Cast
Oprah Winfrey
1954
- Active years (films on this site)
- 1985–2014
Directors worked with
Biography
Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media mogul, actress, executive producer, author, and television personality. 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. Globally, she is the richest Black woman and the wealthiest female celebrity. 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 and in 2026 was named the greatest living self-made American.
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Awards and honours
International
- NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year 1991
- Horatio Alger Award 1993
- NAACP Image Award for Outstanding News, Talk or Information – Series or Special 1993
- Time 100 2004
- NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award 2005
- Golden Globes 2018
- Time 100 2018
- Time 100 2022
- Order of the Smile
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
- Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century
National / local
- People's Choice Awards 1988
- honorary degree from Spelman College 1993
- National Women's Hall of Fame 1994
- Peabody Awards 1995
- American Library Association Honorary Membership 1997
- Jefferson Awards for Public Service 1998
- American Black Film Festival 1999
- National Book Award 1999
- Producers Guild of America Awards 1999
- Spingarn Medal 2000
- Bob Hope Humanitarian Award 2002
- Marian Anderson Award 2003
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2010
- Kennedy Center Honors 2010
- Genesis Award 2011
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 2011
- Presidential Medal of Freedom 2013
- honorary doctor of Harvard University 2013
- Disney Legends 2017
2 films on this site
- The Color Purple 1985 · Steven Spielberg · IMDb 7.7 · Cast
- Selma 2014 · Ava DuVernay · IMDb 7.5 · Cast