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

Punchi Menika

Little Miss Puppet

School Principal

Mihidum Sihina

Pilot Premnath

The Wasps Are Here

Helen

Flowers of the Sky

Sandya Rani

Changes in the Village

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2020	Ayu	Nishmi's Mother
2020	Little Miss Puppet	School Principal
2008	Flowers of the Sky	Sandya Rani
2008	Abá	Baddhakachchana
2002	Mansion by the Lake	Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
2002	Little Angel	Sinhala Teacher
1980	Village in the Jungle	Punchi Menika
1978	Pilot Premnath
1978	The Wasps Are Here	Helen
1972	The Treasure	Irene Abeynayake
1971	The Secret	Lover
1963	Changes in the Village
	Mihidum Sihina
	Malaki Duwe Numba	Grandma

Year	TV Show	Role