Malini Fonseka
Born
April 30, 1947 (78 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
1980

Mihidum Sihina

Ayu
Nishmi's Mother
2020

Abá
Baddhakachchana
2008

Flowers of the Sky
Sandya Rani
2008

Mansion by the Lake
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
2002

Little Angel
Sinhala Teacher
2002

Pilot Premnath
1978

The Wasps Are Here
Helen
1978

The Treasure
Irene Abeynayake
1972

The Secret
Lover
1971

Changes in the Village
1963