Malini Fonseka
Malini Fonseka මාලිනී ෆොන්සේකා மாலினி பொன்சேகா | |
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![]() Malini Fonseka in 1976 | |
Member of Parliament for National List | |
In office 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Wanni Arachchige Malini Senehelatha Fonseka 30 April 1947 Peliyagoda, Kelaniya, Sri Lanka |
Spouse(s) | Upali Senanayake (m. 1965 ; div. 1973) Lucky Dias (m. 1986 ; div. 2011) |
Parents |
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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 |
Website | malinifonseka |
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 and a 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 Best Actress Awards for Hingana Kolla in 1980, Aradhana in 1982 andYasa Isuru in 1983.[3]
A veteran actress acting for a span of seven decades, she began her career in Sri Lankan cinema with Tissa Liyansooriya's Punchi Baba in 1968. She has also made a record by winning the Slim Nielsen Peoples' Award for the Most Popular Actress 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 is a former Minister of the Sri Lankan Parliament, a position offered in appreciation for her strong support for Mahinda Rajapaksha.
Biography
Early life
She was born as the third of eleven siblings to Gilbert Fonseka, a Government Press worker and Seelwathie Fonseka at Peliyagoda, Kelaniya. After her birth, her family moved to Jambugasmulle, Nugegoda. In 1952 she started her education at St. John's College, Nugegoda until 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 and Ananda - are a part in the cinema industry.
Like her siblings, Malini's several relatives are in the Sinhala film industry. Actor Karunarathna Hangawaththa and Director Prasanna Vithanage are her brother-in-laws, Actresses 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 in the drama industry.[9][10]
Her older brother Dayananda died in 2012[11] and her other brothers Ananda and Upali, father of Senali, died in 2020.[12]
Political life
In April 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 with stage dramas with "Noratha Ratha" in 1963. In 1968, Fonseka won a national award for Best Stage Drama Actress for her performance in Akal Wessa. She has since played the lead role in 14 stage dramas. She entered the cinema industry through one of her brothers, Ananda Fonseka, who was both a film director and producer, and was introduced as a cinema actress by Tissa Liyansuriya and Joe Abeywickrama.[13]
She made her film debut with Tissa Liyansuriya's Punchi Baba (The little Baby) in 1968, followed by Abudasse kale, Dahasak Sithuwili and Adarawanthayo in the same year. The success of these movies led her to be cast as the lead role by several movie directors of the time. Fonseka has acted in over 140 movies since then, some of which were international movies. She paired up with popular Indian Tamil actor, Sivaji Ganeshan in Pilot Premnath in 1978. Her career was enhanced by her work alongside Gamini Fonseka who had a long journey in the history of the silver screen in Sri Lanka. At his funeral in 2004, Fonseka stated "His performance had appeal across the board and I had the good fortune of being associated with Gamini. The cinema of that era is slowly fading away and the passing away of Gamini is another step towards that direction".[14]
Some of her successful films are Nidhanaya by Lester James Peiris, Siripala Saha Ranmenika by Amaranath Jayathilake, Eya Den Loku Lamayek and Bambaru Ewith by Dharmasena Pathiraja. She achieved a significant milestone with Sasara Chetana in 1984 as both the director and the producer. Her directorial venture saw two other films: Ahimsa in 1987 and Sthree in 1991. Later on, she also worked in the television industry. Fonseka has been praise for her performance in Manalada Puthe Kiri Dunne, Pitagamkarayo, Kemmura, and Ambu Daruwo teledramas. She won the Sumathi Best Teledrama Actress Awards for her roles in Pitagamkarayo and Kemmura.
She became the first female teledrama director in the history of Sri Lankan teledramas when she both directed and acted in her first teledrama Nirupamala.[15] She further solidified her mark as a teledrama director with successful creations such as Sanasili Suwanda. She also acted in the Buddhist dramatic film Uppalawanna directed by Sunil Ariyaratne.
