Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born January 17, 1964
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.
MovieFrom Hope to Home: The Obama Presidential Center
2026
MovieEarth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs. That's the Weight of the World)
2026
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MovieMichelle Obama: The Style, The Power, The Look – A Conversation with Robin Roberts
2025
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TVGood Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
MovieCarol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
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MovieThe Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
2023
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MovieMichelle Obama: The Light We Carry, A Conversation with Robin Roberts
2022
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TVWaffles + Mochi's Restaurant
2022
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
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TVSherri
2022
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MoviePicturing the Obamas
2022
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MovieWaffles + Mochi's Holiday Feast
2021
TVTurning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror
2021
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MovieRoll Up Your Sleeves
2021
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TVWaffles + Mochi
2021
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MovieBlack Renaissance: The Art and Soul of Our Stories
2021
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MovieThe New Air Force One: Flying Fortress
2021
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TVObama
2020
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MovieThe Accidental President
2020
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MovieA West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
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TVFirst Ladies
2020
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MovieThe Way I See It
2020
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MovieVOMO: Vote or Miss Out
2020
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MovieAmerican Deep State
2020
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MovieDear Class of 2020
2020
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TVHistory 101
2020
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MovieBecoming
2020
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MovieMichelle Obama: Life After the White House
2020
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MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
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TVAmerica's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
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TVBookTube
2019
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TVEllen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019
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A Student's Guide To Your First Year Of College
2019
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TVTamron Hall
2019
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TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
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MovieAmerican Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
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MovieThe Six Triple Eight
2019
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MoviePanic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis
2018
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MovieOprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama
2018
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MovieWe Will Rise: Michelle Obama's Mission to Educate Girls Around the World
2018
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MovieFahrenheit 11/9
2018
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MovieQuincy
2018
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TVExplained
2018
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MovieThe Final Year
2018
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MovieFrançois Hollande, le mal-aimé
2017
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MovieThe End: Inside The Last Days of the Obama White House
2017
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MovieMeet the Trumps: From Immigrant to President
2017
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An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House
2016
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MovieFree, una mujer contra el estado
2016
MovieBET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration
2016
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MovieAll Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone
2016
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MovieThe Red Pill
2016
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MovieHamilton's America
2016
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MovieNational Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
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MovieHow to Win the US Presidency
2016
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MovieVH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
2016
MovieJazz at the White House
2016
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TVJackie Robinson
2016
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TVBalls Deep
2016
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MovieIt's Your 50th Christmas Charlie Brown
2015
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TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
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MoviePitch Perfect 2
2015
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TVblack-ish
2014
as Michelle Obama
MovieSnackpocalypse
2014
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TVThe Night Shift
2014
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TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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MovieFace of Unity
2014
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MovieThe Presidents' Gatekeepers
2013
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TVThe Wanted Life
2013
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TVSteve Harvey
2012
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MovieThe Perfect Human Diet
2012
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MovieDreams from My Real Father
2012
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TVJessie
2011
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MovieThe President's Book of Secrets
2010
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TVConan
2010
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MovieA Day in the Life
2010
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MovieI Want Your Money
2010
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Becoming Barack
2009
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MovieBy the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009
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MovieYes We Can! - The Barack Obama Story
2009
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TVParks and Recreation
2009
as Michelle Obama
MovieA Moment in History - The Inauguration of Barack Obama
2009
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MovieWhite House Revealed
2009
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Barack Obama: The Power of Hope
2009
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MovieWe Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial
2009
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Convention
2009
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MovieObama: All Access: The Road to the White House
2009
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MovieBarack Obama
2008
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MovieHype: The Obama Effect
2008
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MovieExamined Life
2008
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TViCarly
2007
as Michelle Obama
TVRachael Ray
2006
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TVThe Colbert Report
2005
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TVThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
TVNCIS
2003
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TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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TVWhite House Christmas
1998
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TVThe Daily Show
1996
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A Journey in Black and White
1993
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TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
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TVTo The Contrary
1992
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TVFrontline
1983
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TV60 Minutes
1968
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Closer to the Dream
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