UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors Shining a spotlight on the needs and aspirations of the world's children
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
Shining a spotlight on the needs and aspirations of the world's children
Goodwill Ambassadors are among the most recognizable faces of UNICEF. As prominent personalities from the worlds of art, music, film, sport and more, they play a critical role in shining a light on the challenges children face around the globe. Goodwill Ambassadors volunteer their time to raise awareness and mobilize support, helping UNICEF to reach the most disadvantaged children and adolescents with lifesaving help and hope.
UNICEF was one of the first organizations to enlist Goodwill Ambassadors. In 1954, Danny Kaye pioneered the role as Ambassador-at-Large, paving the way for Audrey Hepburn, Sir Roger Moore and the distinguished roster we boast today.
Current Goodwill Ambassadors
Vanessa Nakate, since 2022
![On 8 September 2022 in Kobuin, Turkana County, Kenya, Vanessa Nakate (right) laughs with Asinyoni Ekiru, mother to 14-month-old Papos Alos.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/VN7.jpg?itok=EsDpzWQ0)
Millie Bobby Brown, since 2018
![Millie Bobby Brown](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN0259059.jpg?itok=8fhT8uoU)
Lilly Singh, since 2017
![On 12 July 2017 in India, Lilly Singh visited a school run by the Madhya Pradesh State government in Bhopal where she met with students 11- 14 years of age.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN071611.jpg?itok=h7N9zOfm)
Muzoon Almellehan, since 2017
![Syrian refugee and education activist Muzoon Almellehan visits a classroom at Yakoua school in Bol, Lake Region, Chad, Friday 21 April 2017.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN060498.jpg?itok=KztgxGP0)
Priyanka Chopra Jonas, since 2016
![On 7 May 2017 in South Africa, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra smiles amid a group of children, at the Isibindi Safe Park in Soweto Township, in the city of Johannesburg.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN062705.jpg?itok=z2GFjIgQ)
Katy Perry, since 2013
![Artist Katy Perry wearing a UNICEF t-shirt and cap holding a small girls hand as she is weighed](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN020129.jpg?itok=3vM7c6Qo)
Liam Neeson, since 2011
Serena Williams, since 2011
![Tennis World Champion Serena Williams (centre) holds a girl at the Nungua-Zongo immunization site in Greater Accra during the national integrated child health campaign in Ghana, 2006.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI46034.jpg?itok=n1yqIibj)
Leo Messi, since 2010
![Leo Messi](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI90407.jpg?itok=1FAPqJI1)
Yuna Kim, since 2010
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Yuna Kim, at UNICEF House on 17 September 2010.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI94576%20%282%29.jpg?itok=VptHXyY5)
Maria Guleghina, since 2009
![Maria Guleghina](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI103751.jpg?itok=ON5vuh6S)
Orlando Bloom, since 2009
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Orlando Bloom (back) holds an infant as he visits the nutritional recuperation ward at the Mother and Child Center of Diffa, Niger, Monday 20 February 2017.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN054065%20%282%29.jpg?itok=a836l6Rw)
Myung-whun Chung, since 2008
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Myung-Whun Chung claps with children during a performance in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2010.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI105937.jpg?itok=3lMS4rmW)
Ishmael Beah, since 2007
![In 2015, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Ishmael Beah meets children, some of whom were formerly associated with armed groups, at a school supported by UNICEF in Pibor, South Sudan.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI202922_0.jpg?itok=ZURdcTPW)
Amitabh Bachchan, since 2005
![J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare India; Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor; Mr. Louis Georges Arsenault, UNICEF representative of India; at the launch of media campaign on Hepatitis-B in Mumbai, India, 2016.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN09481.jpg?itok=fc1j0R2S)
David Beckham, since 2005
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham smiles with Sripun, 15, at her home in Semarang, Indonesia, March 27, 2018.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN0188661.jpg?itok=AcZWaL89)
Danny Glover, since 2004
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Danny Glover embraces a girl who has presented him with a gift, at the La Boquilla centre in Cartagena, capital of Bolivar Department, in Colombia, 2011.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI119003.jpg?itok=TY-ObQnO)
Jackie Chan, since 2004
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan meets with girls from the vocational training programme at the Deaf School in Mandalay, Myanmar, in 2012.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN0613.jpg?itok=24qG-U-9)
Ricky Martin, since 2003
![On 1 June 2016, UNICEF goodwill ambassador Ricky Martin plays football with Syrian refugee children at Al-Hissa informal refugee settlement in northern Lebanon.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN020858.jpg?itok=ppEBj6eC)
Shakira Mebarak, since 2003
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Shakira holds a baby at an emergency relief distribution centre for people affected by Cyclone Sidr in Potuakhali District, Bangladesh, in 2007.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI48966.jpg?itok=irwGvJD-)
Whoopi Goldberg, since 2003
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Whoopi Goldberg sits with children at UNICEF House, New York City, 2003.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI39233.jpg?itok=z6jl1TG7)
Angélique Kidjo, since 2002
![On 15 July 2017 in Lebanon, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angelique Kidjo engages with children in the Housh el Refka informal settlement, Bekaa Valley.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN071993.jpg?itok=1kWXqovM)
Femi Kuti, since 2002
![Internationally renowned Nigerian singer and musician and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Femi Kuti walks the ‘blue carpet’ at the UNICEF 70th anniversary celebration event at UNHQ.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN044045.jpg?itok=14rU5wIu)
Maxim Vengerov, since 1997
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Maxim Vengerov, a world renowned violinist and conductor, gives a short performance at Besim Üstünel Pre-school, near the city of Istanbul, Turkey, 2013.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI152278.jpg?itok=4bGB_S6Y)
Vanessa Redgrave, since 1995
![On 19 September 2018 in Beirut, Lebanon, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Redgrave met with children aged 10-14 during their Basic Literacy and Numeracy class organized by Ana Aqraa Association at Al Maahad Al Arabi centre in Zokak al bilat.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UN0237546.jpg?itok=SnfgbT9T)
Nana Mouskouri, since 1993
![In 2015, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Nana Mouskouri, seated at a student’s desk in a classroom, smiles during her visit to a public primary school in Ampangabe Village in Analamanga Region, Madagascar.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI180017.jpg?itok=HRZii7Ab)
Harry Belafonte, since 1987
![UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Harry Belafonte holds a toddler, standing with other children in the Makina section of the Kibera shanty town in Nairobi, in 2004.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI27110.jpg?itok=gbM2RTHs)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, since 1984
![On 6 February, a crowd of other adults behind her, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (centre) stands amidst a group of smiling children in the late afternoon sun at the Maslakh camp for more than 140,000 displaced persons, set up amidst the ruins of an abandoned village near the western city of Herat, capital of the province of the same name.](https://www.unicef.org/sites/default/files/styles/crop_thumbnail/public/UNI120444.jpg?itok=5mQcXS82)
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