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Barack Obama Wins Emmy (Hollywood Reporter)

Former President Barack Obama won an Emmy on Saturday, for his narration of Netflix docuseries 'Our Great National Parks.'

Obama is 2009’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient. [Barack Obama](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/barack-obama/) won his first Emmy on Saturday, for Netflix docuseries [Our Great National Parks](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/our-great-national-parks/). [Subscribe Sign Up](https://pages.email.hollywoodreporter.com/signup/) He is also now halfway to EGOT, as his Emmy also will join two Grammys that he won for spoken word albums The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream and Dreams from My Father. Our Great National Parks is also nominated for its cinematography. [Share this article on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&title=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy&sdk=joey&display=popup&ref=plugin&src=share_button&app_id=352999048212581) [Share this article on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&text=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy&via=thr) [Share this article on Email](mailto:?subject=thr%20:%20Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy&body=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/%20-%20Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy) [Show additional share options](#) [Share this article on Print]() [Share this article on Comment](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/#respond) [Share this article on Whatsapp](whatsapp://send?text=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy%20-%20https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/) [Share this article on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=1&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&title=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy&summary&source=thr) [Share this article on Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&title=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy) [Share this article on Pinit](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&description=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy) [Share this article on Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl&url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barack-obama-wins-emmy-1235210940/&posttype=link&title=Barack%20Obama%20Wins%20Emmy)

Barack Obama Becomes Second U.S. President To Win Emmy With ... (Deadline)

Grammy-winner Obama becomes the second President to win an Emmy, after Dwight Eisenhower, who was awarded a prize in 1956 while still in office, and the first ...

Kamau Bell (We Need to Talk About Cosby) and Lupita Nyong’o (Serengeti II) in a star-studded category. The series, which launched in April, forms part of the Obamas’ multi-year film and TV deal that the President and his wife struck with Netflix in 2018. [Barack Obama](https://deadline.com/tag/barack-obama/) won his first Emmy for his narration of [Netflix](https://deadline.com/tag/netflix/)’s five-part documentary series, [Our Great National Parks](https://deadline.com/tag/our-great-national-parks/).

Barack Obama Wins Emmy for Narrating National Parks Series (Bloomberg)

The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, ...

Barack Obama: president, Nobel laureate, and now an Emmy winner (RFI)

Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series "Our Great National Parks," the Television Academy ...

Obama's successor to the presidency, Donald Trump, did not win an Emmy for his reality competition show "The Apprentice," although he was nominated twice. Their company's first documentary for the streaming service, "American Factory," won the Oscar for best documentary feature and an Emmy for directing, though the awards went to the filmmakers and not to the Obamas themselves. The former two-term US president had already won a pair of Grammy Awards -- for audio versions of his memoirs "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My Father" -- so he now only needs an Oscar and a Tony to complete the estimable EGOT.

Barack Obama: president, Nobel laureate, and now an Emmy winner (INQUIRER.net)

Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series "Our Great National Parks," the Television Academy ...

[‘Our divisions run deep,’ Barack Obama says in new book](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1360284/our-divisions-run-deep-barack-obama-says-in-new-book#ixzz7dt0hxNJn) [Obama steps out as nation confronts confluence of crises](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1286056/obama-steps-out-as-nation-confronts-confluence-of-crises#ixzz7dt10EziO) [Former U.S. Their company’s first documentary for the streaming service, “American Factory,” won the Oscar for best documentary feature and an Emmy for directing, though the awards went to the filmmakers and not to the Obamas themselves. The former two-term US president had already won a pair of Grammy Awards — for audio versions of his memoirs “The Audacity of Hope” and “Dreams from My Father” — so he now only needs an Oscar and a Tony to complete the estimable EGOT.

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series (ABC News)

The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys. Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, ...

The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy for his voice work on Saturday. To date, 17 people have done it. The “Black Panther” actor won for outstanding character voiceover for the Disney+ and [Grammy Awards](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/Grammys) for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “A Promised Land.” Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020. Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the The former president won an Emmy Award on Saturday to go with his two Grammys.

Barack Obama Wins Emmy for Narration, Inches Closer to EGOT (Variety)

Barack Obama is officially halfway to an EGOT, as the former president of the United States nabbed his first Emmy for outstanding narrator.

Rather, the companies plan to make the programs available across a wide range of podcast platforms. Netflix submitted the first episode, “A World of Wonder,” for Emmy consideration. In 2020, the documentary “American Factory,” which both Barack and Michelle Obama produced under their banner, Higher Ground won an Oscar, but neither personally took home the Oscar.

From Potus to half an Egot as Barack Obama wins Emmy (The Guardian)

Ex-president's latest award, for narrating national parks series, takes him closer to joining rare group who have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

The late Chadwick Boseman also won an Emmy on Saturday for his voice work. On the show, Boseman voiced his Black Panther character, T’Challa, in an alternate universe where he becomes Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy. Michelle Obama won her own Grammy for reading her audiobook in 2020.

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