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Michelle Obama

Highest Rated: 100% Crip Camp (2020)

Lowest Rated: 74% Leave the World Behind (2023)

Birthday: Jan 17, 1964

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Michelle Obama was the former First Lady of the United States who during her eight years in White House was a passionate advocate for women, LGBT rights, children's nutrition, healthy eating, and a various other important causes. Born and raised as Michelle LaVaughn Robinson on the South Side of Chicago, Obama was a gifted student throughout grade school. When it came time to enter high school Obama attended Whitney Young in Chicago, the city's first magnet school, and continued to excel academically. When it was time to decide on a college, Obama saw the decision as a no-brainer. Her older brother Craig was already attending Princeton University, so the teenage Michelle decided to follow in her brother's footsteps. She majored in sociology while attending Princeton, while minoring in African-American studies, and graduated cum laude in 1985. After graduating from Princeton, Obama went on to Harvard Law School, where she would go on to earn her law degree in 1988. Obama returned to Chicago after Harvard and accepted a position as an associate attorney at the high profile law firm Sidley Austin. It was while working at the prestigious law firm that the then Michelle Robinson was asked out by a handsome young summer associate named Barack Obama. The couple went to see Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" (1989) for their first date and immediately became smitten with one another. Their relationship grew intense rather quickly and on October 3, 1992 they were married. The couple would go on to have two children, Sasha and Malia, and Michelle would prove to be her husband's most trusted supporter throughout his historic run in becoming the United States' first African-American president. Michelle Obama continued working at Sidley Austin throughout the early 90s but in 1996 she became the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago. She stayed at the position until 2002 when she accepted a position as the Vice President for Community and External Affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. By May of 2007, however, with her husband's first presidential campaign a few months old, Obama decided to cut back her professional duties to focus on campaigning with her husband. Although the strain of campaigning proved exhausting at times, Michelle persevered and on January 20, 2009 she made history by becoming the first African-American First Lady in United States history. Upon entering the White House Michelle Obama decided to focus her attention on encouraging children to eat healthy, thus reversing the trend of child obesity. She called this initiative "Let's Move!" which was first launched in January of 2010. When her husband won a second term in 2012 Obama continued to focus on issues that were important to her, including healthy eating, women's rights, and the rights of the LGBT community. Upon leaving the White House in early 2017, Obama spent her days traveling the country with her husband, occasionally speaking out on various issues, including the lack of diversity in American politics, and writing her memoirs. Her memoirs, titled Becoming, chronicled her life and eight years as First Lady. Becoming was released on November 13, 2018.

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Highest rated movies

100% 91% Crip Camp
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93% 57% Becoming Watchlist 74% 36% Leave the World Behind Watchlist
Face of Unity
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Michelle Obama: Life After the White House Watchlist
0% Michelle Obama: Forward Motion
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The Presidents: Obama
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The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
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The First Ladies: Michelle Obama
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The Turnaround
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Turnaround Executive Producer - 2024
74% 36% Leave the World Behind Executive Producer - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey Self - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Presidents: Obama Self - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The First Ladies: Michelle Obama Unknown (Character) - 2022
93% 57% Becoming Self - 2020
100% 91% Crip Camp Executive Producer - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Michelle Obama: Life After the White House Unknown (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 0% Michelle Obama: Forward Motion Unknown (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Face of Unity Unknown (Character) - 2014

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Our Oceans Executive Producer 2024
69% 69% Bodkin Executive Producer 2024
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2022-2023
44% 71% Working: What We Do All Day Executive Producer 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ada Twist, Scientist Executive Producer 2021-2023
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2014-2015 2017-2018 2021 2023
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2015-2016 2018 2021-2023
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021-2022
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2012 2015 2018 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant Self 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest,
Host
2015-2016 2018 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Let the World See Self 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008 2014 2016 2019-2021
95% 73% Waffles + Mochi Unknown (Character),
Executive Producer,
Host
2021
No Score Yet 67% We the People Executive Producer 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2008 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Democratic National Convention Unknown (Character) 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways Guest 2019
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2016 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet 20/20 Guest 2013 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet The BET Life of Unknown (Guest Star) 2017
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet All In With Cam Newton Guest 2016
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Herself (Guest Star) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Unknown (Character) 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Runway: Junior Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doc McStuffins Unknown (Guest Voice) 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2014-2015
No Score Yet 58% So You Think You Can Dance Guest 2015
No Score Yet 77% The Night Shift Herself (Guest Star) 2015
100% 78% Late Show With David Letterman Guest 2015
91% 73% Nashville Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
93% 90% Parks and Recreation Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Guest 2012-2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Colbert Report Guest 2008 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Biggest Loser Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 80% iCarly Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sesame Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2009