
Acting
Born April 30, 1947 · Colombo, Sri Lanka
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.

Malaki Duwe Numba
2025

Ayu
2025

Bhavatharana
2021

Little Miss Puppet
2020

Sarigama
2016

Abá
2008

Flowers of the Sky
2008

Elegy For A Mother
2006

Mansion by the Lake
2002

Little Angel
2002

Night of Destiny
1998

Mihidum Sihina
1982

Aradhana
1981

Old Soldier
1981

Village in the Jungle
1980

Apeksha
1978

Pilot Premnath
1978

The Wasps Are Here
1978

How to Be an Adult
1975

Hathdinnath Tharu
1973

Thushara
1973

The Treasure
1972

The Secret
1971

Changes in the Village
1963