It’s Official: Malia Obama Drops Her Famous Last Name

Malia Obama, the daughter of former US President Barack Obama has made a critical choice as she sets out on her journey into Hollywood. Nonetheless, the 25-year-old has decided to drop her renowned last name of her dad.

Malia Ann Obama, who is the oldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama has officially dropped her last name ahead of her Hollywood career. The 25-year-old, who recently graduated from the Harvard University, was introduced as Malia Ann – filmmaker in the Sundance Institute’s Meet the Artist spotlight video.

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The move is hypothesized to be an endeavor to limit any association with the tradition of her well known parents, who themselves have launched their careers in entertainment by means of Higher Ground Productions.

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In her Sundance spotlight video, Malia, who directed ‘The Heart’, depicted it as “an odd little story, to some degree, about a man lamenting the demise of his mom after she leaves him a strange request in her will.”

‘The Heart’, a short story, has been released by Donald Glover’s organization Gilga. It denotes Malia’s first time directing a film. She had recently filled in as an writer on Glover’s Amazon Prime series ‘Swarm’ and the film creator had just great words to say about the Obama kid.

Malia has recently spent some time in the showbiz, and she had the option to dazzle all the people around her. Donald Glover told Vanity Fair in March 2022,

“She’s really focused, and she’s working really hard.”

“I feel like she’s just somebody who’s gonna have really good things coming soon. Her writing style is great. We can’t be easy on her just because she’s the [former] president’s daughter,” he added.

Malia is credited as a writer for Glover’s Amazon Prime series ‘Swarm’. She co-wrote the fifth episode of the show alongside producer Janine Nabers. Speaking in an interview in 2023, he additionally lauded Malia, saying,

“Some of her pitches were wild as hell, and they were just so good and so fun. She’s an incredible writer. She brought a lot to the table. She’s really, really dedicated to her craft.”

Interestingly, while certain pundits bashed Malia, considering her a nepo kid, Whoopi Goldberg defended her with all due respect.

“She knows she’s an Obama, why do you care? Why do you care what she calls herself? If she wanted to call herself Jeanette McDonald, she has the right to! If I can be Whoopi Goldberg, she can be whoever the hell she wants to be. I mean, why are people triggered by this kind of stuff? Why are people wasting their time? She said.

Malia’s previously mentioned 18-minutes short film short film has received less than complimentary reviews on the film review website Letterbox. So far, the film has been called a “real stinker,” a “half-baked short,” and “truly dreadful” among other things.