Awards
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Fonseka was the first Sri Lankan actress to reach international heights and earn international recognition, winning a special Jury award at the Moscow International Film Festival in 1975; a first of her many international awards. She also won an award at the New Delhi Film Festival in 1977.[16]
Apart from the many Sarasaviya Awards, Presidential Awards, OCIC Awards and others for her cinematic miles, she has also received awards including the "Best Actress Award" for the teledrama "Kemmura" at the Sumathi Tele Awards Ceremony, 2000 and Wishva Prasadhini Award as appreciation of her service to the cinema industry from the President of Sri Lanka in 1996.
A felicitation ceremony titled Maliniye was held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on 30 April 2003 with the participation of President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga to honour Fonseka for her four long decades of contribution to the Cinema of Sri Lanka in more than 150 films.[17]
In January 2008, Sri Lankans living in the United States gathered in large numbers at Los Angeles to honour her, alongside a special dinner hosted by the Consular General of Sri Lanka to the Consulate in Los Angeles, Jaliya Wickramasuriya and his wife, followed by an honouring ceremony where she was awarded with an Appreciative Plaque by the Consulate General.[18] In 2019, she was honored with Janabhimani Honorary Award at the BMICH.[19]
Deepashika Award Festival
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1973 | – | Most Popular Actress | Won |
1974 | Nidhanaya | Most Popular Actress | Won |
Sarasaviya Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1975 | People's vote | Most Popular Actress | Won |
1980 | Hingana Kolla | Best Actress | Won |
1980 | People's vote | Most Popular Actress | Won |
1981 | People's vote | Most Popular Actress | Won |
1982 | Aradhana | Best Actress [20] | Won |
1983 | 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 |
Vanitha Viththi Award Festival
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1992 | People's vote | Most Popular Lady | Won |
1993 | People's vote | Most Popular Lady | Won |
Presidential Film Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1980 | Bambaru Awith | Best Actress [21] | Won |
1981 | Wasanthaye Dawasak | Best Actress [22] | Won |
1983 | Aradhana | Best Actress | Won |
2004 | Wekanda Walawwa | Best Actress | Won |
2006 | Ammawarune | Best Actress [23] | Won |
SIGNIS OCIC Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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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 |
UNDA Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1993 | Mahamera Pamula | Best Actress | Won |
1997 | Pitagamkarayo | Best Actress | Won |
2007 | Sisila Ima | Best Actress | Won |
Sumathi Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1998 | Pitagamkarayo | Best Actress | Won |
2002 | Kemmura | Best Actress | Won |
Navaliya Vendol Film Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 | People's vote | Appealing Film Actress | Won |
