Malick was born in Quetta in the Balochistan province of Pakistan to a Pashtun father,[3] and a Punjabi mother.

[4][5] She graduated from Government Girls College Quetta and then moved to Karachi along with her family following her father's retirement.

[citation needed] Malick made her acting debut with the serial Ishq Junoon Deewangi.

In 2014, she starred in Kunal Deshmukh's Raja Natwarlal opposite Emraan Hashmi, which was her debut film in Bollywood.

[12] She then starred in Asad Ul Haq's Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, alongside Sikander Rizvi.