---
name: "Malala Yousafzai"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malala-yousafzai"
fi1m_id: "malala-yousafzai"
imdb_id: "nm5324796"
tmdb_id: 1463952
wikidata_id: "Q32732"
roles: []
born: "12 July 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-02T22:49:08.033145+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Malala Yousafzai

## Identity

Malala Yousafzai

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malala-yousafzai
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malala-yousafzai
- **IMDb ID:** nm5324796
- **TMDB ID:** 1463952
- **Wikidata ID:** Q32732
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5324796/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1463952

Actor. Born 12 July 1997 in Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 July 1997, Mingora, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- **Also known as:** ملاله یوسفزۍ
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32732, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5324796/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1463952

## On Fi1m (2)

- *We Are Lady Parts* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Self — [page](https://film.one/tv/we-are-lady-parts.md)
- *He Named Me Malala* (2015), Fi1m 60, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/he-named-me-malala.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Bread & Roses* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Champions of the Golden Valley* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Last of the Sea Women* (2024), Producer
- *Joyland* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Stranger at the Gate* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Love Is Tolerance - Tolerance Is Love* (2018), Thanks
- *Class Dismissed* (2010), as Malala Yousafzai

## Gallery

- ![Malala Yousafzai](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-16faf8f94b3d.jpg) Malala Yousafzai — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Malala_Yousafzai_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_5.jpg/1280px-Malala_Yousafzai_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Brasília, 22 de Novembro de 2018. A depredação dos livros da Biblioteca Central (BCE) da Universidade de Brasília, há pouco mais de um mês, motivou a criação de](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-9a839b977312.jpg) Brasília, 22 de Novembro de 2018. A depredação dos livros da Biblioteca Central (BCE) da Universidade de Brasília, há pouco mais de um mês, motivou a criação de — Universidade de Brasília, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/BCE_inaugura_espa%C3%A7o_dedicado_aos_Direitos_Humanos.jpg/1280px-BCE_inaugura_espa%C3%A7o_dedicado_aos_Direitos_Humanos.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Murales pacifistas del Colegio Santa María la Nueva y San José Artesano (Burgos, España) (2024)](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-38c4851d6f11.jpg) Murales pacifistas del Colegio Santa María la Nueva y San José Artesano (Burgos, España) (2024) — Zarateman, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Burgos_-_Murales_pacifistas_del_Colegio_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Nueva_y_San_Jos%C3%A9_Artesano_07.jpg/1280px-Burgos_-_Murales_pacifistas_del_Colegio_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Nueva_y_San_Jos%C3%A9_Artesano_07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![(L-R): Amel Karboul - Secretary General of Maghreb Economic Forum, Malala Yousafzai - education campaigner, Elias Bou Saab - Lebanon's education minister, Justi (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-d9937dd5d10d.jpg) (L-R): Amel Karboul - Secretary General of Maghreb Economic Forum, Malala Yousafzai - education campaigner, Elias Bou Saab - Lebanon's education minister, Justi (2016) — DFID - UK Department for International Development, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Delegates_open_the_education_pledging_panel_session_at_the_Supporting_Syria_conference_%2824790993036%29.jpg/1280px-Delegates_open_the_education_pledging_panel_session_at_the_Supporting_Syria_conference_%2824790993036%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo shows Malala Yousafzai Elementary School at 11770 W. Aliana Trace, Richmond address, TX 77407. The school is part of the Fort Bend Independent School Dist (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-d5250915320d.jpg) Photo shows Malala Yousafzai Elementary School at 11770 W. Aliana Trace, Richmond address, TX 77407. The school is part of the Fort Bend Independent School Dist (2020) — Djmaschek, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/FBISD_Malala_Elementary.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lee Hee-Soon, Malala Yousafzai, Sue Kim, and Jang Soon-duk at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Last of The Sea Women. (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/1024311/gallery-7f91e8af0495.jpg) Lee Hee-Soon, Malala Yousafzai, Sue Kim, and Jang Soon-duk at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) for the movie The Last of The Sea Women. (2021) — Adam Chitayat, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Lee_Hee-Soon%2C_Malala_Yousafzai%2C_Sue_Kim%2C_and_Jang_Soon-duk_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg/1280px-Lee_Hee-Soon%2C_Malala_Yousafzai%2C_Sue_Kim%2C_and_Jang_Soon-duk_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 23 won, 1 nominated

- BBC 100 Women 2021: BBC 100 Women (won)
- Jane Addams Children's Book Award 2018: Jane Addams Children's Book Award (won)
- Ellis Island Medal of Honor 2017: Ellis Island Medal of Honor (won)
- Order of the Smile 2016: Order of the Smile (won)
- Nobel Peace Prize 2014: Nobel Peace Prize (won)
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal 2014: Philadelphia Liberty Medal (won)
- Ambassador of Conscience Award 2013: Ambassador of Conscience Award (won)
- Anna Politkovskaya Award 2013: Anna Politkovskaya Award (won)
- Catalonia International Prize 2013: Catalonia International Prize (won)
- European Human Rights Prize 2013: European Human Rights Prize (won)
- Fred and Anne Jarvis Award 2013: Fred and Anne Jarvis Award (won)
- honorary Canadian citizenship 2013: honorary Canadian citizenship (won)
- Humanitarian of the Year 2013: Humanitarian of the Year (won)
- Index Award 2013: Index Award (won)
- International Children's Peace Prize 2013: International Children's Peace Prize (won)
- Memminger Freedom Prize 1525 2013: Memminger Freedom Prize 1525 (won)
- Sakharov Prize 2013: Sakharov Prize (won)
- Secularist of the Year 2013: Secularist of the Year (won)
- Simone de Beauvoir Prize 2013: Simone de Beauvoir Prize (won)
- Time 100 2013: Time 100 (won)
- United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights 2013: United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights (won)
- Commander of the Order of Bravery 2012: Commander of the Order of Bravery (won)
- International Children's Peace Prize 2011: International Children's Peace Prize (nominated)
- National Malala Peace Prize 2011: National Malala Peace Prize (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/malala-yousafzai