Malini Fonseka

Malini Fonseka

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.

  • Popularity : 2.843
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1947-04-30
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Malini Fonseka Movies

  • 1980
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    Village in the Jungle

    Village in the Jungle

    5.8 1980 HD

    Baddegama or, more correctly, Beddegama is a 1980 award winning Sinhalese language film directed by Lester James Peries that follows the lives of...

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  • 1970
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    Mihidum Sihina

    Mihidum Sihina

    1 1970 HD

    A young owner of a tea plantation falls in love with a gypsie woman and they face many obstacles in their way.

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  • 1978
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    Pilot Premnath

    Pilot Premnath

    1 1978 HD

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  • 2008
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    Flowers of the Sky

    Flowers of the Sky

    6 2008 HD

    A Silver screen idol of yesteryear a faded star today. In the web of a scandal the limelight is all her again. A long forgotten secret resurfaces...

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  • 1963
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    Changes in the Village

    Changes in the Village

    5.4 1963 HD

    Piyal is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda, a member of a high class family. They fall in love, but can't elope because...

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  • 2002
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    Mansion by the Lake

    Mansion by the Lake

    6 2002 HD

    Very loosely based on Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard, Lester James Peries's MANSION BY THE LAKE follows a family of formerly wealthy, expatriate...

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  • 1978
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    The Wasps Are Here

    The Wasps Are Here

    6 1978 HD

    Set in a fishing village named Kalpitiya, this movie explores tradition and exploitation because of capitalism in this small village.

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  • 2020
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    Ayu

    Ayu

    6 2020 HD

    After getting in a car accident, a pregnant woman discovers a deadly secret about her life that begins to destroy everything and everyone she loves...

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  • 2008
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    Abá

    Abá

    8 2008 HD

    The childhood story of king Pandukabhaya (474 BC - 367 BC), the 6th monarch of Sri Lanka.

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  • 2002
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    Little Angel

    Little Angel

    1 2002 HD

    Punchi Suranganavi (Little Angel) is a 2002 Sri Lankan Sinhala children's film directed by Somaratne Dissanayake and produced by Renuka Balasooriya....

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  • 1973
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    The Treasure

    The Treasure

    6.3 1973 HD

    Based on a short story written by G.B. Senanayake in one of his short story collection known as "The Revenge," the film revolves around a murder...

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  • 1971
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    The Secret

    The Secret

    1 1971 HD

    Abirahasa is the 231st movie in Sinhala cinema.

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