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

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.
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.
SoosthiSoosthi · 2020
Soosthi
2020
MovieDrama
A young woman on the edge of a half constructed building top trying to jump off. But a voice talks to her. It's a man. He tells her it's a matter of the last second thought which step her away from jumping. They start taking and decide to run away. So their story unveils while they travel around and across the country.
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.
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.
Burning BirdsBurning Birds · 2016
Burning Birds
4.82016
Movie
Since her fish salesman husband was killed by militant thugs for his political affiliations, Kusum has been left alone to support her eight children and her mother-in-law. She does this by breaking rocks in a nearby quarry. But of course, things can get worse and they do in this heartfelt but gruelling litany of suffering.
InflammableInflammable · 2020
Inflammable
2020
MovieDramaThriller
Kamal murders his wife and, in an agitated and confused state, he sets on a journey to dispose of the body.
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.

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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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