Samanalee Fonseka

Acting

Samanalee Fonseka

Born November 23, 1981 · Colombo, Sri Lanka (age 44)

Wanniarachchige Samanalee Fonseka, is an actress in Sri Lankan cinema and television. Apart from acting, she is also a social activist who stands against racism, gender inequality and more social issues in Sri Lanka.

Known For

Heart FMHeart FM · 2008
Heart FM
2008
MovieRomanceDrama
Rajeev, a radio jockey working with Heart FM, frequently gets song requests from two girls. He assumes one of the girls to be his friend Mandakini, until he meets the real one.
Spying StarsSpying Stars · 2026
Spying Stars
2026
MovieScience FictionDrama
Scientist Anandi visits Hanuman Island to perform the last rites ritual for her father. She is immediately placed in quarantine in a remote hotel due to a pandemic caused by a machine-dominant world. When a mysterious star starts following her, she escapes and seeks refuge with a mother and her transgender daughter.
Dirty, Yellow, DarknessDirty, Yellow, Darkness · 2017
Dirty, Yellow, Darkness
★ 5.82017
MovieDramaRomance
After his wife leaves him, a man with a severe case of OCD who fears that his own urine is contaminating everything around him, admits himself to a mental hospital for treatment to overcome his fear and win his wife back.
Forward DriveForward Drive · 2024
Forward Drive
2024
MovieDramaRomance
A well-known cricketer’s sexual orientation becomes a hot topic in social media and he tries to isolate himself from his teammates, friends, and family. He becomes suspicious of his partner and a popular singer who lives next door tries to reconcile them. Finally, the cricketer’s mother arrives at his home and meets his partner for the first time.
Pillow TalkPillow Talk · 2021
Pillow Talk
2021
MovieComedyThriller
A devoted fan, head over heels in love with the locally famous actress Samanalee Fonseka, asks a friend's help to make a video to convey his love and ask for her hand in marriage. After changing his day to day life drastically, the fan starts to behave somewhat odd.
Malaki Duwe NumbaMalaki Duwe Numba · 2025
Malaki Duwe Numba
2025
MovieDrama
A renowned YouTuber and single mother's romance with a celebrity author sparks turmoil in her fractured family, forcing her teenage daughter to confront past wounds—until an unexpected act of sacrifice heals long-broken bonds.
Flowers of the SkyFlowers of the Sky · 2008
Flowers of the Sky
★ 6.52008
MovieDrama
A Silver screen idol of yesteryear a faded star today. In the web of a scandal the limelight is all her again. A long forgotten secret resurfaces making her undertake the most painful journey ever.
Alone in a ValleyAlone in a Valley · 2017
Alone in a Valley
2017
MovieMysteryScience Fiction
A creative director of an Advertising Agency, going through an experience that he has never encountered before, where time has stopped.

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Motor BicycleMotor Bicycle · 2016
Motor Bicycle
2016
MovieDrama
Rangana is a young musician from the working classes who dreams big. His aim is to rise above his station, even as he toils the low-rent barroom circuit with his band, playing night after night to under-appreciative crowds to make a frugal living. Tanya is the love of his life, the woman whom all this will be worth achieving. She is just finishing school. As he toils through the nights, his need of a mode of transport - a motor bicycle - becomes more and more apparent. He dreams of one day collecting enough money to buy one, finally buying a second hand motorbike despite his mother's great protest. He now wants to taste his new found freedom with his beloved Tanya, along the city streets of Colombo. As Rangana and Tanya embark on this motorbike journey across the city, questions about their present, challenges to their future and the very essence of their lives is brought to the fore, in "Motor Bicycle."

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