Malini Fonseka
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.
Acting
Movie
Baddegama
as Punchi Menika
1980
Movie
Changes in the Village
1963
Movie
Bambaru Awith
as Helen
1978
Movie
The Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake
1972
Movie
Flowers of the Sky
as Sandya Rani
2008
Movie
Mansion by the Lake
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
2002
Movie
Pilot Premnath
1978
Movie
Ayu
as Nishmi's Mother
2025
Movie
Abá
as Baddhakachchana
2008
Movie
Little Angel
as Sinhala Teacher
2002
Movie
Sarigama
as Nun
2016
Movie
Eya Dan Loku Lamayek
as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
1975
Movie
Rebellion
as Bandara Menike
1978
Movie
Mihidum Sihina
1982
Movie
The Secret
as Lover
1971
Movie
Malaki Duwe Numba
as Grandma
2025
Movie
Little Miss Puppet
as School Principal
2020
Movie
Thushara
1973
Movie
Night of Destiny
1998
Movie
Elegy For A Mother
as Sumanawathie
2006
Movie
Hathdinnath Tharu
1973
Movie
Apeksha
1978
Movie
Aradhana
1981
Movie
Bhavatharana
2021