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.
Movie Credits
Village in the Jungle
1980-01-01
Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by
Mihidum Sihina
A young owner of a tea plantation falls in love with a gypsie woman and they face many obstacles in
Pilot Premnath
1978-10-29
Flowers of the Sky
2008-01-01
A Silver screen idol of yesteryear a faded star today. In the web of a scandal the limelight is all
Changes in the Village
1963-07-21
Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class f
Mansion by the Lake
2002-09-25
Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE
The Wasps Are Here
1978-08-11
Set in a fishing village named Kalpitiya, this movie explores tradition and exploitation because of
Ayu
2025-10-31
After getting in a car accident, a pregnant woman discovers a deadly secret about her life that begi
Abá
2008-08-08
The childhood story of king Pandukabhaya (474 BC - 367 BC), the 6th monarch of Sri Lanka.
Little Angel
2002-07-19
Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne
The Treasure
1972-08-21
Based on a short story written by G.B. Senanayake in one of his short story collection known as "The
The Secret
1971-08-04
Abirahasa is the 231st movie in Sinhala cinema.
Malaki Duwe Numba
2025-11-08
A renowned YouTuber and single mother's romance with a celebrity author sparks turmoil in her fractu
Little Miss Puppet
2020-09-24
A young girl distraught by her mother's sudden illness finds solace in a beachfront carnival's puppe