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Malini Fonseka

Apr 30, 1947 - May 24, 2025 (78 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Sarigama
Nun
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Village in the Jungle
Punchi Menika
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Abá
Baddhakachchana
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Mansion by the Lake
Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
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Pilot Premnath
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The Wasps Are Here
Helen
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Changes in the Village
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Ayu
Nishmi's Mother
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Flowers of the Sky
Sandya Rani
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Little Angel
Sinhala Teacher

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