For her numerous contributions as an actress, artist, director, author and activist, in March 2008, Rosie Malek-Yonan was awarded for Excellence in Arts and Entertainment by the Iranian American Political Action Committee (IAPAC).
In 2009 she became an ambassador for the Swedish based organization, Assyrians Without Borders.
Born in Tehran, Iran, Rosie Malek-Yonan is a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent Assyrian families, tracing her Assyrian roots back nearly eleven centuries.
The Malek family or tribe came from the Assyrian village of Geogtapah, Urmi (also known as Urmia), a region in northwestern Iran.
In 2008, Rosie joined the cast of ABC's General Hospital as Farah Mir.She is also a public speaker and is often invited to lecture about the Assyrian Genocide.She has lectured at University of Berkeley, University of California at Merced and Woodbury University among others.In 2006, at the 73rd Annual Assyrian Convention in Chicago, Illinois, the Board of Advisors of the Assyrian American National Federation, Inc., selected Rosie Malek-Yonan as Woman of the Year.
In 2007 she joined the Board of Advisers at Seyfo Center in Europe and is the director of Seyfo Center in the United States.While in Iraq, after meeting with local Assyrians, he turned in Malek-Yonan's in depth report to U. based on Rosie Malek-Yonan's Congressional Testimony was released September 2006 (ISBN 0-9771873-0-6) in English. David Clarke MLC, Senator Helen Coonan and Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.