Malick

**Malick Diallo** was a main character on the third season of the Netflix series *Elite*. He has very clear ideas and was romantically involved with Nadia and Omar. He is portrayed by Leïti Sène.

## Biography

### Background

Malick grew up in a wealthy, Muslim family form Senegal. His grandfather used to own gold mines, his father attended a prestigious university in New York (arguably Columbia University) and now owns Africa's biggest telecommunication company. He comes from Senegal's richest family and assumes to be "the fourth, third, maybe second" richest Las Encinas student.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 3

In Season 3, Malick is instantly attracted and drawn to Nadia. He relates to her because they are both Muslim. He asks her out, asks to meet her family, and more. They start to connect. Malick even impresses her parents and gains their approval, unlike Nadia's ex- Guzmán. They date until Nadia finds out that Malick is secretly gay and had an affair with her brother, Omar. Nadia and Malick break up - but Malick and Lu both convince Nadia that she might be better off lying to her parents about dating Malick so that they let her go to New York.

They continue to date and Malick even proposes to Nadia, thrilling her parents. Nadia accepts for one day but then realizes that she doesn't want to live a life of lies and she breaks it off.

Malick and Omar secretly continue to hook up, despite the fact that Omar was still with Ander at the time. Omar decides to follow Malick to New York and live with him there, until the last minute when he changes his mind and stays with Ander. Malick continues on to fly to New York with Nadia and Lu at the end of Season 3.

## Physical Appearance

Malik is a tall, handsome and toned black man. He is Senegalese. He has curly, dark hair and a large, flashy smile with diasthema.

## Personality

Malick is really friendly and outgoing. He behaves well and is a good guy, but he likes to break the rules sometimes like drinking gin and tonics. He likes to encourage Nadia to live a little and break the rules once in a while, as long as she is not hurting anyone else.

Malick can be very secretive. He hid that he was homosexual from Nadia and his family because he wants to please his family and meet their expectations.

He comes from a Muslim family, says he goes to Madrid's Mosque every week, and in general acts as a perfect Muslim man in front of Nadia's parents. By the way, he drinks alcohol and sometimes ignores the Koran's precepts. He describes himself as a Muslim who "lives in this century [i.e. XXI]".

## Relationships

In Season 3, Malick is instantly attracted and drawn to Nadia. He relates to her because they are both Muslim. He asks her out, asks to meet her family, and more. They start to connect. Malick even impresses her parents and gains their approval, unlike Nadia's ex- Guzmán. They date until Nadia finds out that Malick is secretly gay and had an affair with her brother of all people, Omar. Nadia and Malick break up - but Malick and Lu both convince Nadia that she might be better off lying to her parents about dating Malick so that they let her go to New York.

They continue to date and Malick even proposes to Nadia, thrilling her parents. Nadia accepts for one day but then realizes that she doesn't want to live a life of lies and she breaks it off.

Malick and Omar secretly continue to hook up, despite the fact that Omar was still with Ander at the time. Omar decides to follow Malick to New York and live with him there, until the last minute when he changes his mind and stays with Ander.

## Trivia

* The only people Malick interacted with were Nadia, Omar and their parents Yusef and Imán. He once spoke with Ander and briefly introduced himself to Guzman. He may have been introduced to Lu when she accompanied him and Nadia to New York.
* Although he was interviewed by the police over Polo's death, he had no involvement whatsoever as he never knew Polo.
* He was briefly mentioned in Season 4 by Ander when talking to Omar.

## Appearances

### **Season 3**

* "Carla (episode)"
* "Samuel and Guzmán"
* "Cayetana and Valerio"
* "Lu (episode)"
* "Ander (episode)"
* "Rebeka (episode)"
* "Nadia and Omar"
* "Polo (episode)"