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Malini Fonseka

Acting
Known For

78 Years Old

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.

Born

on 30th April 1947

All Credits

Village in the Jungle Image
Village in the Jungle
Punchi Menika
The Wasps Are Here Image
The Wasps Are Here
Helen
Pilot Premnath Image
Pilot Premnath
The Secret Image
The Secret
Lover
Abá Image
Abá
Baddhakachchana
Mansion by the Lake Image
Mansion by the Lake
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Mihidum Sihina Image
Mihidum Sihina
Ayu Image
Ayu
Nishmi's Mother
Changes in the Village Image
Changes in the Village
The Treasure Image
The Treasure
Irene Abeynayake
Flowers of the Sky Image
Flowers of the Sky
Sandya Rani
Little Angel Image
Little Angel
Sinhala Teacher