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Born Malia Ann Obama on July 4, 1998, her middle name pays tribute to her paternal grandmother, who succumbed to ovarian cancer at 52 in 1995. Growing up in the limelight as the President’s ...
- Who Is Malia Obama?
- Early Years
- Life as First Daughter
- Education
- Internships and Early TV Career
- Fashion and Activism
- Personal Life
Born in Chicago in 1998, Malia Obama moved to the White House after her father, Barack Obama, was elected U.S. president in 2008. She attended the Sidwell Friends School with her younger sister, Sasha, and accompanied her parents on international trips, before enrolling at Harvard University in 2017. Obama has since pursued her interests in televis...
Malia Ann Obama was born on July 4, 1998, at the University of Chicago Medical Center. At the time her father, Barack, was an Illinois state senator and a law professor and her mother, Michelle Obama, was serving as University of Chicago's associate dean of student services. Raised in the middle-class Hyde Park neighborhood with her younger sister,...
Just 10 years old when her father was elected the 44th U.S. president in November 2008, Malia spent much of her remaining adolescence and teenage years in the confines of the White House. According to Michelle's memoir Becoming, the president and first lady attempted to keep their daughters grounded while transitioning to life in a 132-room mansion...
After attending the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Malia followed in the footsteps of fellow first children like Chelsea Clintonwith her acceptance to the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C., in early 2009. Among her activities, she competed on the soccer, tennis and swim teams and sang with the school chorus, until gradua...
Along with her work at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, Malia scored multiple internships as a teenager with the intent of advancing her interests in television and filmmaking: She became a production assistant on the set of Extant in 2014, aided the writers of the series Girlsin 2015 and served a stint with The Weinstein Company in 2017. In Februar...
Like her mother, Malia has drawn attention for her clothing. While Teen Vogue praised her "simple, polished and pretty ensembles" during a trip to London in 2015, she also caused a stir that same year for being photographedin a T-shirt with the name of the Brooklyn hip-hop collective Pro Era. Beyond influencing fashion tastes, Malia has sought to m...
In late 2017 Malia was romantically linked to fellow Harvard student Rory Farquharson, the son of a prominent London investment banker. Their relationship endured through college and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the former president confirming on The Bill Simmons Podcast in late 2020 that Farquharson had spent some time quarantining wit...
Jan 19, 2024 · Jan. 19, 2024 12:57 PM PT. Former first daughter Malia Obama is presenting her directorial debut at Sundance. Obama, who already has built a career in Hollywood, wrote and directed “The Heart ...
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Malia Obama is following in the footsteps of her parents, but not in the way you might imagine. The former First Daughter debuted her short film “The Heart” at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival ...
Jan 19, 2024 · Malia Obama made her red carpet debut at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Thursday night, for the premiere of her short film The Heart. For the grand occasion, the 25-year-old ...
Jan 19, 2024 · “A man leaves his mother’s heart on a metro bus.” This was the 10-word sentence Malia Obama (artistically now known as Malia Ann) told audiences at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Malia Obama at Sundance: A Fledgling Filmmaker Makes Her Debut. The former first daughter’s short, “The Heart,” focuses on a sensitive man racked with guilt when his mother dies after they ...
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