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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Acting1954Kosciusko, 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.

Acting History

2026
Jane Elliott Against the World
as Self (Archive Footage)
2023
Satan Wants You
as Self (archive footage)
Sherri
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TVas Self4 eps
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TVas Self (archive footage)1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TVas Self1 eps
The 1619 Project
TVExecutive Producer
Black Cake
TVExecutive Producer
2020
Uncle Tom
as Self (archive footage)
The Accidental President
as Self (archive footage)
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Becoming
as Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self (archive footage)
First Ladies
TVas Self (archive footage)
Dear...
TVas Self1 eps
Oprah Talks COVID-19
TVas Self - Host
The Oprah Conversation
TVas Self - Host
Tamron Hall
TVas Self - Guest1 eps
The Waterman
Executive Producer
On the Record
Executive Producer
Cherish the Day
TVExecutive Producer
2018
Quincy
as Self
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Which
The Steve Irwin Story
as Self (archive footage)
Crow: The Legend
as The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
TVas Self (archive footage)
2014
Life Itself
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Selma
as Annie Lee Cooper
Lindsay
TVas Self
Selma
Producer
2011
Super Soul Sunday
TVas Herself - Host
Serving Life
Executive Producer
Oprah's Master Class
TVExecutive Producer
2009
The Princess and the Frog
as Eudora (voice)
My White Baby
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
It's Complicated
as Self (uncredited)
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self6 eps
Life
TVas Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
Precious
Executive Producer
2008
30 Rock
TVas Oprah Winfrey1 eps
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
as Oprah Winfrey
Bee Movie
as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Everything's Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2005
Emmanuel's Gift
as Narrator (voice)
Drake & Josh
TVas Oprah Winfrey1 eps
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TVas Self1 eps
2001
2000
1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Coretta Scott King (voice)
Home Improvement
TVas Oprah Winfrey1 eps
Parkinson
TVas Self1 eps
1998
Beloved
as Sethe
The Hughleys
TVas Oprah Winfrey
The Wedding
Executive Producer
Beloved
Producer
David and Lisa
Executive Producer
1997
Before Women Had Wings
as Zora Williams
The View
TVas Self
Ellen
TVas Therapist2 eps
1995
MADtv
TVas Self
1992
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TVas Oprah Winfrey1 eps
Overexposed
Executive Producer
Malcolm X
Thanks
1990
Brewster Place
TVas Mattie Michael
Brewster Place
TVProducer
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
TVas Mattie Michael
The Women of Brewster Place
Executive Producer
The Women of Brewster Place
TVExecutive Producer
1987
Dolly
TVas Self
1986
Native Son
as Mrs. Thomas
The Oprah Winfrey Show
TVas Self - Host1 eps
1985
1978
People Are Talking
TVas Herself - Host
1975
Saturday Night Live
TVas Self - Host
1968
60 Minutes
TVas Self (archive footage) / Self
1959
The Grammys
TVas Self
1949

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/29/1954(72 years old)
Place of Birth
Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA