Malini Fonseka
An image from Flowers of the Sky, one of the productions that also features Malini Fonseka.

Malini Fonseka

April 30, 1947

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.

Village in the Jungle

Village in the Jungle

1980

Changes in the Village

Changes in the Village

1963

The Treasure

The Treasure

1973

The Wasps Are Here

The Wasps Are Here

1978

Abá

Abá

2008

Flowers of the Sky

Flowers of the Sky

2008

Mansion by the Lake

Mansion by the Lake

2002

Ayu

Ayu

2020