Barack Obama attends the premiere of Netflix鈥檚 Descendant during the Martha鈥檚 Vineyard African-American Film Festival at MV Performing Arts Center on August 05, 2022 in Edgartown, Massachusetts. AFP
WASHINGTON 鈥� Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series 鈥淥ur Great National Parks,鈥� the Television Academy announced Saturday.
The former two-term US president had already won a pair of Grammy Awards 鈥� for audio versions of his memoirs 鈥淭he Audacity of Hope鈥� and 鈥淒reams from My Father鈥� 鈥� so he now only needs an Oscar and a Tony to complete the estimable EGOT.
According to an Entertainment Weekly tracker, only 17 people have achieved an EGOT, including Mel Brooks, Whoopie Goldberg, Audrey Hepburn and 鈥� most recently 鈥� Jennifer Hudson.
One other president had already been awarded an Emmy 鈥� Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 鈥� although his was an honorary award.
After leaving office in 2017, both Obama and his wife Michelle have each written best-selling memoirs, and in addition to their non-profit foundation, have established a production company which has inked a major deal with Netflix, reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars.
Their company鈥檚 first documentary for the streaming service, 鈥淎merican Factory,鈥� 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.
Obama鈥檚 successor to the presidency, Donald Trump, did not win an Emmy for his reality competition show 鈥淭he Apprentice,鈥� although he was nominated twice.
Other nominees in Obama鈥檚 narrator category included former NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (鈥淏lack Patriots: Heroes Of The Civil War鈥�), Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong鈥檕 (鈥淪erengeti II鈥�) and veteran naturalist David Attenborough (鈥淭he Mating Game鈥�).
Obama also received the Nobel Peace Prize after his 2008 presidential election win, for his 鈥渆xtraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.鈥�
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