Oprah Winfrey
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.
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Acting History
2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television as Self
2025Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything as Self
2025An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution as Self - Host
2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary as Self (archive footage)
2024The Six Triple Eight as Mary McLeod Bethune
2024Piece by Piece as Oprah Winfrey (voice - archival footage)
2024An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley as Self - Host
2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump as Self (archive footage)
2024AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special as Self - Host
2024Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge as Self
2024South Park: The End of Obesity as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024La piqûre de la minceur as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution as Self
2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution as Self
2024OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett as Self
2024Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude as Self
2023Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
2023Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story as Self
2023Satan Wants You as Self (archive footage)
2023100 Years of Warner Bros. as Self
2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love as Self - Guest
2023The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey as Self
2023Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields as Self (archive footage)
2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody as Self (archive footage)
2022The Checkup with Dr. David Agus as Self
2022Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary as Herself
2022The Hair Tales as Self
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022Sherri as Self - Guest
2022Sidney as Self
2022Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon as Self
2022Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event as Self
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising as Self
2021Adele One Night Only as Self
2021CBS Mornings as Self (archive footage)
2021Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life as Herself
2021TINA as Self
2021The Perfect Victim as Self (archive footage)
2021The Me You Can't See as Self
2021Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special as Self
2021Super Soul as Self
2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey as Self
2020Between the World and Me as Self
2020The Accidental President as Self (archive footage)
2020First Ladies as Self (archive footage)
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Self (archive footage)
2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
2020You Cannot Kill David Arquette as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020The Oprah Conversation as Self - Host
2020OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? as Host
2020Uncle Tom as Self (archive footage)
2020Dear... as Self
2020Becoming as Self
2020One World: Together at Home as Self
2020Some Good News as Self
2020Oprah Talks COVID-19 as Self - Host
2020Visible: Out on Television as Self
2020America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump as Self (archive footage)
2019Oprah's Book Club as Self - Host
2019Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
2019Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am as Self
2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now as Self
2019RuPaul as Self
2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland as Self
2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self - Host
2018Crow: The Legend as The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
2018Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama as Self - Host
2018Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj as Self (archive footage)
2018The Steve Irwin Story as Self (archive footage)
2018Quincy as Self
2018A Wrinkle in Time as Mrs. Which
2017The Star as Deborah (voice)
2017Spielberg as Self
2017Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief as Self
2017Whitney: Can I Be Me as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017Get Me Roger Stone as Self (archive footage)
2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks as Deborah Lacks
201713th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay as Herself
2016An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House as Self
2016Before the Flood as Self (archive footage)
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise as Self
2016Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony as Self
2016Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women as Self
2016Greenleaf as Mavis McCready
2016Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray as Self (archive footage)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson as Self (archive footage)
2014Selma as Annie Lee Cooper
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Life Itself as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014Lindsay as Self
2013Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013The Armstrong Lie as Self (archive footage)
2013The Butler as Gloria Gaines
2013Are All Men Pedophiles? as Self (archive footage)
2013Makers: Women Who Make America as Self
2013Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self
2012Oprah: Where Are They Now? as Herself - Host
2012Jesus Henry Christ as Oprah
2012Oprah's Next Chapter as Self - Host
2011Super Soul Sunday as Herself - Host
2011There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane as Self (archive footage)
2011Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird as Self
2009It's Complicated as Self (uncredited)
2009The Princess and the Frog as Eudora (voice)
2009Life as Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009My White Baby as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2008Oprah's Big Give
2007Bee Movie as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
2007Keeping Up with the Kardashians as Self
2007Ocean's Thirteen as Oprah Winfrey
2007Everything's Cool as Self (archive footage)
2006Charlotte's Web as Gussy the Goose (voice)
200630 Rock as Oprah Winfrey
2006Rachael Ray
2006A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp as Self
2006Web Junk 20
2005Emmanuel's Gift as Narrator (voice)
2004Drake & Josh as Oprah Winfrey
2004On Air with Ryan Seacrest as Self
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Anderson Cooper 360° as Self
2003Celebrities Uncensored as Self
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Oprah After the Show as Herself - Host
2002The Cosby Show: A Look Back as Self
2001Quincy Jones: In the Pocket as Self
2000Life & Cooking as Self
1999Tina Turner : Celebrate! as Self
1999Our Friend, Martin as Coretta Scott King (voice)
1998Beloved as Sethe
1998The Hughleys as Oprah Winfrey
1998Parkinson as Self
1997Before Women Had Wings as Zora Williams
1997The View as Self
1997About Us: The Dignity of Children as Host
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1995MADtv as Self
1994All-American Girl as Self
1994Ellen as Therapist
1994I Hate The Way I Look as Self
1993There Are No Children Here as LaJoe Rivers
1993Learning Not To Hurt as Self
1993Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah as Self
1993Shades Of A Single Protein as Self
1992Lincoln as Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
1992Surviving A Break-Up as Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1991Home Improvement as Oprah Winfrey
1990Gabriel's Fire
1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Herself
1990Brewster Place as Mattie Michael
1989The Women of Brewster Place as Mattie Michael
1989The Women of Brewster Place as Mattie Michael
1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1987Throw Momma from the Train as Herself
1987Dolly as Self
1986Native Son as Mrs. Thomas
1986The Oprah Winfrey Show as Self - Host
1986American Masters as Self
1985The Color Purple as Sofia
1982Wogan as Self
1982Late Night with David Letterman as Self
1981Entertainment Tonight as Self
1979CBS News Sunday Morning as Self
1978People Are Talking as Herself - Host
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1974The Daytime Emmy Awards
196860 Minutes as Self
196860 Minutes as Self (archive footage)
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1959The Grammys as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1953The Oscars as Self
1953The Oscars as Self - Presenter
1949The Emmy Awards as Self
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
—Terms of Endearment as Aurora