Oprah Winfrey
Acting
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.
As actor 201
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Late Show with David Letterman
1993
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Saturday Night Live
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The View
1997
Golden Globe Awards
1944
CBS News Sunday Morning
1979
60 Minutes
1968
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Talk
2010
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
30 Rock
2006
Sherri
2022
Home Improvement
1991
Ellen
1994
Wogan
1982
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Tamron Hall
2019
American Masters
1986
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
American Playhouse
1982
Drake & Josh
2004
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
The Oscars
1953
Parkinson
1998
Steve Harvey
2012
Greenleaf
2016
The Hughleys
1998
The Princess and the Frog
2009
Bee Movie
2007
CBS Mornings
2021
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
2004
Rachael Ray
2006
Life & Cooking
2000
Dear...
2020
The Six Triple Eight
2024
Entertainment Tonight
1981
Ocean's Thirteen
2007
The Star
2017
Super Soul Sunday
2011
All-American Girl
1994
100 Years of Warner Bros.
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
2023
Oprah's Next Chapter
2012
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974
Charlotte's Web
2006
A Wrinkle in Time
2018
The Color Purple
1985
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
2018
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
2024
Some Good News
2020
Hollywood Black
2024
It's Complicated
2009
The Emmy Awards
1949
Gabriel's Fire
1990
The Butler
2013
America Who Are You? A History of the American Mindset
2026
Dolly
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
The Oprah Conversation
2020
Visible: Out on Television
2020
First Ladies
2020
South Park: The End of Obesity
2024
The Super Models
2023
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022
RuPaul
2019
Piece by Piece
2024
Selma
2014
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
2025
TINA
2021
One World: Together at Home
2020
MADtv
1995
Web Junk 20
2006
Adele One Night Only
2021
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
2025
Oprah's Book Club
2019
Spielberg
2017
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026
The Me You Can't See
2021
Jane Elliott Against the World
2026
Before the Flood
2016
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
2026
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Hair Tales
2022
Jesus Henry Christ
2012
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Oprah's Big Give
2008
Oprah Talks COVID-19
2020
Beloved
1998
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
Makers: Women Who Make America
2013
Maradona: The Fall
2022
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
2020
Soccer's American Dream
2026
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Lindsay
2014
Between the World and Me
2020
Sidney
2022
Brewster Place
1990
The Oprah Winfrey Show
1986
The Armstrong Lie
2013
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
2002
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
2020
Our Friend, Martin
1999
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
2025
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
2023
Quincy
2018
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
2022
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
2012
Native Son
1986
The Grammys
1959
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
2025
Life Itself
2014
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
2017
The Accidental President
2020
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
2025
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
Becoming
2020
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Are All Men Pedophiles?
2013
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
1988
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
The Perfect Victim
2021
Parkinson at 50
2021
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
2016
Before Women Had Wings
1997
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
2022
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
1999
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
Everything's Cool
2007
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
Lincoln
1992
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
2022
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
2016
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
1993
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
2024
Super Soul
2021
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
2023
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
2015
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
2024
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
2016
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
2011
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
There Are No Children Here
1993
The Color of Care
2022
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
2020
Satan Wants You
2023
The Secret of Me
2025
Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
2021
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
2022
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
2019
I Hate the Way I Look
1994
People Are Talking
1978
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
2023
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
2025
Learning Not to Hurt
1993
Surviving a Break-Up
1992
Crow: The Legend
2018
Emmanuel's Gift
2005
Oprah After the Show
2002
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
The Steve Irwin Story
2018
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
2017
Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland
2026
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
2018
La piqûre de la minceur
2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
2024
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
2011
Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life
2021
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
2024
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
2022
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
2024
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
2024
Shades of a Single Protein
1993
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
2017
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
2019
The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
2021
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
My White Baby
2009
About Us: The Dignity of Children
1997
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama
2018
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
2016
A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp
2006
An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House
2016
On the crew 55
The Dr. Oz Show
2009
Epic Rap Battles of History
2010
Greenleaf
2016
Rachael Ray
2006
When They See Us
2019
Super Soul Sunday
2011
Oprah's Next Chapter
2012
Malcolm X
1992
Black Cake
2023
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
2009
The Color Purple
2023
The Great Debaters
2007
Dr. Phil
2002
The Hundred-Foot Journey
2014
Selma
2014
The 1619 Project
2023
Cherish the Day
2020
Oprah's Book Club
2019
Oprah's Master Class
2011
The Water Man
2020
The Me You Can't See
2021
13th
2016
The Hair Tales
2022
The Kings of Napa
2022
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Oprah's Big Give
2008
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
Beloved
1998
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
Sidney
2022
Tuesdays with Morrie
1999
The Majorettes
Brewster Place
1990
The Oprah Winfrey Show
1986
Serving Life
2011
Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star
2011
David and Lisa
1998
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
Before Women Had Wings
1997
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
1993
The Wedding
1998
Amy & Isabelle
2001
The Color of Care
2022
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
2020
On the Record
2020
Dark Girls 2
2020
Oprah After the Show
2002
Dr. Phil meets Tracey Armah
2015
The Water Dancer
Overexposed
1992
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
2024
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
2024
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
2019