Malani Fonseka

Malani Fonseka

මාලනී ෆොන්සේකා

Full Name: Wanni Arachchige Malani Senehelatha Fonseka Born 30 April 1947 Died 24 May 2025

30 April 1947 - 24 May 2025

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Queen of the Sinhala Cinema

Summary

NameMalani Fonseka
Sinhala Nameමාලනී ෆොන්සේකා
Full NameWanni Arachchige Malani Senehelatha Fonseka
Born30 April 1947
Died24 May 2025

Biography

30th April 1947 was a special day for Mr & Mrs Fonseka (Gilbert and Seelwathie) as Seelwathie gave birth to a beautiful baby girl following the two elder boys.The fair chubby baby girl was named " WANNIARACHCHIGE MALANI SENEHELATHA FONSEKA". When Mr & Mrs Fonseka took the horoscope of the new born baby to an Astrologer, he predicted that the horoscope belonged to a person who's going to become a queen in the country one day.

After Malini was born, her family moved to Nugegoda - Jambugasmulla from Peliyagoda where Malini was born. In 1952 Malini started her education at St. Johns College Nugegoda. She was at St. Johns till the fifth grade.

Later the Fonseka family moved to Kelaniya Wedamulla and Malini was enrolled at Gurukula Maha Vidyalaya where she completed her education.

Awards

International Awards

1 Silver Peacock Award 39th International Film Festival India - 2008
2 Diploma Certificate for Best Actress 9th Moscow Film Festival Moscow, Russia - 1974 Eya Dan Loku Lamayek - 1977

National Awards

1 Derana Lifetime Award 6th Derana Film Awards 2018 - 2018
2 Hiru Life Time Award 3rd Hiru Golden Film Awards 2018 - 2018
3 Best Actress [2nd] Madhusamaya - 1991 19th OCIC Award Ceremony 1992 - 1992
4 Best Actress Madhusamaya - 1991 4th Swarna Sanka Cinema Awards Ceremony 1992 - 1992
5 "Ranathisara" Award 16th Sarasaviya Awards - 1988 - 1988
6 Famous Actress 14th Sarasaviya Awards - 1986 - 1986
7 Jurry Special Award Sasara Chethana - 1984 13th Sarasaviya Awards - 1985 - 1985
8 Famous Actress 13th Sarasaviya Awards - 1985 - 1985
9 Famous Actress 12th Sarasaviya Awards - 1984 - 1984
10 Best Actress Yasa Isuru - 1982 11th Sarasaviya Awards - 1983 - 1983
11 Famous Actress 11th Sarasaviya Awards - 1983 - 1983
12 Best Actress Aradhana - 1981 4th Presidential Award 1982 - 1982
13 Best Actress Aradhana - 1981 10th Sarasaviya Awards - 1982 - 1982
14 Famous Actress 10th Sarasaviya Awards - 1982 - 1982
15 Best Actress Beddegama - 1981 9th OCIC Award Ceremony 1982 - 1982
16 Famous Actress 9th Sarasaviya Awards - 1981 - 1981
17 Best Actress Dandu Monara - 1980 8th OCIC Award Ceremony 1981 - 1981
18 Best Actress Wasanthaye Dawasak - 1979 2nd Presidential Award 1980 - 1980
19 Best Actress Higana Kolla - 1979 8th Sarasaviya Awards - 1980 - 1980
20 Famous Actress 8th Sarasaviya Awards - 1980 - 1980
21 Best Actress Bambaru Awith - 1978 1st Presidential Award 1979 - 1979
22 Best Actress Eya Dan Loku Lamayek - 1977 5th OCIC Award Ceremony 1978 - 1978
23 Best Actress Susi - 1974 1st Sarasaviya-Janatha Award Ceremony 1976 - 1976
24 Favourite Actress 4th Deepashika Award Ceremony 1974 - 1974
25 Favourite Actress 3rd Deepashika Award Ceremony 1972 - 1972
26 Best Actress Nidhanaya - 1972 5th Vicharaka Sammana Ulela 1972 - 1972
27 Best Supporting Actress Punchi Baba - 1968 1st Gunwan Viduli Sammana Ulela 1970 - 1970

