Malini Fonseka
Known For
Acting
Born
1947-04-30 in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Died
2025-05-24
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.
Most Known For
Sarigama
as Nun
Mansion by the Lake
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Abá
as Baddhakachchana
Village in the Jungle
as Punchi Menika
Aradhana
Bhavatharana
Ayu
as Nishmi's Mother
The Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake
Pilot Premnath
Malaki Duwe Numba
as Grandma
Little Angel
as Sinhala Teacher
Flowers of the Sky
as Sandya Rani
Night of Destiny
The Secret
as Lover
Elegy For A Mother
as Sumanawathie
The Wasps Are Here
as Helen
Apeksha
Thushara
Mihidum Sihina
