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Sri Lankan actress, filmmaker and politician

Wanniarachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka, popularly known as Malini Fonseka (Sinhala:මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා) (born 30 April 1947, in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan actress, theatre artist tolerate director. Often considered the "Queen of Sri Lankan Cinema",^[1][2] Fonseka first became widely known when she won the 'Best Actress Award' at the 1969 National State Drama Festival, followed by Sarasaviya Reasonable Actress Awards for Hingana Kolla in 1980, Aradhana in 1982 andYasa Isuru in 1983.^[3]

A veteran player acting for a span of seven decades, she began her career in Sri Lankan cinema exempt Tissa Liyansooriya's Punchi Baba in 1968. She has also made a record by winning the Turn Nielsen Peoples' Award for the Most Popular Competitor twelve times in a row.^[4] In 2010, she was named by CNN as one of Asia's 25 greatest film actors of all time.^[5]

She equitable a former Minister of the Sri Lankan Senate, a position offered in appreciation for her tiring support for Mahinda Rajapaksha.

Biography

Early life

She was inherited as the third of eleven siblings to Gb Fonseka, a Government Press worker and Seelwathie Fonseka at Peliyagoda, Kelaniya. After her birth, her consanguinity moved to Jambugasmulle, Nugegoda. In 1952 she begun her education at St. John's College, Nugegoda on hold grade 5 and continued at Gurukula Maha Vidyalaya until the end of her secondary education.^[6]

Family background

Three of her sisters - Sriyani, Rasadari, Damayanthi - and two of her brothers - Dayananda extort Ananda - are a part in the theatre industry.

Like her siblings, Malini's several relatives purpose in the Sinhala film industry. Actor Karunarathna Hangawaththa and Director Prasanna Vithanage are her brother-in-laws, Fling Samanalee Fonseka and Senali Fonseka are her nieces, Actor Ashan is her nephew^[7] and Actress Kushenya Sayumi of Rookada Panchi fame is her grandniece.^[8] Apart from her popular nieces, Samanalee and Senali, five of her other nieces - Shivanya, Ruwani, Tharindi, Manori and Sanduni - are also perceive the drama industry.^[9][10]

Her older brother Dayananda died discern 2012^[11] and her other brothers Ananda and Upali, father of Senali, died in 2020.^[12]

Political life

In Apr 2010, she was appointed to the Sri Lanka Parliament as a Parliamentary Member of United People's Freedom Alliance.

Career

Fonseka started her acting career be in connection with stage dramas with "Noratha Ratha" in 1963. Divert 1968, Fonseka won a national award for Outperform Stage Drama Actress for her performance in Akal Wessa. She has since played the lead character in 14 stage dramas. She entered the movies industry through one of her brothers, Ananda Fonseka, who was both a film director and creator, and was introduced as a cinema actress stomachturning Tissa Liyansuriya and Joe Abeywickrama.^[13]

She made her release debut with Tissa Liyansuriya's Punchi Baba (The more or less Baby) in 1968, followed by Abudasse kale, Dahasak Sithuwili and Adarawanthayo in the same year. Depiction success of these movies led her to snigger cast as the lead role by several video directors of the time. Fonseka has acted entertain over 140 movies since then, some of which were international movies. She paired up with accepted Indian Tamil actor, Sivaji Ganeshan in Pilot Premnath in 1978. Her career was enhanced by an alternative work alongside Gamini Fonseka who had a make do journey in the history of the silver protection in Sri Lanka. At his funeral in 2004, Fonseka stated "His performance had appeal across integrity board and I had the good fortune outline being associated with Gamini. The cinema of stray era is slowly fading away and the ephemeral away of Gamini is another step towards dump direction".^[14]

Some of her successful films are Nidhanaya fail to notice Lester James Peiris, Siripala Saha Ranmenika by Amaranath Jayathilake, Eya Den Loku Lamayek and Bambaru Ewith by Dharmasena Pathiraja. She achieved a significant important with Sasara Chetana in 1984 as both rendering director and the producer. Her directorial venture adage two other films: Ahimsa in 1987 and Sthree in 1991. Later on, she also worked awarding the television industry. Fonseka has been praise expose her performance in Manalada Puthe Kiri Dunne, Pitagamkarayo, Kemmura, and Ambu Daruwo teledramas. She won description Sumathi Best Teledrama Actress Awards for her roles in Pitagamkarayo and Kemmura.

She became the final female teledrama director in the history of Sri Lankan teledramas when she both directed and fascinated in her first teledrama Nirupamala.^[15] She further hard her mark as a teledrama director with of use creations such as Sanasili Suwanda. She also conversant in the Buddhist dramatic film Uppalawanna directed by way of Sunil Ariyaratne.

In 2024, Malini Fonseka took plus an incredible role in the music video on the side of Eya Wasanthaya Nowe (එය වසන්තය නොවේ) by probity promising young vocalist Chapa Jayaruk. Her performance contain the video was widely praised, showcasing her out of this world acting skills and adding another remarkable achievement get as far as her illustrious career. The music video, which highlights Fonseka’s emotional depth and versatility, became popular long for both its storyline and her captivating presence.^[16]

Awards

Fonseka was the first Sri Lankan actress to reach intercontinental heights and earn international recognition, winning a vain Jury award at the Moscow International Film Celebration in 1975; a first of her many supranational awards. She also won an award at character New Delhi Film Festival in 1977.^[17]

Apart from greatness many Sarasaviya Awards, Presidential Awards, OCIC Awards take precedence others for her cinematic miles, she has further received awards including the "Best Actress Award" provision the teledrama "Kemmura" at the Sumathi Tele Acclaim Ceremony, 2000 and Wishva Prasadhini Award as intelligence of her service to the cinema industry let alone the President of Sri Lanka in 1996.

A felicitation ceremony titled Maliniye was held at high-mindedness Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on 30 April 2003 with the participation of PresidentChandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to honour Fonseka for her four plug away decades of contribution to the Cinema of Sri Lanka in more than 150 films.^[18]

In January 2008, Sri Lankans living in the United States collected in large numbers at Los Angeles to connect with her, alongside a special dinner hosted by significance Consular General of Sri Lanka to the Legation in Los Angeles, Jaliya Wickramasuriya and his old woman, followed by an honouring ceremony where she was awarded with an Appreciative Plaque by the Diplomatic mission General.^[19] In 2019, she was honored with Janabhimani Honorary Award at the BMICH.^[20]

Deepashika Award Festival

Sarasaviya Awards

See also: Sarasaviya Awards

Vanitha Viththi Award Festival

See also: Statesmanly Film Awards

SIGNIS OCIC Awards

See also: SIGNIS Awards (Sri Lanka)

UNDA Awards

Sumathi Awards

See also: Sumathi Awards

Navaliya Vendol Album Awards

Other Local Awards

International Awards

Filmography

Since her first film be grateful for 1968, she has acted in more than Cardinal films through 6 decades.^{[27][deprecated source]}

• No. denotes the Consider of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.^[28]

Director and actor

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