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
Predators
Self (archive footage)
2025
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Self
2025
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
Self - Host
2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Six Triple Eight
Mary McLeod Bethune
2024
Doc of Chucky
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Piece by Piece
Oprah Winfrey (voice - archival footage)
2024
An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
Self - Host
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Self (archive footage)
2024
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
Self - Host
2024
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
Self
2024
South Park: The End of Obesity
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
La piqûre de la minceur
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
Self
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
Self · (2 episodes)
2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Self
2024
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Self
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
Self
2023
Satan Wants You
Self (archive footage)
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
Self · (4 episodes)
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Self - Guest
2023
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
Self
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2023
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Herself
2022
The Hair Tales
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Sidney
Self
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Self
2022
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Self
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Self
2022
Adele One Night Only
Self
2021
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021
Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life
Herself
2021
TINA
Self
2021
Val
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Perfect Victim
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Me You Can't See
Self · (6 episodes)
2021
Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
Self
2021
Super Soul
Self · (7 episodes)
2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
Self
2021
Between the World and Me
Self
2020
The Accidental President
Self (archive footage)
2020
First Ladies
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self (archive footage)
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Self
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
The Oprah Conversation
Self - Host · (15 episodes)
2020
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
Host · (2 episodes)
2020
Uncle Tom
Self (archive footage)
2020
Dear...
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Becoming
Self
2020
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Some Good News
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Oprah Talks COVID-19
Self - Host · (13 episodes)
2020
Visible: Out on Television
Self · (5 episodes)
2020
Frontline: America's Great Divide
Self (archive footage)
2020
Oprah's Book Club
Self - Host · (14 episodes)
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Self
2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
Self
2019
RuPaul
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
Self
2019
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Self - Host
2018
Crow: The Legend
The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
2018
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama
Self - Host
2018
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2018
Quincy
Self
2018
A Wrinkle in Time
Mrs. Which
2018
The Star
Deborah (voice)
2017
Spielberg
Self
2017
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
Self
2017
Get Me Roger Stone
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Deborah Lacks
2017
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
Herself
2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House
Self
2016
Before the Flood
Self (archive footage)
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Self
2016
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Self
2016
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Self
2016
Greenleaf
Mavis McCready · (9 episodes)
2016
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
Self (archive footage)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2015
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
2015
Selma
Annie Lee Cooper
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Life Itself
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014
New World Order: Communism by the Backdoor
Self (archive footage)
2014
Lindsay
Self · (8 episodes)
2014
Making a Scene
Woman
2013
The Making of 'Making a Scene'
Self
2013
The Armstrong Lie
Self (archive footage)
2013
The Butler
Gloria Gaines
2013
Are All Men Pedophiles?
Self (archive footage)
2013
Makers: Women Who Make America
Self · (3 episodes)
2013
Propaganda
Self (archive footage)
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
2013
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
Herself - Host · (12 episodes)
2012
Jesus Henry Christ
Oprah
2012
Oprah's Next Chapter
Self - Host · (1 episode)
2012
Super Soul Sunday
Herself - Host · (162 episodes)
2011
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
Self (archive footage)
2011
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Self
2011
It's Complicated
Self (uncredited)
2009
The Princess and the Frog
Eudora (voice)
2009
Life
Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice) · (10 episodes)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
My White Baby
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
Oprah's Big Give
(8 episodes)
2008
Bee Movie
Judge Bumbleton (voice)
2007
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self · (1 episode)
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
Oprah Winfrey
2007
Everything's Cool
Self (archive footage)
2007
Charlotte's Web
Gussy the Goose (voice)
2006
30 Rock
Oprah Winfrey · (1 episode)
2006
Rachael Ray
(1 episode)
2006
A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp
Self
2006
Web Junk 20
(1 episode)
2006
Emmanuel's Gift
Narrator (voice)
2005
Drake & Josh
Oprah Winfrey · (1 episode)
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · (1 episode)
2004
Anderson Cooper 360°
Self · (2 episodes)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (3 episodes)
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Oprah After the Show
Herself - Host · (1 episode)
2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Self
2002
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Self
2001
Life & Cooking
Self · (1 episode)
2000
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Self
1999
Our Friend, Martin
Coretta Scott King (voice)
1999
Beloved
Sethe
1998
The Hughleys
(1 episode)
1998
Parkinson
Self · (1 episode)
1998
Before Women Had Wings
Zora Williams
1997
All-American Girl
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Ellen
Therapist · (2 episodes)
1994
I Hate The Way I Look
Self
1994
Learning Not To Hurt
Self
1993
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
Self
1993
Terms of Endearment
Aurora
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
About Us: The Dignity of Children
Host
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996
MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995
There Are No Children Here
LaJoe Rivers
1993
Shades Of A Single Protein
Self
1993
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
1992
Surviving A Break-Up
Self
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
1992
Home Improvement
Oprah Winfrey · (1 episode)
1991
Gabriel's Fire
(1 episode)
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Herself · (1 episode)
1990
Brewster Place
Mattie Michael · (10 episodes)
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
Mattie Michael
1989
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Self
1988
Throw Momma from the Train
Herself
1987
Dolly
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Native Son
Mrs. Thomas
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1986
American Masters
Self · (1 episode)
1986
The Color Purple
Sofia
1985
Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Late Night with David Letterman
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (6 episodes)
1981
CBS News Sunday Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1979
People Are Talking
Herself - Host · (1 episode)
1978
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
The Daytime Emmy Awards
(2 episodes)
1974
60 Minutes
Self · (1 episode)
1968
60 Minutes
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
1962
The Grammys
Self · (1 episode)
1959
The Oscars
Self · (3 episodes)
1953
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1953
The Emmy Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1944