--- title: Malala Yousafzai and Priyanka Chopra Take Picture at UN description: The Nobel Peace Laureate and actress came across each other during the U.N. General Assembly in New York this week, to the delight of both. canonical: https://time.com/4951503/malala-priyanka-chopra-un/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-21T15:48:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:26.534Z og:title: Malala Yousafzai & Priyanka Chopra Shared a Moment Together og:description: Clearly, the fandom is mutual og:url: https://time.com/4951503/malala-priyanka-chopra-un/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc58e26edef381fa7/6988debd196cf48aa0042066/malala-yousafzai1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Goalkeepers: The Global Goals 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Malala Yousafzai & Priyanka Chopra Shared a Moment Together twitter:description: Clearly, the fandom is mutual twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc58e26edef381fa7/6988debd196cf48aa0042066/malala-yousafzai1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Malala Yousafzai and Priyanka Chopra Shared an Adorable Moment Together > Sponsored content. 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Jamie McCarthy—Getty Images for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 21, 2017 3:48 PM UTC Dignitaries and celebrities [of all kinds](http://time.com/4950653/justin-trudeau-chewbacca-socks/) are in New York this week for the U.N.’s General Assembly summit, so perhaps it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Nobel Peace Laureate [Malala Yousafzai](http://time.com/4926342/malala-yousafzai-suu-kyi-rohingya/) and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and actress [Priyanka Chopra](http://motto.time.com/4761354/priyanka-chopra-refuses-stereotypical-roles/) happened upon each other during the high-powered talks. After meeting, 20-year-old Yousafzai — who just started her [first year of college](http://time.com/4904192/malala-oxford-university-alevels/) at Oxford in the U.K. — shared a snap of the famous duo together. “Can’t believe I met @priyankachopra!” she wrote, clearly a fan of her counterpart’s work. > [](https://twitter.com/Malala/status/910564493138317314) Turns out, the feeling was mutual. “You’re just a young girl with so much heart… and such achievements,” Chopra tweeted in response. > [](https://twitter.com/priyankachopra/status/910613233995829249) As commenters are noting, it’s especially powerful to see these two women find common ground in their shared interest in improving women’s lots globally as prominent, positive figures in the media representing South Asia. > [](https://twitter.com/ibhupendra/status/910567547598024704) > [](https://twitter.com/ManobalaV/status/910642934734766080) > [](https://twitter.com/Sweetienaznin/status/910615588384452608) > [](https://twitter.com/rtulshyan/status/910697522217095168) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4951503/malala-priyanka-chopra-un/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4951503/malala-priyanka-chopra-un/"},"headline":"Malala Yousafzai and Priyanka Chopra Shared an Adorable Moment Together","datePublished":"2017-09-21T15:48:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:26.534Z","description":"The Nobel Peace Laureate and actress came across each other during the U.N. 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