2007 | People's vote | Appealing Film Actress | Won |
2008 | People's vote | Appealing Film Actress | Won |
Other Local Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1966 | Akal Wessa | State Drama Festival: Best Actress | Won |
1969 | Punchi Baba | Broadcasting Awards: Best Supporting Actress | Won |
1973 | Nidhanaya | Reviewers Film Awards: Best Actress | Won |
1992 | Madhu Samaya | Swarna Sanka Film Awards: Best Actress | Won |
2016 | Contribution to Cinema | Prathibha Prabha Award (at Raigam Tele'es)[24] | Won |
2018 | Contribution to Cinema | Lifetime Achievement Award (at Derana Film Awards)[25] | Won |
– | Contribution to Cinema | Swarna Rajani Award (by Kala Lanka Foundation) | Won |
– | Contribution to Drama | Felicitation Award (by Malani Fonseka Felicitation Committee) | Won |
– | Contribution to Cinema | Felicitation Award (by National Film Corporation) | Won |
International Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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1976 | Humanship on Cinema, Art and for Peace, Friendship Among Nations | 9th Moscow International Film Festival Honorary Diploma Certificate |
Won |
1978 | Siripala Saha Ranmenika | 6th Indian International Film Festival: Honorary Diploma Certificate | Won |
2009 | Akasa Kusum | 39th International Indian Film Festival Silver Peacock Award and Certificate for Best Performance |
Won |
2010 | Akasa Kusum | 7th Levanthe International Film Festival: Best Actress | Won |
2012 | Outstanding Achievement in Film | Kandy International film Festival: Excellence | Won |
Filmography
Since her first film in 1968, she has acted in more than 150 films through 6 decades.[26]
- No. denotes the Number of Sri Lankan film in the Sri Lankan cinema.[27]
Year | No. | Film | Role | Notes |
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1968 | 182 | Punchi Baba | Mala | |
1968 | 184 | Abudasse kale | ||
1968 | 196 | Adarawanthayo | Sumana | |
1968 | 194 | Dahasak Sithuvili | Lalith's sister | [28] |
1969 | 204 | Kawda Hari | Subha | |
1969 | 214 | Prawesam Wanna | Geetha Basnayake | |
1969 | 215 | Parawalalu | ||
1970 | 223 | Dan Mathakada | Sandya Amunugama | [29] |
1970 | 224 | Akkara Paha | Kumari | [30] |
1971 | 241 | Hathara Denama Surayo | Nilmini | [31] |
1971 | 249 | Maahene Ririyaka | Leela Livera | |
1971 | 242 | Abirahasa | Lover | |
1971 | 247 | Samanala Kumariyo | ||
1972 | 250 | Nidhanaya | Irene Abeynayake | [32] |
1972 | 251 | Sahanaya | Rupa | [33] |
1972 | 266 | Adare Hithenawa Dakkama | Deepa | [34] |
1972 | 254 | Edath Sooraya Adath Sooraya | Kanthi | |
1972 | 263 | Me Dasa Kumatada | Mala | |
1973 | 269 | Matara Achchi | Cyril's city co-worker | |
1973 | 271 | Suhada Pathuma | Chamila | [35] |
1973 | 272 | Thushara | Thushara | [36] |
1973 | 273 | Sadahatama Oba Mage | ||
1973 | 275 | Hathdinnath Tharu | Pearli | |
1973 | 276 | Hondama Welawa | ||
1973 | 277 | Sinawai Inawai | ||
1973 | 279 | Hondai Narakai | ||
1973 | 280 | Daahakin Ekek | Shyama Abeykoon | |
1973 | 281 | Hondata Hondai | Chammi | |
1974 | 282 | Ahas Gauwa | Post office co-worker | |
1974 | 285 | Kasthuri Suwanda | Kanchana | [37] |
1974 | 294 | Susee | Susee | [38] |
