Michelle Obama is now an Emmy-nominated producer. The former first lady, 59, received her first-ever Emmy nomination on Wednesday for outstanding nonfiction series or special for

Netflix's _The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey._ In the special, filmed at the final tour stop for her book of the same name, Obama expounds upon many of the lessons

and struggles that she detailed in the bestselling memoir in a candid conversation with longtime friend Oprah Winfrey. In addition to appearing on-screen alongside host Winfrey, 69, Obama

also executive produced the Netflix special tied to her 2022 book. The conversation was the collaborative effort of the streaming platform, Jesse Collins Entertainment and Higher Ground

75th Emmy Awards, and he faces similarly fierce competition in his category. The former president landed a nomination for outstanding narrator in _Working: What We Do All Day_. He will have

to beat out fellow nominees Morgan Freeman (_Our Universe_), Mahershala Ali (_Chimp Empire_), Angela Bassett (_Good Night Oppy_) and Pedro Pascal (_Patagonia: Life On The Edge Of The

World_) to cinch a win in the category for the second year in a row. _NEVER MISS A STORY — SIGN UP FOR PEOPLE'S FREE DAILY NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP-TO-DATE ON THE BEST OF WHAT PEOPLE HAS

TO OFFER, FROM JUICY CELEBRITY NEWS TO COMPELLING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES._ While this is Obama’s first Emmy nomination, she won a Grammy Award in 2020 for Best Spoken Word Album — a category

that honors spoken word and poetry albums as well as audio books — for the audiobook version of her first best-selling memoir, _Becoming_. The producer has also been nominated for and won

several awards at the Children's and Family Emmy Awards for other Netflix projects including _Waffles + Mochi_, _We the People_ and _Ada Twist, Scientist_. The 75th Emmy Awards will air

live on Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Fox.