Malini Fonseka
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Gender: Female
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Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 0
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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 Famous Work
The Wasps Are Here
(1978) Helen
Village in the Jungle
(1980) Punchi Menika
Flowers of the Sky
(2008) Sandya Rani
Wekanda Walauwa
(2002) Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
The Treasure
(1973) Irene Abeynayake
Ayu
(2020) Nishmi's Mother
Abá
(2008) Baddhakachchana
The Secret
(1971) LoverActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Nishmi's Mother | |
| 2008 | Baddhakachchana | |
| Sandya Rani | ||
| 2002 | Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow | |
| Sinhala Teacher | ||
| 1980 | Punchi Menika | |
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Helen | ||
| 1973 | Irene Abeynayake | |
| 1971 | Lover | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
