Malia Obama, the adult daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama, is quietly choosing a separate career path. She even changed her name.
The Heart, the 25-year-old’s first movie as a director, just came out at the Sundance Film Festival.
It was a surprise that the movie’s credits didn’t have her family’s last name.
On July 4, 1998, Malia Ann Obama was born. Her middle name is a tribute to her father’s mother, who died of ovarian cancer in 1995 at the age of 52. After graduating from Harvard and growing up as the President’s daughter, Malia decided to become a screenwriter.
Malia Ann was the identity she used for her most recent movie, The Heart, which she directed and wrote the script for. Malia adored the first showing of her movie, and she looked great on the red carpet at the festival earlier this year.
Malia has made movies before, but The Heart is her first serious one. In 2021, she was part of the writing team for the show Swarm, which came out on Amazon Prime. Swarm, which included well-known women like Billie Eilish and Rory Culkin, was a great way to start her career.
“Some of her pitches were really out there, but they were still really good and interesting.” Janine Nabers, who helped make Swarm, told E! Online that Malia is a good writer. “She made substantial contributions. She really cares about what she does.
Even though everyone on the creative team understood that Malia was the president’s daughter, Stephen Glover, the executive producer of Swarm, wanted to make sure that she was treated the same as everyone else.
“We can’t let her off the hook just because she’s the daughter of the [former] President,” he told Vanity Fair. No, she is really cool and down to earth. So, there’s no problem at all.
Barack and Michelle Obama told their daughter Malia how much they loved her and wished her a happy 25th birthday.
Barack posted on Instagram, “Happy birthday to this beautiful, funny, and talented young woman.” “I hope 25 brings you everything you want and more, Maalia.”
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Just like her husband, Michelle typed, “Happy birthday, Malia!” I feel so happy to be your mom and to see you become the amazing young woman you are. 💕 I adore you a lot!
Malia Obama and Malia Ann, the President’s daughter, are going to have great jobs. Malia Ann is a screenwriter and director in Hollywood who is getting more and more famous.