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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Baddegama (1980) — Punchi Menika
2. Changes in the Village (1963)
3. Bambaru Awith (1978) — Helen
4. The Treasure (1972) — Irene Abeynayake
5. Flowers of the Sky (2008) — Sandya Rani
6. Mansion by the Lake (2002) — Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
7. Pilot Premnath (1978)
8. Ayu (2025) — Nishmi's Mother
9. Abá (2008) — Baddhakachchana
10. Little Angel (2002) — Sinhala Teacher
11. Sarigama (2016) — Nun
12. Eya Dan Loku Lamayek (1975) — Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
13. Rebellion (1978) — Bandara Menike
14. Siri Medura (1989) — Nirmala
15. Mihidum Sihina (1982)
16. The Secret (1971) — Lover
17. Malaki Duwe Numba (2025) — Grandma
18. Little Miss Puppet (2020) — School Principal
19. Thushara (1973)
20. Night of Destiny (1998)
21. Elegy For A Mother (2006) — Sumanawathie
22. Hathdinnath Tharu (1973)
23. Apeksha (1978)
24. Aradhana (1981)
25. Bhavatharana (2021)
26. Soldadu Unnahe (1981)