Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

Known for
Acting
Born
January 17, 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964), an American lawyer and writer, is the wife of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Raised on the South Side of Chicago, she is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and spent the early part of her legal career working at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met her future husband. Subsequently, she worked as part of the staff of Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and for the University of Chicago Medical Center. Throughout 2007 and 2008, she helped campaign for her husband's presidential bid. She delivered a keynote address at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and also spoke at the 2012 Democratic National Convention. She is the mother of Malia and Natasha (Sasha). As the wife of a senator, and later the first lady, she has become a fashion icon and role model for women, and an advocate for poverty awareness, nutrition, and healthy eating.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Closer to the Dream

Closer to the Dream

Movie · as Self

2026
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World) poster

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)

Movie · as Self

2026
From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center poster

From Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center

Movie

2026
Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center poster

Hope Comes Home: Inside the Obama Presidential Center

Movie · as Self

2025
Michelle Obama: The Style, The Power, The Look – A Conversation with Robin Roberts poster

Michelle Obama: The Style, The Power, The Look – A Conversation with Robin Roberts

Movie · as Self

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2023
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey poster

The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey

Movie · as Self

2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love poster

Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love

Movie · as Self - Guest

2022
Picturing the Obamas poster

Picturing the Obamas

Movie · as Self

2022
Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts poster

Michelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts

Movie · as Self

2022
Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant poster

Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant

TV · 6 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast poster

Waffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast

Movie

2021
The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress poster

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Black Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories poster

Black Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories

Movie · as Self

2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves poster

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Movie · as Self

2021
Waffles + Mochi poster

Waffles + Mochi

TV · as Michelle Obama · 10 eps

2021
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror poster

Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
American Deep State poster

American Deep State

Movie · as Self

2020
One World: Together at Home poster

One World: Together at Home

Movie · as Self

2020
Becoming poster

Becoming

Movie · as Self

2020
Dear Class of 2020 poster

Dear Class of 2020

Movie · as Self

2020
VOMO: Vote or Miss Out poster

VOMO: Vote or Miss Out

Movie · as Self

2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote poster

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

Movie · as Self

2020
The Way I See It poster

The Way I See It

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Accidental President poster

The Accidental President

Movie · as Self

2020
Michelle Obama: Life After the White House poster

Michelle Obama: Life After the White House

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
History 101 poster

History 101

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2020
First Ladies poster

First Ladies

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps

2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump poster

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

TV · as Self - Former First Lady (archive footage) · 2 eps

2020
Obama poster

Obama

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2019
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas poster

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

Movie · as Self

2019
The Six Triple Eight poster

The Six Triple Eight

Movie · as Self (archival footage)

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2019
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways poster

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
BookTube poster

BookTube

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
A Student's Guide To Your First Year Of College

A Student's Guide To Your First Year Of College

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2018
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama poster

Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama

Movie · as Self

2018
We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World poster

We Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World

Movie · as Self

2018
Quincy poster

Quincy

Movie · as Self

2018
Fahrenheit 11/9 poster

Fahrenheit 11/9

Movie · as Self

2018
Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis poster

Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
The Final Year poster

The Final Year

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Self - First Black First Lady (archive footage) · 1 ep

2017
François Hollande, le mal-aimé poster

François Hollande, le mal-aimé

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2017
The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House poster

The End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House

Movie · as Self

2017
Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President poster

Meet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
Free, una mujer contra el estado poster

Free, una mujer contra el estado

Movie

2016
An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House

An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House

Movie · as Self

2016
Jazz at the White House poster

Jazz at the White House

Movie · as Self

2016
Hamilton's America poster

Hamilton's America

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone poster

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration poster

BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration

Movie · as Self - Guest of Honor

2016
The Red Pill poster

The Red Pill

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony poster

National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony

Movie · as Self

2016
How to Win the US Presidency poster

How to Win the US Presidency

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2016
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens poster

VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

Movie

2016
Balls Deep poster

Balls Deep

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Jackie Robinson poster

Jackie Robinson

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Pitch Perfect 2 poster

Pitch Perfect 2

Movie · as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015
It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown poster

It's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Face of Unity poster

Face of Unity

Movie · as Self

2014
Snackpocalypse poster

Snackpocalypse

Movie · as Self

2014
black-ish poster

black-ish

TV · as Michelle Obama · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

2014
The Night Shift poster

The Night Shift

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
The Presidents' Gatekeepers poster

The Presidents' Gatekeepers

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
The Wanted Life poster

The Wanted Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Dreams from My Real Father poster

Dreams from My Real Father

Movie · as Self

2012
The Perfect Human Diet poster

The Perfect Human Diet

Movie · as Self - First Lady

2012
Steve Harvey poster

Steve Harvey

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Secret Service Secrets poster

Secret Service Secrets

TV · as Michelle Obama · 3 eps

2011
Jessie poster

Jessie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
A Day in the Life poster

A Day in the Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
I Want Your Money poster

I Want Your Money

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
The President's Book of Secrets poster

The President's Book of Secrets

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) · 1 ep

2009
Yes We Can! - The Barack Obama Story poster

Yes We Can! - The Barack Obama Story

Movie · as self

2009
A Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack Obama poster

A Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack Obama

Movie · as Self

2009
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama poster

By the People: The Election of Barack Obama

Movie · as Self

2009
Becoming Barack

Becoming Barack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Barack Obama: The Power of Hope

Barack Obama: The Power of Hope

Movie · as Self

2009
White House Revealed poster

White House Revealed

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial poster

We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial

Movie · as Self

2009
Convention

Convention

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2009
Obama: All Access: The Road to the White House poster

Obama: All Access: The Road to the White House

Movie · as Self

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Michelle Obama · 1 ep

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - First Lady of the United States (archive footage) · 1 ep

2008
Examined Life poster

Examined Life

Movie · as Self (floating on a boat in central park)

2008
Barack Obama poster

Barack Obama

Movie · as Self

2008
Hype: The Obama Effect poster

Hype: The Obama Effect

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
iCarly poster

iCarly

TV · as Michelle Obama · 1 ep

2006
Rachael Ray poster

Rachael Ray

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer poster

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1998
White House Christmas poster

White House Christmas

TV · as Self · 8 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1993
A Journey in Black and White

A Journey in Black and White

Movie · as Self

1992
To The Contrary poster

To The Contrary

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1983
Frontline poster

Frontline

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1968
60 Minutes poster

60 Minutes

TV · as Self · 1 ep