She played an adventure-seeking heroine in Tomb Raider, but Angelina Jolie is making it perfectly clear who she thinks her real-life hero is.
At the Women in the World Summit Thursday, the actress took the stage at Lincoln Center in New York City to honor Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani student activist who was shot by the Taliban in October for advocating for equal-opportunity education in her country.
The 37-year-old star also pledged to donate $200,000 to the new Malala Fund, which was established by Vital Voices to benefit girls' education.
Jolie introduced Yousafzai, who appeared via video from Britain to talk about the new charity initiative.
In her speech, the actress recounted the student's harrowing odyssey. "The Taliban shot her at point-bank range in the head, and made her stronger," Jolie said. "In a brutal attempt to silence her voice, it grew louder."
"This is the happiest moment of my life," Yousafzai later said while announcing the fund via the video feed, per The Daily Beast. "If we can educate 40 girls, we can educate 40 million girls."
