Michelle Obama received her first-ever Emmy nomination for outstanding nonfiction series or special.
Michelle Obamais now anEmmy-nominated producer. The former first lady, 59, received her first-everEmmy nominationon Wednesday for outstanding nonfiction series or special for Netflix’sThe Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey.
In the special, filmed at the final tour stop for her book of the same name, Obama expounds upon many of the lessons and struggles that she detailed in the bestselling memoir in a candid conversation with longtime friendOprah Winfrey.
In addition to appearing on-screen alongside host Winfrey, 69, Obama also executive produced the Netflix special tied to her 2022 book.
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfreyis up against series including Hulu’sTaste The Nation WithPadma Lakshmiand CNN’sStanley Tucci: Searching For Italyin the category.
Her husband, 61, is also nominated in the 75th Emmy Awards, and he faces similarly fierce competition in his category.
The former presidentlanded a nomination for outstanding narratorinWorking: What We Do All Day. He will have to beat out fellow nomineesMorgan Freeman(Our Universe),Mahershala Ali(Chimp Empire),Angela Bassett(Good Night Oppy) andPedro Pascal(Patagonia: Life On The Edge Of The World) to cinch a win in the category for the second year in a row.
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While this is Obama’s first Emmy nomination, shewon a Grammy Awardin 2020 for Best Spoken Word Album — a category that honors spoken word and poetry albums as well as audio books — for the audiobook version of her first best-selling memoir,Becoming.
Emmy-nominated collaborators Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey during Winfrey’s “2020 Vision: Your Life in Focus” Tour in 2020.Theo Wargo/Getty
The producer has also been nominated for and won several awards at the Children’s and Family Emmy Awards for other Netflix projects includingWaffles + Mochi,We the PeopleandAda Twist, Scientist.
The 75th Emmy Awards will air live on Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Fox.
source: people.com