As a Cast

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 1701968 Punchi Baba පුංචි බබා Main Actress Thissa Liyanasuriya
2 1721968 Abuddassa Kale අබුද්දස්ස කාලේ Actress H.D.Vijedasa, Kumar Wickremasooriya
3 1821968 Dahasak Sithuvili දහසක් සිතුවිලි Actress G.D.L. Perera
4 1851968 Adaravanthayo ආදරවන්තයෝ Actress Amaranath Jayathilake
5 1931969 Kauda Hari කව්ද හරි Actress Titus Totawatte
6 2011969 Pravesam Vanna ප්‍රවේසම්වන්න Actress M.S. Anandan
7 2021969 Paara Walalu පාරා වළලු Main Actress Sudas Maskorala
8 2101970 Den Mathakada දැන් මතකද Main Actress Neil Rupasinghe
9 2111970 Akkara Paha අක්කර පහ Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
10 2281971 Hathara Denama Surayo හතර දෙනාම සූරයෝ Main Actress Neil Rupasinghe
11 2291971 Abhirahasa අභිරහස Main Actress Lenin Morais
12 2341971 Samanala Kumariyo සමනල කුමරියෝ Main Actress Wimaladasa Perera
13 2361971 Ma Hene Reeri Yaka මා හේනේ රීරි යකා Actress Kithsiri Nihal Jayasinghe
14 2371972 Nidhanaya නිධානය Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
15 2381972 Sahanaya සහනය Main Actress J. Selvarathnam
16 2411972 Edath Suraya Adath Suraya එදත් සූරයා අදත් සූරයා Main Actress Lenin Morais
17 2501972 Me Desa Kumatada මේ දෑස කුමටද Main Actress Thimothy Weerarathna
18 2531972 Adare Hithenawa Dakkama ආදරේ හිතෙනවා දැක්කම Main Actress Neil Rupasinghe
19 2561973 Mathara Achchi මාතර ආච්චි Main Actress Sathischandra Edirisinghe
20 2581973 Suhada Pathuma සුහද පැතුම Main Actress Kingsly Rajapaksha
21 2591973 Thushara තුෂාරා Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
22 2601973 Sadahatama Oba Mage සදහටම ඔබ මගේ Main Actress Milton Jayawardhana
23 2611973 Hathdinnath Tharu හත්දින්නත් තරු Main Actress Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
24 2631973 Hondama Welava හොඳම වෙලාව Main Actress Lenin Morais
25 2641973 Sinavai Inavai සිනාවයි ඉනාවයි Main Actress Kingsly Rajapaksha
26 2661973 Hondai Narakai හොඳයි නරකයි Main Actress Lenin Morais
27 2671973 Dahakin Ekek දාහකින් එකෙක් Main Actress Meril Albert
28 2681973 Hondata Hondai හොඳට හොඳයි Main Actress J. Selvarathnam
29 2691974 Ahas Gauwa අහස් ගව්ව Main Actress Dharmasena Pathiraja
30 2711974 Kasthuri Suwanda කස්තුරි සුවඳ Main Actress Sena Samarasinghe
31 2811974 Susi සුසී Main Actress Sena Samarasinghe
32 2871974 Sanakeliya සැණකෙළිය Main Actress Wimaladasa Perera, Herbert Ranjith Peiris
33 2921975 Suraya Surayamai සූරයා සූරයාමයි Main Actress Lenin Morais
34 3001975 Awa Soya Adare ආවා සොයා ආදරේ Main Actress Lenin Morais
35 3021975 Kohoma Kiyannada කොහොම කියන්නද Main Actress Godwin Hanthi
36 3151975 Sadhana සධානා Main Actress S. Ramanadhan
37 3181975 Sangeetha සංගීතා Main Actress Thimothy Weerarathna
38 3201976 Pradeepe Ma Weva ප්‍රදීපේ මා වේවා Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
39 3211976 Nayana නයනා Main Actress H.E. Jayasinghe, Amarasena Kumarasinghe
40 3231976 Kauda Raja කවුද රජා Main Actress J. Rasarathnam, J. Selvarathnam
41 3241976 Wasana වාසනා Main Actress K.A.W. Perera
42 3271976 Ganga ගංගා Main Actress C.T. Perera, Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
43 3301976 Diyamanthi දියමන්ති Main Actress Wasantha Obeysekara
44 3361976 Unnath Daahai Malath Daahai උන්නත් දාහයි මලත් දාහයි Main Actress Lenin Morais
45 3391976 Onna Maame Kella Panapi ඔන්න මාමේ කෙල්ල පැනපි Main Actress Lenin Morais
46 3401976 Saradiyelge Putha සරදියෙල්ගේ පුතා Main Actress Neil Rupasinghe
47 3441976 Adarei Man Adarei ආදරෙයි මං ආදරෙයි Main Actress Lenin Morais
48 3471977 Neela නීලා Main Actress Jo Suganda
49 3481977 Sakunthala සකුන්තලා Main Actress Villiam Olamas
50 3531977 Hithuvoth Hithuvaamai හිතුවොත් හිතුවාමයි Main Actress Lenin Morais
51 3551977 Pembara Madu පෙම්බර මදූ Main Actress Sugathapala Senarath Yapa
52 3561977 Deviyani Oba Kohida දෙවියනි ඔබ කොහිද Main Actress Aruna Shanthi
53 3571977 Eya Dan Loku Lamayek එයා දැන් ලොකු ළමයෙක් Main Actress Dharmasena Pathiraja
54 3631977 Siripala Ha Ranmanika සිරිපාල හා රන් මැණිකා Main Actress Amaranath Jayathilake
55 3741978 Vishmaya විශ්මය Main Actress Charles Perera
56 3801978 Selinage Walawwa සෙලීනාගේ වලව්ව Main Actress Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
57 3821978 Kundala Keshi කුණ්ඩල කේශී Main Actress Wimalanath Dissanayaka
58 3841978 Veera Puran Appu වීර පුරන් අප්පු Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
59 3851978 Bambaru Awith බඹරු ඇවිත් Main Actress Dharmasena Pathiraja
60 3861978 Sally සැලි Main Actress Cyril P. Abeyratne
61 3901978 Apeksha අපේක්ෂා Main Actress H.D. Premarathna
62 3931978 Sanda Vata Rantharu සඳ වට රන් තරු Main Actress Siri Kularathna, Ananda Hewage
63 3951978 Anupama අනුපමා Main Actress Sunil Ariyaratne
64 4021979 Higana Kolla හිඟන කොල්ලා Main Actress K.A.W. Perera
65 4041979 Divi Thibena Thuru දිවි තිබෙන තුරු Main Actress N.P. Jayatissa
66 4061979 Muwan Palassa මුවන් පැලැස්ස Main Actress Dharma Sri Kaldera
67 4071979 Ran Kurullo රාන් කුරුල්ලෝ Main Actress Kingsly Rajapaksha
68 4081979 Wasanthaye Dawasak වසන්තයේ දවසක් Main Actress T. Arjuna
69 4091979 Monarathenna මොණරතැන්න Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
70 4211979 Nuwan Renu නුවන් රේණු Main Actress Milton Jayawardhana
71 4301980 Silva සිල්වා Main Actress Herbert Ranjith Peiris
72 4311980 Ektam ge එක්ටැම් ගේ Main Actress Herbert Ranjith Peiris
73 4371980 Raktha රක්තා Main Actress Gamini Hewawitharana
74 4411980 Dandu Monara දඬු මොණර Main Actress Vijaya Darma Sri
75 4461980 Raja Dawasak රජ දවසක් Main Actress Thimothy Weerarathna
76 4611981 Beddegama බද්දේගම Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
77 4621981 Sathweni Dawasa සත්වෙනි දවස Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
78 4631981 Sayuru Thera සයුරු තෙර Main Actress Nimal Silva
79 4651981 Bamba Ketu Hati බඹා කෙටූ හැටි Main Actress Sunil Ariyaratne
80 4661981 Soldadu Unnahe සොල්දාදු උන්නැහේ Main Actress Dharmasena Pathiraja
81 4681981 Situ Kumariyo සිටු කුමරියෝ Main Actress Vijaya Darma Sri
82 4701981 Eka Dawasak Re එක දවසක් රෑ Main Actress Amaranath Jayathilake
83 4791981 Geethika ගීතිකා Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
84 4821981 Induta Mal Mitak ඉන්දුට මල් මිටක් Main Actress Sugathapala Senarath Yapa
85 4861981 Aradhana ආරාධනා Main Actress Vijaya Darma Sri
86 4951982 Bambara Geethaya බඹර ගීතය Main Actress Sunil Ariyaratne
87 4971982 Yasa Isuru යස ඉසුරු Main Actress Dharmasiri Gamage
88 5071982 Anuradha අනුරාධා Main Actress Siri Kularathna
89 5181982 Mihidum Sihina මිහිදුම් සිහින Main Actress Daya Wimalaweera
90 5251982 Nawatha Hamuwemu නැවත හමුවෙමු Main Actress Yasapalitha Nanayakkara
91 5281982 Piya Saha Daruwo පියා සහ දරුවෝ Main Actress Sugathapala Senarath Yapa
92 5401983 Samuganimi Ma Samiyani සමුගනිමි මා සැමියනි Main Actress Premaweera Gunasekara, Hillory Rajapaksha
93 5451983 Thuththiri Mal තුත්තිරි මල් Main Actress Pathiraja L.S. Dayananda
94 5511983 Loku Thaththa ලොකු තාත්තා Actress K.D. Dayananda
95 5551983 Samanala Sihina සමනල සිහින Main Actress Premaweera Gunasekara
96 5571983 Muwan Palassa III මුවන් පැලැස්ස 3 Main Actress Mu Arukgoda
97 5651984 Welle Thenu Maliga වැල්ලේ තැනූ මාලිගා Main Actress Shirley P. Wijeratne
98 5771984 Bambara Patikki බඹර පැටික්කී Main Actress Somapala Leelananda
99 5781984 Kokila කෝකිලා Main Actress Villiam Olamas
100 5791984 Hithawathiya හිතවතිය Main Actress Anton Gregory, Camilus Perera
