Malini Fonseka
Born April 30, 1947 (Age: 78)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
Bhavatharana
2021
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Age: 74
Little Miss Puppet
2020
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as School Principal
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Age: 73
Sarigama
2016
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as Nun
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Age: 69
Elegy For A Mother
2006
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as Sumanawathie
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Age: 59
Mansion by the Lake
2002
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as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
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Age: 55
Little Angel
2002
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as Sinhala Teacher
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Age: 55
Mihidum Sihina
1982
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Age: 34
Aradhana
1981
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Age: 34
Old Soldier
1981
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Age: 33
Village in the Jungle
1980
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as Punchi Menika
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Age: 32
Pilot Premnath
1978
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Age: 31
The Wasps Are Here
1978
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as Helen
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Age: 31
How to Be an Adult
1975
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as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
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Age: 27
Hathdinnath Tharu
1973
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Age: 26
The Treasure
1972
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as Irene Abeynayake
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Age: 25
The Secret
1971
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as Lover
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Age: 24
Changes in the Village
1963
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Age: 16