Malini Fonseka

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

14

Gender

Female

Birthday

1947-04-30 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

-

Malini Fonseka

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.

Known For

  • Village in the Jungle

    Village in the Jungle

  • Mansion by the Lake

    Mansion by the Lake

  • Malaki Duwe Numba

    Malaki Duwe Numba

  • Pilot Premnath

    Pilot Premnath

  • Abá

    Abá

  • Little Miss Puppet

    Little Miss Puppet

  • The Wasps Are Here

    The Wasps Are Here

  • Changes in the Village

    Changes in the Village

  • Ayu

    Ayu

  • Flowers of the Sky

    Flowers of the Sky

  • Little Angel

    Little Angel

  • Mihidum Sihina

    Mihidum Sihina

  • The Treasure

    The Treasure

  • The Secret

    The Secret