Malala Yousafzai

Career Overview

Malala Yousafzai has 29 screen credits in a career dating back to 2003. Signature works include He Named Me Malala, MALALA: A Girl From Paradise, Class Dismissed. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

29

Birth Date

1997-07-12

Birth Place

Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Known For

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  He Named Me Malala
• 

  MALALA: A Girl From Paradise
• 

  Class Dismissed
• 

  InnSæi
• 

  Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
• 

  Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Frequent Collaborators

• Ziauddin Yousafzai (1 collaborations)
• Toor Pekai Yousafzai (1 collaborations)
• Khushal Yousafzai (1 collaborations)
• Atal Yousafzai (1 collaborations)
• Mobin Khan (1 collaborations)
• Adam Ellick (1 collaborations)
• Kristín Ólafsdóttir (1 collaborations)
• Hrund Gunnsteinsdottir (1 collaborations)
• Marina Abramović (1 collaborations)
• Thandiwe Newton (1 collaborations)

Credits

• production (6 credits)

  • The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony

    executive producer

    production
    2026
  • Bread & Roses

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • Champions of the Golden Valley

    executive producer

    production
    2024
  • The Last of the Sea Women

    producer

    production
    2024
  • Joyland

    executive producer

    production
    2022
  • Stranger at the Gate

    executive producer

    production
    2022

• actors (22 credits)

  • Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2022
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show

    - Renée Elise Goldsberry, Malala Yousafzai (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2022
  • Friends: The Reunion

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2021
  • We Are Lady Parts

    - Malala Made Me Do It (2024) ... Self actor actors
    2021
  • Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Dear Class of 2020

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2020
  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    - Josh Brolin, Tony Gonzalez, Sabaa Tahir, Malala Yousafzai (2022) ... Self actor actors
    2019
  • My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman

    - You Know, She Has a Nobel Peace Prize (2018) ... Self actor actors
    2018
  • InnSæi

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2016
  • He Named Me Malala

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2015
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    - Malala Yousafzai, Kerry Washington, The Arcs (2015) ... Self actor actors
    2015
  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    - Oscar Isaac, Malala Yousafzai, Audrey Hobert (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors
    2014
  • MALALA: A Girl From Paradise

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2013
  • Class Dismissed

    Malala Yousafzai

    actor

    actors
    2010
  • The Graham Norton Show

    - Episode 6 (2025) ... Self actor actors
    2007
  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    - Malala Yousafzai/Ice Cube & O'Shea Jackson Jr. (2015) ... Self actor actors
    2003
  • The View

    - Malala Yousafzai (2019) ... Self actor actors
    1997
  • The Daily Show

    - December 8, 2025 - Malala Yousafzai (2025) ... Self - Guest actor actors

    - Malala Yousafzai (2019) ... Self actor actors

    - Malala Yousafzai (2015) ... actor actors
    1996
  • The Oscars

    - 95th Academy Awards (2023) ... Self actor actors
    1953
  • Today

    - Episode dated 18 October 2017 (2017) ... Self actor actors
    1952

• crew (1 credits)

  • Love Is Tolerance - Tolerance Is Love

    thanks

    crew
    2018