101 5811984 Sasara Chethana සසර චේතනා Main Actress Malani Fonseka
102 5821984 Vadula වදුල Actress Sathischandra Edirisinghe
103 5911984 Sahodariyakage Kathava සහෝදරියකගේ කතාව Main Actress Ashoka Dharmarathna
104 6221986 Mal Varusa මල් වරුසා Main Actress K.D. Dayananda
105 6301986 Devuduwa දෙව්දුව Main Actress Daya Wimalaweera
106 6331986 Puja පූජා Actress Dharmasiri Gamage
107 6361986 Awurudu Da අවුරුදු දා Main Actress Nimal Thennakoon, Saman Jayaweera
108 6471987 Kele Kella කැලැ කෙල්ල Main Actress Bernard Reginold
109 6541987 Ahinsa අහිංසා Main Actress Malani Fonseka
110 6581988 Sandakada Pahana සඳකඩ පහන Main Actress Susira Rathnakumara
111 6601988 Angulimala අංගුලිමාල Main Actress Baptist Fernando
112 6611988 Newa Gilunath Bandchun නව ගිලුනත් බෑන් චූන් Main Actress Hemasiri Sellapperuma
113 6731989 Shakthiya Obai Amme ශක්තිය ඔබයි අම්මේ Main Actress Anton Kingsley, Ranga Wijendra
114 6751989 Varadata Daduvam වරදට දඬුවම් Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
115 6771989 Sirimadura සිරිමැදුර Actress Parakrama Niriella
116 6811990 Jayashakthi ජය ශක්ති Actress Kusum Chandra Gamage
117 6831990 Veera Udara වීර උදාර Main Actress Shirley P. Wijeratne
118 6891990 Madhu Sihina මධු සිහින Actress Daya Wimalaweera
119 6941990 Honda Honda Sellam හොඳ හොඳ සෙල්ලම් Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
120 6991991 Paradeesaya පාරාදීසය Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
121 7051991 Hithata Dukak Nathi Miniha හිතට දුකක් නැති මිනිහා Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
122 7071991 Raja Kello රජ කෙල්ලෝ Main Actress Shirley P. Wijeratne
123 7091991 Madhusamaya මධුසමය Main Actress K.A. Wijayarathne
124 7181991 Sthree ස්ත්‍රී Main Actress Malani Fonseka
125 7191991 Suwadena Suwandak සුවදෙන සුවඳක් Main Actress Milton Jayawardhana
126 7311992 Ahimi Dadaman අහිමි දඩමන් Main Actress Danny W. Pathirana
127 7361992 Umayangana උමයන්ගනා Main Actress Ananda Fonseka
128 7391992 Rumathiyai Neethiyai රූමතියයි නීතියයි Main Actress Mu Arukgoda
129 7431992 Sathya සත්‍යා Main Actress Ranjith Siriwardhana
130 7811994 Sandamadala සඳමඩල Main Actress Malani Fonseka
131 7901994 150 Mulleriyawa 150 මුල්ලේරියාව Main Actress Somapala Leelananda
132 8581997 Apaye Thathpara Asu Haradahak අපායේ තත්පර අසුහාරදාහක් Main Actress Dinesh Priyasad
133 8801998 Anthima Reya අන්තිම රැය Main Actress Gamini Fonseka
134 9092000 Saroja සරෝජා Main Actress Somaratne Dissanayake
135 9612002 Punchi Suranganawi පුංචි සුරංගනාවී Actress Somaratne Dissanayake
136 9982003 Wekanda Walawwa වෑකන්ද වලව්ව Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
137 10102004 Adaraneeya Vassanaya ආදරණීය වස්සානය Actress Senesh Disanayaka Bandara
138 10212004 Udu Sulanga උඩු සුළඟ Main Actress H.D. Premarathna
139 10422006 Ammavarune අම්මාවරුනේ Main Actress Dr. Lester James Peries
140 10472006 Dedunu Wessa දේදුනු වැස්ස Main Actress Buddhika Jayaratne
141 10712007 Uppalawanna උප්පලවන්නා Actress Sunil Ariyaratne
142 10892008 Aba අබා Actress Jackson Anthony
143 10932008 Machan මචන් Actress Uberto Pasolini
144 10992009 Dancing Star ඩාන්සින්ග් ස්ටාර් Actress Susara Dinal
145 11062009 Akasa Kusum ආකාස කුසුම් Main Actress Prasanna Vithanage
146 11242010 Saraa සරා Actress Pradeep Nishantha
147 11452011 Selwam සෙල්වම් Actress Sanjaya Leelarathna
148 11582012 Prathiroo ප්‍රතිරූ Main Actress Kapila Sooriyaarachchi
149 12402016 Sarigama සරිගම Actress Somaratne Dissanayake
150 13412021 Bawatharana භවතරණ Main Actress Devinda Kongahage
151 14442025 Aayu ආයු Actress Chathra Weeraman
152 14512026 Malaki Duwe Numba මලකි දුවේ නුඹ Actress Kalpana Ariyawansha

