Biography

Angeline Malik is a Pakistani director, actor, producer, model, television host and activist.Angeline Malik is a multifaceted personality an actor, producer, director, sculptor and an advocate of raising and voicing relevant social issues. She is known for her selection of diverse characters and subjects, with the boom of private channels where everyone else was concentrating on commercial projects influenced by Indian content she created a niche for herself by choosing subjects related to women empowerment and issues, highlighted upon child abuse way before people realized it was an issue to be talked about. In a span of two decades from the longest running series in Pakistan Kitni Girhain Baqi Hain based on women empowerment, which was also aired on the Indian channel Zindagi, to ambulance a series based on health and doctors, to courtroom a series highlighting upon real cases and educating people on their legal rights, to mujhay jeenay do, a project in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University on child marriage and honour killing.

She is the founder of movement #inkaarkaro which is a campaign aimed towards educating and empowering women, men and children, it is an initiative to voice different social issues. It is the first of a series of movements that will creatively depict strong women and men coming together to raise their voice against harassment, domestic violence, child abuse or any other form of abuse one is not comfortable with. She has previously talked on the above subjects to create awareness on a local and international level at TEDx, Lincoln corner in association with US Consulate, APPNA and WAPNA conference.She is also the driving force behind #mujhayjeenaydo #meriawaazauno a campaign which has mobilized both celebrities and influencers to bring about change in the legislations for the protection of victims of child abuse. Her outspoken stance on these issues has brought her a large following in the enlightened section of society but at the same time has also brought about a strong reaction from conservatives who wish to maintain their status quo.

Malik won the Lux Style Awards in 2006 for best director and a nomination for best actress. She is also famous for the first coming-of-age talk show Black and White on Indus Vision and for her selection of diverse characters. Her name comes in the top directors of Pakistan working in this field since 2002. She is also known as a producer, working under the banner of Angelic Films.

On arriving from London with a degree in Computer Imaging and Animation, Malik entered in the fashion and showbiz world in 2002, Since then Angeline Malik is continuously establishing her name by working hard in various fields. Other than showing her guts on the fashion ramps as a celebrity model, Malik has also proved herself as a producer, director, and as an anchor. Malik has performed diverse types of characters in many T.V dramas, on different channels. Malik is very touchy and selective about the projects she adopts for direction mainly focusing on deep issues rooted in our society. She has created a name for herself in an industry that is mostly male dominated through the roles she has played and the subjects she has chosen.