
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Mansion by the Lake (2002)
Movie
Sinhala teacher
Little Angel (2002)
Movie
Punchi Menika
Village in the Jungle (1980)
Movie
Actress
Pilot Premnath (1978)
Movie
School Principal
Little Miss Puppet
Movie
Actress
Bhavatharana
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1947-04-30 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceKelaniya, Sri Lanka
ReligionTheravāda
CitizenshipsSri Lanka
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