Biography
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born January 29, 1954), also known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
Awards & recognition
- Time 100 · 2022
- Golden Globe Awards · 2018
- Time 100 · 2018
- Disney Legends · 2017
- honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2013
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- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2013
- Time 100 · 2012
- Genesis Award · 2011
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · 2011
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards · 2010
- Kennedy Center Honors · 2010
- Time 100 · 2010
- Time 100 · 2009
- People's Choice Awards · 2008
- People's Choice Awards · 2007
- Time 100 · 2007
- People's Choice Awards · 2006
- Time 100 · 2006
- NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award · 2005
- People's Choice Awards · 2005
- Time 100 · 2005
- People's Choice Awards · 2004
- Time 100 · 2004
- Marian Anderson Award · 2003
- Bob Hope Humanitarian Award · 2002
- Primetime Emmy Award · 2000
- Spingarn Medal · 2000
- American Black Film Festival · 1999
- National Book Award · 1999
- Producers Guild of America Awards · 1999
- Jefferson Awards — Public Service · 1998
- People's Choice Awards · 1998
- American Library Association Honorary Membership · 1997
- People's Choice Awards · 1997
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special · 1995
- Peabody Awards · 1995
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special · 1994
- National Women's Hall of Fame · 1994
- honorary degree from Spelman College · 1993
- Horatio Alger Award · 1993
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special · 1993
- NAACP Image Award — Entertainer of the Year · 1991
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special · 1989
- People's Choice Awards · 1988
- Order of the Smile
- Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2015 · nominated
- NAACP Image Award — Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture · 1999 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1986 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Hollywood Black
My White Baby
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Drake & Josh
The Oprah Conversation
When They See Us
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
Between the World and Me
13th
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Tina
Uncle Tom
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
Before the Flood
The Color Purple
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Spielberg
Malcolm X
The Six Triple Eight
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Life Itself
30 Rock
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
South Park: The End of Obesity
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Cherish the Day
Quincy
Selma
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Home Improvement
Sidney
The Hundred-Foot Journey
The Butler
Precious
The Great Debaters
American Masters
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Piece by Piece
Becoming
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
The Princess and the Frog
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Greenleaf
Mad TV
The Color Purple
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Get Me Roger Stone