She was born in 1941, and has two daughters.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, 25, was a producer on "Stranger at the Gate," a nominee for short documentary film.
The Nobel Peace Prize was given to Belarusian human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski and two human rights groups, Memorial, from Russia, and Center for Civil Liberties.
Stanford Professor Carolyn Bertozzi said she was told of her win in the middle of the night, saying "I can hardly breathe."
79-year-old John Clauser of Walnut Creek went to bed a retiree and woke up a Nobel Prize winner for his landmark achievements in quantum mechanics.
Professor David Card spoke about his Nobel prize, the federal minimum wage and knowing a co-worker's salary.