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Oprah Winfrey

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jan 29, 1954 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA

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.

Known For

Acting
2026Jane Elliott Against the WorldSelf (Archive Footage)
2026Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in PortlandSelf (archive footage)
2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026Michael Jackson: A Life in MusicSelf (archive footage)
2026Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar OdomSelf - Interviewer (archive footage)
2025This Is the Tom Green DocumentarySelf (archive footage)
2025An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause RevolutionSelf - Host
2025Barbara Walters: Tell Me EverythingSelf
2025Brunello: The Gracious VisionarySelf
2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionSelf
2025Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, ActionSelf (archive footage)
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss RevolutionSelf
2024The Six Triple EightMary McLeod Bethune
2024La piqûre de la minceurSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024South Park: The End of ObesitySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in ChargeSelf
2024AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey SpecialSelf - Host
2024Robert Downey Jr.: High AltitudeSelf
2024An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie and RileySelf - Host
2024Piece by PieceOprah Winfrey (voice) (archive footage)
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. TrumpSelf (archive footage)
2024OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela BassettSelf
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss RevolutionSelf
2023The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah WinfreySelf
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + LoveSelf - Guest
2023Satan Wants YouSelf (archive footage)
2023Oprah & The Color Purple JourneySelf
2023Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear StorySelf
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke ShieldsSelf (archive footage)
2023100 Years of Warner Bros.Self
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens RisingSelf
2022Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special EventSelf
2022SidneySelf
2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with SomebodySelf (archive footage)
2022Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul SimonSelf
2022Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott ElementaryHerself
2022The Color of CareSelf
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf
2022The Checkup with Dr. David AgusSelf
2022The Hair TalesSelf
2021Adele One Night OnlySelf
2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
2021Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better LifeHerself
2021TINASelf
2021Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime SpecialSelf
2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah WinfreySelf
2021The Perfect VictimSelf (archive footage)
2021Super SoulSelf
2021The Me You Can't SeeSelf
2021CBS MorningsSelf (archive footage)
2020One World: Together at HomeSelf
2020Uncle TomSelf (archive footage)
2020Between the World and MeSelf
2020You Cannot Kill David ArquetteSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingSelf
2020BecomingSelf
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenSelf (archive footage)
2020The Accidental PresidentSelf (archive footage)
2020John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020Dear...Self
2020Visible: Out on TelevisionSelf
2020Oprah Talks COVID-19Self - Host
2020Some Good NewsSelf
2020OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?Host
2020The Oprah ConversationSelf - Host
2020First LadiesSelf (archive footage)
2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to TrumpSelf (archive footage)
2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: After NeverlandSelf
2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us NowSelf
2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmSelf
2019Mike Wallace Is HereSelf (archive footage)
2019Tamron HallSelf - Guest
2019RuPaulSelf
2019Oprah's Book ClubSelf - Host
2018Crow: The LegendThe One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
2018A Wrinkle in TimeMrs. Which
2018QuincySelf
2018Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle ObamaSelf - Host
2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy JonesSelf - Host
2018The Steve Irwin StorySelf (archive footage)
2018Patriot Act with Hasan MinhajSelf (archive footage)
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksDeborah Lacks
2017The StarDeborah (voice)
201713th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernayHerself
2017Whitney: Can I Be MeSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane ReliefSelf
2017SpielbergSelf
2017Get Me Roger StoneSelf (archive footage)
2016An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White HouseSelf
2016Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016Before the FloodSelf (archive footage)
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I RiseSelf
2016Casablancas: The Man Who Loved WomenSelf
2016National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening CeremonySelf
2016Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur RaySelf (archive footage)
2016GreenleafMavis McCready
2015The 10 Faces of Michael JacksonSelf (archive footage)
2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf
2014SelmaAnnie Lee Cooper
