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Former President Barack Obama<\/strong><\/a>\u2018<\/strong>s eldest daughter, Malia Obama<\/strong><\/a>, has steered far from the world of politics when it comes to her career path. Keep reading for how she\u2019s forged a successful and creative career in Hollywood.<\/strong><\/p>\n Malia works as a staff writer on the Amazon Prime series Swarm<\/em><\/a>, which premiered on March 17, 2023. The show is the latest project from Atlanta<\/em> creator and star Donald Glover<\/strong><\/a> and his cocreator Janine Nabers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Donald gushed over Malia\u2019s talent, telling Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a> in March 2022, \u201cShe\u2019s just like, an amazingly talented person. She\u2019s really focused, and she\u2019s working really hard.\u201d The multihyphenate added, \u201cI feel like she\u2019s just somebody who\u2019s gonna have really good things coming soon. Her writing style is great.\u201d<\/p>\n Janine, who serves as showrunner on\u00a0Swarm<\/i>,\u00a0 gushed over Malia\u2019s creativity and how she cowrote \u201cone of the wildest episodes\u201d of the season entitled \u201cGirl, Bye.\u201d Janine told Entertainment Tonight<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0\u201cI think it\u2019s going to surprise a lot of people. It\u2019s pretty dope. I\u2019m really proud of it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSome of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so funny,\u201d Janine continued about the former White House resident, adding, \u201cShe\u2019s an incredible writer. She brought a lot to the table \u2026 She\u2019s really, really dedicated to her craft.\u201d<\/p>\n The Harvard graduate knew she wanted a career in entertainment while her father was still president. When she was 15 in 2014, Malia scored a job as a production assistant on Halle Berry<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s CBS sci-fi series, Extant<\/em>. Shortly after her 17th birthday, Malia spent the summer interning on the set of HBO\u2019s Girls<\/em>.<\/p>\n Malia landed an internship at the Weinstein Company in 2017 in New York City when she was 19, before starting classes at Harvard. She was \u201censconced in the production\/development department,\u201d and tasked with \u201creading through scripts and deciding which ones move on to Weinstein brass,\u201d TMZ\u00a0<\/em>reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n The Chicago native\u2019s mother, former First Lady Michelle Obama<\/strong><\/a>, praised how her daughters managed to live under the spotlight from young girls through their teenage years while their father was president from 2009 through 2017. Malia\u2019s younger sister, Sasha Obama<\/strong><\/a>, is currently a student at the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n Michelle told Vogue<\/em><\/a> in September 2016, \u201cI\u2019m proud of them, they\u2019ve really managed this so well. I mean, I just love them to death and the big thing I\u2019ve always worried about was making sure that they got out of this whole. I\u2019m just proud that they are poised, smart, intelligent young women<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhat Is Malia Obama\u2019s Job?<\/h2>\n
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