Malini Fonseka

Wanniarachchige Malani Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly as Malani Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947 in Kelaniya) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film actress, also known as the Queen of Sinhalese cinema. Her cinema career which has spanned many decades began with Tissa Liyansooriyas Punchi Baba in 1968. She first earned recognition, 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 has been named by CNN as one of Asias 25 greatest film actors of all time.

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