As a Crew

Director

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 5811984 Sasara Chethana සසර චේතනා Director Malani Fonseka
2 6541987 Ahinsa අහිංසා Director Malani Fonseka
3 7181991 Sthree ස්ත්‍රී Director Malani Fonseka
4 7811994 Sandamadala සඳමඩල Director Malani Fonseka

Producer

#Film NoYearFilm RoleDirector
1 5811984 Sasara Chethana සසර චේතනා Producer Malani Fonseka
2 6541987 Ahinsa අහිංසා Producer Malani Fonseka

Upcoming Films

#Film RoleDirector
1 Prathirawaya ප්‍රතිරාවය Actress Jayantha Das Perera
2 Muthu Etaye Modayo මුතු ඇටයේ මෝඩයෝ Main Actress Givantha Arthasad
3 Sihina Ananthe සිහින අනන්තේ Actress Channa Perera
4 Peter of the Elephant පීටර් ඔෆ් ද එලිෆන්ට් Main Actress G.D.L. Perera
අවසාන දෙකක් සහිතව තිරගතවූ එකම චිත්‍රපටය - Pembara Madu
08 May 2022 - videos
අවසාන දෙකක් සහිතව තිරගතවූ එකම චිත්‍රපටය - Pembara Madu
Pembara Madu
Ananda Fonseka
Brother Ananda Fonseka ආනන්ද ෆොන්සේකා
Karunarathna Hangawaththa
Brother in Law Karunarathna Hangawaththa
Prasanna Vithanage
Brother in Law Prasanna Vithanage ප්‍රසන්න විතානගේ 1991
Lucky Dias
Ex-Husband Lucky Dias ලකී ඩයස් 1986-2011
Upali Senanayake
Ex-Husband Upali Senanayake 1965-1980
Seelawathi Silva (Fonseka)
Mother Seelawathi Silva (Fonseka)
Samanalee Fonseka
Niece Samanalee Fonseka
Senali Fonseka
Niece Senali Fonseka
Damayanthi Fonseka
Younger Sister Damayanthi Fonseka දමයන්ති ෆොන්සේකා
Rasadari Fonseka
Younger Sister Rasadari Fonseka රසාදරී ෆොන්සේකා
Sriyani Fonseka
Younger Sister Sriyani Fonseka ශ්‍රියානි ෆොන්සේකා