Malini Fonseka
Known for Acting
Details
Birthday: April 30, 1947
Deathday: May 24, 2025
Place of birth: Colombo, Sri Lanka
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.
Actress
2025
2025
2021
2020
2016
2008
2008
2006
2002
2002
1998
1982
1981
1981
1980
1978
1978
1978
1978
1975
1973
1973
1972
1971