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Malini Fonseka
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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.
BODY OF WORK
Malini Fonseka's Filmography
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Malaki Duwe Numba
as Chanuli's Grandmother
Ayu
as Nishmi's Mother
Bhavatharana
Little Miss Puppet
as School Principal
Sarigama
as Nun
Dancing Star
as Self - Cameo Appearance
Abá
as Baddhakachchana
Flowers of the Sky
as Sandya Rani
Elegy For A Mother
as Sumanawathie
Mansion by the Lake
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Little Angel
as Sinhala Teacher
Night of Destiny
Siri Medura
as Nirmala
Mihidum Sihina
Aradhana
as Jinadari
Soldadu Unnahe
Baddegama
as Punchi Menika
Muwan Pelessa
as Namali
Apeksha
Pilot Premnath
Bambaru Awith
as Helen
Rebellion
as Bandara Menike
How to Be an Adult
as Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee'
Hathdinnath Tharu
Thushara
The Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake
The Secret
as Lover
Thousand Thoughts
