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Michelle Robinson-Obama (born January 17, 1964) is the wife of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama and the first African-American First Lady of the United States. Although she has never been on Saturday Night Live, she has been impersonated by Maya Rudolph on October 25, 2008 during "The Barack Obama Variety Half Hour" sketch and on February 18, 2012 during "The Obama Show" sketch and by Kerry Washington on November 2, 2013 during the "Oval Office" cold opening sketch. Sasheer Zamata took on the role for the cold open of the November 15, 2014 episode, and has since been the primary portrayer of the First Lady. Leslie Jones played the alter-ego of She-Rock Obama alongside Dwayne Johnson's The Rock Obama during the March 28, 2015 cold open. Leslie Jones impersonated her during the "First Lady" sketch as part of the February 3, 2018 episode. During the October 6, 2012 episode, Barack makes a reference to their anniversary, and Michelle herself is seen in the audience next to Senator Michael Bennet.

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