2014Life ItselfSelf - TV Host (archive footage)
2014LindsaySelf
2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf
2013Martin Luther King and the March on WashingtonSelf
2013The ButlerGloria Gaines
2013Are All Men Pedophiles?Self (archive footage)
2013The Armstrong LieSelf (archive footage)
2013Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013Makers: Women Who Make AmericaSelf
2012Jesus Henry ChristOprah
2012Oprah's Next ChapterSelf - Host
2012Oprah: Where Are They Now?Herself - Host
2011Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a MockingbirdSelf
2011There's Something Wrong with Aunt DianeSelf (archive footage)
2011Super Soul SundayHerself - Host
2009The Princess and the FrogEudora (voice)
2009My White BabySelf (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009It's ComplicatedSelf (uncredited)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009LifeSelf - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
2008Oprah's Big Give
2007Bee MovieJudge Bumbleton (voice)
2007Ocean's ThirteenOprah Winfrey
2007Everything's CoolSelf (archive footage)
2007Keeping Up with the KardashiansSelf
2006Charlotte's WebGussy the Goose (voice)
2006A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death CampSelf
2006Rachael Ray
2006Web Junk 20
200630 RockOprah Winfrey
2005Emmanuel's GiftNarrator (voice)
2004Drake & JoshOprah Winfrey
2004On Air with Ryan SeacrestSelf
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003ABC's 50th Anniversary CelebrationSelf
2003Anderson Cooper 360°Self
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002The Cosby Show: A Look BackSelf
2002Oprah After the ShowHerself - Host
2001Quincy Jones: In the PocketSelf
2000Life & CookingSelf
1999Tina Turner : Celebrate!Self
1999Our Friend, MartinCoretta Scott King (voice)
1998BelovedSethe
1998The HughleysOprah Winfrey
1998ParkinsonSelf
1997About Us: The Dignity of ChildrenHost
1997Before Women Had WingsZora Williams
1997The ViewSelf
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995MADtvSelf
1994I Hate The Way I LookSelf
1994EllenTherapist
1994All-American GirlSelf
1993There Are No Children HereLaJoe Rivers
1993Michael Jackson Talks... to OprahSelf
1993Shades Of A Single ProteinSelf
1993Learning Not To HurtSelf
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Guest
1992LincolnElizabeth Keckley (voice)
1992Surviving A Break-UpSelf
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf
1991Home ImprovementOprah Winfrey
1990Gabriel's Fire
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirOprah Winfrey
1990Brewster PlaceMattie Michael
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceMattie Michael
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceMattie Michael
1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas SpecialSelf
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf - Guest
1987Throw Momma from the TrainOprah Winfrey
1987DollySelf
1986Native SonMrs. Thomas
1986American MastersSelf
1986The Oprah Winfrey ShowSelf - Host
1985The Color PurpleSofia
1982Late Night with David LettermanSelf
1982WoganSelf
1981Entertainment TonightSelf
1979CBS News Sunday MorningSelf
1978People Are TalkingHerself - Host
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
1974The Daytime Emmy Awards
196860 MinutesSelf
196860 MinutesSelf (archive footage)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1959The GrammysSelf
1953The OscarsSelf
1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter
1949The Emmy AwardsSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter
-Terms of EndearmentAurora
Production
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss RevolutionExecutive Producer
2024AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey SpecialExecutive Producer
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss RevolutionExecutive Producer
2023Oprah & The Color Purple JourneyExecutive Producer
2023The Color PurpleProducer
2023The 1619 ProjectExecutive Producer
2023Black CakeExecutive Producer
2022The Color of CareExecutive Producer
2022SidneyProducer
2022The Hair TalesExecutive Producer
2022The Kings of NapaExecutive Producer
2021The Me You Can't SeeExecutive Producer
2020On the RecordExecutive Producer
2020The Water ManExecutive Producer
2020Cherish the DayExecutive Producer
2020OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?Executive Producer
2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: After NeverlandExecutive Producer
2019When They See UsExecutive Producer
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta LacksExecutive Producer
2016GreenleafExecutive Producer
2014SelmaProducer
2014The Hundred-Foot JourneyProducer
2012Oprah's Next ChapterProducer
2011Serving LifeExecutive Producer
2011Oprah's Master ClassExecutive Producer
2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireExecutive Producer
2008Oprah's Big GiveProducer
2007The Great DebatersProducer
2006Rachael RayExecutive Producer
2005Their Eyes Were Watching GodExecutive Producer
2001Amy & IsabelleExecutive Producer
1999Tuesdays with MorrieProducer
1998BelovedProducer
1998David and LisaExecutive Producer
1998The WeddingExecutive Producer
1997Before Women Had WingsProducer
1993Michael Jackson Talks... to OprahExecutive Producer
1992OverexposedExecutive Producer
1990Brewster PlaceProducer
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceExecutive Producer
1989The Women of Brewster PlaceExecutive Producer
-The Water DancerProducer
-The MajorettesProducer
Writing
1993Michael Jackson Talks... to OprahWriter
Crew
2020Dark Girls 2Thanks
201613thThanks
2015Dr. Phil meets Tracey ArmahCreator
1992Malcolm XThanks