1974 | 299 | Senakeliya | Tharangani | [39] |
1975 | 311 | Awa Soya Adare | Nilanthi | [40] |
1975 | 313 | Kohoma Kiyannada | Samanthi | |
1975 | Sooraya Soorayamai | Nilanthi / Mango 'Nanda' | [41] | |
1975 | 327 | Sadhana | ||
1975 | 330 | Sangeetha | Sangeetha / Geetha (two births) | [42] |
1975 | Nayana | |||
1976 | 332 | Pradeepaya Maa Wewa | ||
1976 | 335 | Kawuda Raja | Chintha | [43] |
1976 | Yar Aval | [44] Tamil dubbed Sinhala Film | ||
1976 | 336 | Wasana | Sudarshi Rajadasa | |
1976 | 337 | Ganga | ||
1976 | 342 | Diyamanthi | Chitra Saparamandu | |
1976 | 348 | Unnath Dahai Malath Dahai | ||
1976 | 351 | Onna Mame Kella Panapi | ||
1976 | 252 | Saradiyelge Putha | Subha | |
1976 | 356 | Adarei Man Adarei | ||
1976 | 383 | Zashis (Rahas Kumanthranaya) | ||
1977 | 359 | Neela | ||
1977 | 360 | Sakunthala | ||
1977 | 365 | Hithuwoth Hithuwamai | Apsara | [45] |
1977 | 367 | Pembara Madhu | Madhu | [46][47] |
1977 | 368 | Deviyani Oba Kohida | Elizabeth | [48] |
1977 | 369 | Eya Dan Loku Lamayek | Katuwalagedera 'Susila' Susilawathie 'Susee' | |
1977 | 376 | Siripala Saha Ranmenika | Ranmanika | [49] |
1978 | Pilot Premanath | Premnath's wife. | Indian Tamil Film | |
1978 | 388 | Vishmaya | Nita 'Manike' | |
1978 | 395 | Selinage Walawwa | Wimalaa | |
1978 | 397 | Kundala Keshi | Badhra Kumari 'Kundala Keshi' | |
1978 | 399 | Weera Puran Appu | Bandara Menike | |
1978 | 400 | Bambaru Avith | Helen | |
1978 | 401 | Salee | Salee | |
1978 | 406 | Sandawata Ran Tharu | ||
1978 | 407 | Apeksha | Niranjala | [50] |
1978 | 409 | Anupama | Marthaa | [51] |
1979 | 416 | Hingana Kolla | Lamahami / Nanda | [52] |
1979 | 418 | Divi Thibena Thuru | Sumana | |
1979 | 420 | Muwan Palessa | Namali | |
1979 | 422 | Wasanthaye Dawasak | Mala | |
1979 | 421 | Malligai Mohini | Tamil film | |
1979 | 421 | Raan Kurullo | Sujatha 'Kumara Hami' | |
1979 | 423 | Monarathenna | Sandha | [53] |
1979 | 435 | Nuwan Renu | Renuka 'Renu' | |
1980 | 443 | Silva | Kumari | |
1980 | 444 | Ektam Ge | Mala Pushpalatha | [54][55] |
1980 | 450 | Raktha | Raktha | |
1980 | 454 | Dandu Monara | Anulawathi | |
1980 | 358 | Raja Dawasak | Ran Manika | |
1981 | 474 | Beddegama | Punchi Menika | [56] |
1981 | 475 | Sathweni Dawasa | Agadanna | |
1981 | 476 | Sayuru Thera | Jocelin | |
Hathi Mere Sathi | Hindi Film | |||
1981 | 478 | Bamba Ketu Hati | Dhammi | |
1981 | 479 | Soldadu Unnehe | Prema 'Akka' | |
1981 | 481 | Situ Kumariyo | ||
1981 | 483 | Ek Dawasak Re | Asha 'Aashi' Ranaweera | |
1981 | 493 | Geethika | Samanthi | |
1981 | 496 | Induta Mal Mitak | Nisansala | |
1981 | 499 | Aradhana | Jinadari | [57] |
1981 | Pani Malargal | Tamil Film | ||
1982 | 531 | Mihidum Sihina | Veena | [58] |
1982 | 508 | Bambara Geethaya | Mali | |
1982 | 511 | Yasa Isuru | Sarojini Wickramasinghe | [59] |
1982 | 520 | Anuradha | ||
1982 | 539 | Newatha Hamuwemu | Madhuka 'Madhu' Damayanthi | |
1982 | Piya Saha Daruwo | |||
1983 | 552 | Samuganimi Ma Semiyani | ||
1983 | 557 | Thuththiri Mal | ||
1983 | 563 | Loku Thaththa | ||
1983 | 567 | Samanala Sihina | ||
1983 | 569 | Muwan Palessa 3 | ||
