Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey

Birthday: January 29
Birthplace: Kosciusko, Mississippi

Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.

She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is North America's first multi-billionaire black person.

Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world.

Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist.

She is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011 in Chicago, Illinois.

Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is North America's first multi-billionaire black person.

Several assessments rank her as the most influential woman in the world.

In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, and honorary doctorate degrees from Duke and Harvard.

Oprah Winfrey was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Awards & Nominations

9 Nominations | 2 Emmys | 2 Honors
Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series Or Special - 2023
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series - 2023
  • Winner
  • Oprah Winfrey, Executive Producer
  • The 1619 Project
  • Hulu
  • Onyx Collective, Lionsgate Productions in association with One Story Up Productions, Harpo Films and The New York Times
Outstanding Limited Series - 2019
  • Nominee
  • Oprah Winfrey, Executive Producer
  • When They See Us
  • Netflix
  • Participant Media, Tribeca Productions, Harpo Films, Array Filmworks
Outstanding Television Movie - 2017
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special - 2014
Hall of Fame - 2014
  • Winner
  • Oprah Winfrey, as Honoree
Outstanding Informational Series Or Special - 2013
Bob Hope Humanitarian Award - 2002
  • Winner
  • Oprah Winfrey, as Honoree

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Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award at the 72nd Emmy Awards.
Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award to Tyler Perry at the 72nd Emmy Awards.
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Oprah Winfrey presents an award at the 69th Primetime Emmys
Elisabeth Moss accepts an award at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.
Oprah Winfrey and Milo Ventimiglia appear in the audience at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
Oprah Winfrey at the 60th Primetime Emmys
Oprah Winfrey at the 60th Primetime Emmys
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Bust of Oprah Winfrey in the Hall of Fame Garden. Sculpture by Richard Stiles.

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Oprah Winfrey presents the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

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Oprah Winfrey received the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 54th Emmy Awards on September 22, 2002.

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Oprah Winfrey accepts the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award from presenter Tom Hanks at the 54th Emmy Awards on September 22, 2002.

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Oprah Winfrey accepts the first Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 54th Emmy Awards on September 22, 2002.

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Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award at the 72nd Emmy Awards.
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Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award at the 72nd Emmy Awards.

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Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award to Tyler Perry at the 72nd Emmy Awards.
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Oprah Winfrey presents the Governors Award to Tyler Perry at the 72nd Emmy Awards.

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2017 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Oprah Winfrey presents the Hall of Fame Award to Shonda Rhimes at the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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Shonda Rhimes and Oprah Winfrey attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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Hayma Washington, Chairman and CEO of the Television Academy, Shonda Rhimes, and Oprah Winfrey attend the 24th Television Academy Hall of Fame on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California.

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Oprah Winfrey presents an award at the 69th Primetime Emmys
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Oprah Winfrey presents an award at the 69th Primetime Emmys. 

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Elisabeth Moss accepts an award at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.
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Elisabeth Moss accepts an award at the 2017 Primetime Emmys.

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Oprah Winfrey and Milo Ventimiglia appear in the audience at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
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Oprah Winfrey and Milo Ventimiglia appear in the audience at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Oprah Winfrey at the 60th Primetime Emmys
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Oprah Winfrey at the 60th Primetime Emmys
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