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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.
Known For
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Nishmi's Mother
Ayu
2020
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Baddhakachchana
Abá
2008
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Sandya Rani
Flowers of the Sky
2008
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Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
Mansion by the Lake
2002
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Sinhala Teacher
Little Angel
2002
5.8
Punchi Menika
Village in the Jungle
1980
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Pilot Premnath
1978
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Helen
The Wasps Are Here
1978
6.3
Irene Abeynayake
The Treasure
1972
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Lover
The Secret
1971
Credits
Ayu
as Nishmi's Mother
2020
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Abá
as Baddhakachchana
2008
8.0
Flowers of the Sky
as Sandya Rani
2008
6.0
Mansion by the Lake
as Sujata Rajasuriya, the widow
2002
6.0
Little Angel
as Sinhala Teacher
2002
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Village in the Jungle
as Punchi Menika
1980
5.8
Pilot Premnath
1978
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The Wasps Are Here
as Helen
1978
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The Treasure
as Irene Abeynayake
1972
6.3
The Secret
as Lover
1971
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Changes in the Village
1963
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Mihidum Sihina
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