1983 | Peter of the Elephant | [60] Sri Lankan English Film | ||
1984 | 577 | Welle Thanu Maliga | Isabella 'Isa' | |
1984 | 589 | Bambara Patikki | ||
1984 | 591 | Kokila | Kokila | |
1984 | 590 | Hithawathiya | Mahesi Jayasekara | |
1984 | 593 | Sasara Chethana | also as producer. | |
1984 | 594 | Wadula | Ranmali | |
1984 | 603 | Sahodariyakage Kathawa | ||
1986 | 636 | Mal Warusa | Sarojini | |
1986 | 644 | Dewduwa | ||
1986 | 647 | Puja | ||
1986 | 650 | Awurudu Da | Nirupama | |
1987 | 662 | Kele Kella | Uma 'Kala Kella' | |
1987 | 670 | Ahinsa | Saroja Madugalla | |
1988 | 675 | Sandakada Pahana | Malathi 'Mali' Wijebandara | |
1988 | 677 | Angulimala | Aduruthumiya | |
1988 | 678 | Newa Gilunath Ban Choon | Deepa / Chapa | |
1989 | 690 | Shakthiya Obai Amme | Nirmala 'Nimmie' Randeniya | |
1989 | 693 | Waradata Danduwam | ||
1989 | 696 | Siri Medura | Nirmala Samarawickrama | |
1990 | 699 | Jaya Shakthi | ||
1990 | 702 | Weera Udara | ||
1990 | 713 | Honda Honda Sellam | Sub Inspector Geeta Randeniya / Neeta | |
1991 | 718 | Paradeese | ||
1991 | 724 | Hithata Dukak Nathi Miniha | Nirmala | |
1991 | 726 | Raja Kello | ||
1991 | 728 | Madusamaya | ||
1991 | 737 | Sthree | Magihami | |
1991 | 738 | Suwadena Suwandak | ||
1991 | Sihina Ahase Wasanthaya | Madhu | [61] | |
1992 | 751 | Ahimi Dadaman | Rathi | |
1992 | 756 | Umayangana | Elizabeth | |
1992 | 759 | Ruamathiyay Neethiyay | Kanchana | |
1992 | 763 | Sathya | ||
1994 | 803 | Sanda Madala | Ekanayake Mudiyanselage Sandalatha 'Sanda' | |
1994 | 811 | 150 Mulleriyawa | Doctor Sujatha / Juliet 'Julie' Fonseka | |
1997 | 881 | Apaye Thathpara 84000k | ||
1998 | 901 | Anthima Reya | Luxmi | [62] |
2002 | 984 | Punchi Suranganavi | Sinhala teacher | |
2003 | 1020 | Vekande Walauwa | Sujatha | |
2004 | 1032 | Aadaraneeya Wassanaya | ||
2006 | 1064 | Dedunu Wessa | ||
2006 | 1081 | Ammawarune | Sumanawathi | |
2007 | 1090 | Uppalawanna | Nayaka Meheniya | |
2008 | 1111 | Aba | Bhadra Kachchayana | |
2008 | 1114 | Machan | Manoj's mother | |
2009 | 1128 | Akasa Kusum | Sandhya Rani | |
2009 | 1120 | Dancing Star | herself. cameo appearance | |
2011 | 1166 | Selvam | Madhuvani | |
2012 | 1180 | Prathiroo | Leelawathi | |
2016 | 1265 | Sarigama | Matron | |
2020 | Rookada Panchi | School principal | [63] | |
2022 | Bhavatharana | |||
Udu Sulanga | ||||
Prathiravaya | ||||
Muthuetaye Modayo | ||||
Bhavatharana | ||||
Ayu | [64] | |||
TBD | Monara Vilak | [65] |
Director and actor
Year | Film | Note |
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1984 | Sasara Chethana | Also as Producer |
1987 | Ahinsa | Also as Producer |
1991 | Sthree | |
1994 | Sanda Madala | Also as Script writer |
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External links
- 1947 births
- Living people
- Sri Lankan actor-politicians
- Sri Lankan film actresses
- Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- 20th-century Sri Lankan actresses
- 21st-century Sri Lankan actresses
- Women legislators in Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese artists
- 21st-century Sri Lankan women politicians
- Kala Keerthi
- Sri Lankan women film directors
- Sri Lankan film directors