Michelle Obama

lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

Photo by: Lawrence Jackson · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

Born:January 17, 1964

Age:62

Zodiac Sign:Capricorn

Height:1.80 m (5′11″)

Children:2

Born in:Chicago, United States

Residence:Hyde Park, United States

Languages:American English, English

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Spouse: Barack Obama(since 1992)

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Photo by: Lawrence Jackson · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Photo by: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza · Public Domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Movies & TV

Sesame StreetNCISThe Fifth EstateSnowdenPitch Perfect 2

Books

BecomingThe Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain TimesAmerican GrownBecomingMůj příběh

Awards

BBC 100 Women (2023)Women of the Year (2023)National Women's Hall of Fame (2022)Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (2020)honorary degree from Spelman College (2011)

Michelle Obama

lawyer and former First Lady of the United States

Biography

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (née Robinson; born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Born in Chicago and raised on the South Side of the city, Obama is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm Sidley Austin where she met her future husband. She subsequently worked in nonprofits and as the associate dean of student services at the University of Chicago. Later, she served as vice president for community and external affairs of the University of Chicago Medical Center. Michelle married Barack in 1992, and they have two daughters. Obama campaigned for her husband's 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns. She was the first African-American to serve as first lady. As first lady, Obama worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. She has written four books, including her New York Times best-selling memoir Becoming (2018) and The Light We Carry (2022). After leaving office, Obama ranked first in the Gallup poll for the most admired woman in the United States for three straight years. She holds significant cultural influence and continues to advocate for voter participation in elections. She has also pivoted to launching successful media ventures.

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Quotes

“To Mom, Dad, Craig and all of my special friends: Thank-you for loving me and always making me feel good about myself.”

— "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community", senior thesis, Princeton University (1985), dedication ;

“By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the desparation [sic] of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolution as opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to [sic] their plight.”

— "Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community", senior thesis, Princeton University (1985), p. 112

“One of the things — the important aspects of this race — is role modeling what good families should look like. Our view was that, if you can't run your own house, you certainly can't run the White House.”

— Speech Speech at a Women for Obama rally, Chicago (August 2007). (YouTube video)

Quotes sourced from the Wikiquote article "Michelle Obama", available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.

Photos

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden greet Scott Kelly, First Lady's State of the Union box guest, in the Blue Room of the White House, Jan. 20, 2015 (The first lady wore a fitted, gray Michael Kors skirt and cropped jacket from the designers 2013 fall collection.)

Official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama in the Green Room of the White House

Official portrait by Pete Souza of the Obama family in the Oval Office.

Michelle Obama at Martha's Vineyard 2025 recording an episode of her podcast

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Michelle Obama and John Green after discussing her memoir Becoming on vlogbrothers

United States President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Sasha and Malia, tour the Christ the Redeemer statue surrounded by mist in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on 20 March 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza).

First Lady Michelle Obama christens the USCGC Stratton with a bottle of champagne, during a ceremony at the Port of Pascagoula, in Pascagoula, Miss., July 23, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton) This official White House photograph is in the public domain from a copyright perspective, so while restrictions such as personality or privacy rights may apply, in general, manipulations are allowed.

First Lady Michelle Obama hugs student Tammy Nguyen in the Red Room of the White House before an event announcing a campaign to combat the rapidly growing problem of childhood obesity while Tiki Barber checks his notes before they take the stage, Feb. 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Samantha Appleton)

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and daughters Malia and Sasha attend Easter church service at Shiloh Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., Sunday, April 24, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)