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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Malaki Duwe Numba
Character:Grandma
Release Date:08/11/2025
Ayu
Character:Nishmi's Mother
Release Date:31/10/2025
Bhavatharana
Character:
Release Date:03/12/2021
Little Miss Puppet
Character:School Principal
Release Date:24/09/2020
Sarigama
Character:Nun
Release Date:30/10/2016
Abá
Character:Baddhakachchana
Release Date:08/08/2008
Flowers of the Sky
Character:Sandya Rani
Release Date:01/01/2008
Elegy For A Mother
Character:Sumanawathie
Release Date:15/09/2006
Mansion by the Lake
Character:Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Release Date:25/09/2002
Little Angel
Character:Sinhala Teacher
Release Date:19/07/2002
Night of Destiny
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1998
Mihidum Sihina
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1982
Aradhana
Character:
Release Date:03/12/1981
Old Soldier
Character:
Release Date:10/04/1981
Village in the Jungle
Character:Punchi Menika
Release Date:01/01/1980
Apeksha
Character:
Release Date:03/12/1978
Pilot Premnath
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1978
The Wasps Are Here
Character:Helen
Release Date:11/08/1978
She's an Adult Now
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1975
Hathdinnath Tharu
Character:
Release Date:22/06/1973
Thushara
Character:
Release Date:09/03/1973
The Treasure
Character:Irene Abeynayake
Release Date:21/08/1972
The Secret
Character:Lover
Release Date:04/08/1971
Changes in the Village
Character:
Release Date:21/07/1963
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