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Malini Fonseka

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Malini Fonseka

Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, (Sinhala: මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා; Tamil: மாலினி பொன்சேகா; 30 April 1947 – 24 May 2025) was a Sri Lankan actress, theatre artist, director and politician. Often dubbed the "Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema", her career spanned seven decades. Fonseka made her debut in Sri Lankan cinema with Tissa Liyansooriya's Punchi Baba in 1968, and later she was named by CNN as one of Asia's 25 greatest film actors of all time in 2010. Fonseka first became widely known when she won the Best Actress Award at the 1969 National State Drama Festival, followed by a Sarasaviya Best Actress Awards for Hingana Kolla in 1980, Aradhana in 1982 and Yasa Isuru in 1983. She also broke records by winning the Slim Nielsen Peoples' Award for the Most Popular Actress twelve times in a row.

Infobox

Born
Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka (1947-04-30)30 April 1947 Peliyagoda, Kelaniya, British Ceylon
Died
24 May 2025(2025-05-24) (aged 78) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Party
United People's Freedom Alliance
Spouses
Upali Senanayake (m. 1965; div. 1970) Lucky Dias (m. 1986; div. 2011)
Parents
Gilbert Fonseka (father) Seelwathie Fonseka (mother)
Relatives
Damayanthi Fonseka (sister) Prasanna Vithanage (brother-in-law) Samanalee Fonseka (niece) Senali Fonseka (niece)
Occupation
Actress
Awards
Sarasaviya Best Actress Award Sarasaviya Most Popular Actress Award

Tables

· Awards › Deepashika Award Festival
1973
–
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
1974
Nidhanaya
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1973
–
Most Popular Actress
Won
1974
Nidhanaya
Most Popular Actress
Won
· Awards › Sarasaviya Awards
1980
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
Hingana Kolla
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
1981
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
1982
Aradhana
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
1983
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
Yasa Isuru
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
1984
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
1985
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
1986
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Actress
Notes
Won
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1980
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1980
Hingana Kolla
Best Actress
Won
1981
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1982
Aradhana
Best Actress
Won
1982
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1983
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1983
Yasa Isuru
Best Actress
Won
1984
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1985
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
1986
People's vote
Most Popular Actress
Won
· Awards › Vanitha Viththi Award Festival
1992
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Lady
Notes
Won
1993
People's vote
Role(s)
Most Popular Lady
Notes
Won
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1992
People's vote
Most Popular Lady
Won
1993
People's vote
Most Popular Lady
Won
· Awards › Presidential Film Awards
1980
Bambaru Awith
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
1981
Wasanthaye Dawasak
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
1983
Aradhana
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
2004
Wekanda Walawwa
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
2006
Ammawarune
Role(s)
Best Actress
Notes
Won
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1980
Bambaru Awith
Best Actress
Won
1981
Wasanthaye Dawasak
Best Actress
Won
1983
Aradhana
Best Actress
Won
2004
Wekanda Walawwa
Best Actress
Won
2006
Ammawarune
Best Actress
Won
· Awards › SIGNIS OCIC Awards
1978
Films in 1977
Role(s)
Best Creative Actress
Notes
Won
1981
Dandu Monara
Role(s)
Best Creative Actress
Notes
Won
Films in 1980
Role(s)
Creative Female Acting
Notes
Won
1992
Madhu Samaya
Role(s)
Creative Female Acting
Notes
Won
Year
Nominee / work
Award
Result
1978
Films in 1977
Best Creative Actress
Won
1981
Dandu Monara
Best Creative Actress
Won
1981
Films in 1980
Creative Female Acting
Won
1992
Madhu Samaya
Creative Female Acting
Won

References

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    https://mirrorarts.lk/featured/11110-making-of-an-actress
  2. සරසවිය
    https://www.sarasaviya.lk/interviews/2022/09/07/23848/රසික-සිත්වලට-කවදාවත්-බොරු-කරන්න-බෑ
  3. "Malani leaves for London"
    http://www.dailymirror.lk/2006/09/18/life/2.asp
  4. Sarasaviya
    https://sarasaviya.lk/අසිරිමත්-නිළිය-සහ-ගැහැනි/
  5. Sarasaviya
    https://sarasaviya.lk/ඉවුරු-දෙකක්-යා-කළ-යෝධ-පාලම/
  6. "CNNGo – Asia's 25 greatest actors of all time"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064938/http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/none/asias-25-greatest-actors-all-time-223697
  7. listchallenges
    https://www.listchallenges.com/asias-25-greatest-actors-by-cnn-2010/list/2
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    https://www.onlanka.com/news/malani-fonseka-among-asia’s-25-greatest-actors-of-all-time.html
  9. "Biography for Malani Fonseka"
    https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0284717/bio
  10. Sarasaviya
    http://www.sarasaviya.lk/news/2021/04/08/20230/මාලිනීගේ-අසමසම-වාර්තාව
  11. Sarasaviya
    https://sarasaviya.lk/මාලිනියගේ-මහිමාලංකාරය/
  12. "Biography-1"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090328175438/http://www.malinifonsekaonline.com/newbiography1.html
  13. "Insights from the platform is the strength in my career – Ashan Fonseka"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210116203309/https://www.divaina.com/2012/06/29/cineart04.html
  14. "She is the latest child actor in cinema"
    https://mirrorarts.lk/featured/4353-new-child-actress-from-fonseka-family
  15. "Malani talks about her young generation"
    http://webgossip.lk/sonalo-fonseka-malani-fonseka/
  16. "Cinema families"
    http://www.deshaya.lk/article/52/හදසර/6548/එක-රැහේ--කලා-තරු
  17. "Malani reminds her brother"
    http://www.sarasaviya.lk/2012/12/20/?fn=sa1212202
  18. thepopcorns
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210127075304/https://thepopcorns.com/ananda-fonseka-passes-away/
  19. adaderana
    https://adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=108815
  20. The Hindu
    https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/sri-lankan-actor-malini-fonseka-dies/article69613974.ece
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