Malini Fonseka

Known for ActingBorn 1947-04-30Died 2025-05-24Colombo, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sarigama

Siri Medura

Rebellion

Ayu

Abá

Little Angel

Pilot Premnath

Eya Dan Loku Lamayek

Bambaru Awith

The Treasure

Flowers of the Sky

Mansion by the Lake

Baddegama

Changes in the Village

Malaki Duwe Numba

Bhavatharana

Little Miss Puppet

Elegy For A Mother

Night of Destiny

Mihidum Sihina

Aradhana

Soldadu Unnahe

Apeksha

Thushara

Hathdinnath Tharu

The Secret