WASHINGTON, Sept 4, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Hollywood newcomer Barack Obama was
awarded an Emmy for narrating his Netflix documentary series "Our Great
National Parks," the Television Academy announced Saturday.

The former two-term US president had already won a pair of Grammy Awards --
for audio versions of his memoirs "The Audacity of Hope" and "Dreams from My
Father" -- 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 -- most
recently -- Jennifer Hudson.

One other president had already been awarded an Emmy -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
in 1956 -- 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's first documentary for the streaming service, "American
Factory," 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's successor to the presidency, Donald Trump, did not win an Emmy for
his reality competition show "The Apprentice," although he was nominated
twice.

Other nominees in Obama's narrator category included former NBA star Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar ("Black Patriots: Heroes Of The Civil War"), Oscar-winning
actress Lupita Nyong'o ("Serengeti II") and veteran naturalist David
Attenborough ("The Mating Game").

Obama also received the Nobel Peace Prize after his 2008 presidential
election win, for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international
diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."