Oprah Winfrey
Acting • Born 1954-01-29
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.
Filmography
192 credits
The Color Purple
Movie • 1985
Sofia
The Princess and the Frog
Movie • 2009
Eudora (voice)
Bee Movie
Movie • 2007
Judge Bumbleton (voice)
Charlotte's Web
Movie • 2006
Gussy the Goose (voice)
Adele One Night Only
Movie • 2021
Self
About Us: The Dignity of Children
Movie • 1997
Host
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Movie • 2001
Self
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
Movie • 2023
Self
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
Movie • 2023
Self - Guest
Beloved
Movie • 1998
Sethe
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Movie • 2013
Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
Movie • 2022
Self
My White Baby
Movie • 2009
Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Native Son
Movie • 1986
Mrs. Thomas
The Women of Brewster Place
Movie • 1989
Mattie Michael
The Butler
Movie • 2013
Gloria Gaines
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
Movie • 2022
Self
Parkinson at 50
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
It's Complicated
Movie • 2009
Self (uncredited)
Before Women Had Wings
Movie • 1997
Zora Williams
Throw Momma from the Train
Movie • 1987
Oprah Winfrey
Crow: The Legend
Movie • 2018
The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
Satan Wants You
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Selma
Movie • 2014
Annie Lee Cooper
Sidney
Movie • 2022
Self
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life
Movie • 2021
Herself
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Movie • 2023
Self
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
Movie • 2023
Self
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
Movie • 1988
Self
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
Movie • 1999
Self
Lincoln
Movie • 1992
Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
Emmanuel's Gift
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie • 2011
Self
An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House
Movie • 2016
Self
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
Movie • 2022
Self
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self
Black America since MLK: And still I rise
Movie • 2016
The Six Triple Eight
Movie • 2024
Mary McLeod Bethune
La piqûre de la minceur
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
South Park: The End of Obesity
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Our Friend, Martin
Movie • 1999
Coretta Scott King (voice)
A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp
Movie • 2006
Self
A Wrinkle in Time
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Which
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
Movie • 2022
Herself
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie • 2017
Deborah Lacks
Jesus Henry Christ
Movie • 2012
Oprah
Before the Flood
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
Movie • 2024
Self
The Star
Movie • 2017
Deborah (voice)
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Movie • 2016
Self
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
Movie • 2017
Herself
Whitney: Can I Be Me
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
Movie • 2017
Self
Spielberg
Movie • 2017
Self
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
Movie • 2003
Ocean's Thirteen
Movie • 2007
Oprah Winfrey
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
Movie • 2016
Self
Are All Men Pedophiles?
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
Movie • 2016
Self
Quincy
Movie • 2018
Self
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama
Movie • 2018
Self - Host
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
Movie • 2019
Self
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
There Are No Children Here
Movie • 1993
LaJoe Rivers
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
Movie • 2019
Self
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Movie • 2019
Self
The Armstrong Lie
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
Movie • 2018
Self - Host
One World: Together at Home
Movie • 2020
Self
Uncle Tom
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Between the World and Me
Movie • 2020
Self
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
Movie • 2020
Self
Becoming
Movie • 2020
Self
Everything's Cool
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Get Me Roger Stone
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
TINA
Movie • 2021
Self
Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
Movie • 2021
Self
The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
Movie • 2021
Self
Life Itself
Movie • 2014
Self - TV Host (archive footage)
The Accidental President
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
The Perfect Victim
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
Movie • 2020
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
Movie • 2002
Self
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
Movie • 2024
Self - Host
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
Movie • 2024
Self
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
Movie • 1993
Self
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
Movie • 2024
Self - Host
Piece by Piece
Movie • 2024
Oprah Winfrey (voice) (archive footage)
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
Movie • 2024
Self
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Terms of Endearment
Movie
Aurora
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
Movie • 2025
Self - Host
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Movie • 2025
Self
Surviving A Break-Up
Movie • 1992
Self
Shades Of A Single Protein
Movie • 1993
Self
Learning Not To Hurt
Movie • 1993
Self
I Hate The Way I Look
Movie • 1994
Self
The Steve Irwin Story
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
Movie • 2013
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self
Jane Elliott Against the World
Movie • 2026
Self (Archive Footage)
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
Movie • 2025
Self
The Color of Care
Movie • 2022
Self
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland
Movie • 2026
Self (archive footage)
Ellen
TV • 1994
Therapist
Gabriel's Fire
TV • 1990
Home Improvement
TV • 1991
Oprah Winfrey
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Oprah Winfrey
Rachael Ray
TV • 2006
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Web Junk 20
TV • 2006
Anderson Cooper 360°
TV • 2003
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Oprah Winfrey
Super Soul
TV • 2021
Self
Oprah's Big Give
TV • 2008
Lindsay
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
The Hughleys
TV • 1998
Oprah Winfrey
Drake & Josh
TV • 2004
Oprah Winfrey
Dear...
TV • 2020
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The Me You Can't See
TV • 2021
Self
Brewster Place
TV • 1990
Mattie Michael
The Daytime Emmy Awards
TV • 1974
Life & Cooking
TV • 2000
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Oprah's Next Chapter
TV • 2012
Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
People Are Talking
TV • 1978
Herself - Host
100 Years of Warner Bros.
TV • 2023
Self
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Makers: Women Who Make America
TV • 2013
Self
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Greenleaf
TV • 2016
Mavis McCready
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
TV • 2012
Herself - Host
The Grammys
TV • 1959
Self
All-American Girl
TV • 1994
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
TV • 2024
Self
RuPaul
TV • 2019
Self
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
TV • 2007
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
TV • 2022
Self
Oprah's Book Club
TV • 2019
Self - Host
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
TV • 2004
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
TV • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Oprah After the Show
TV • 2002
Herself - Host
Super Soul Sunday
TV • 2011
Herself - Host
The Oprah Winfrey Show
TV • 1986
Self - Host
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
Self
The Hair Tales
TV • 2022
Self
Oprah Talks COVID-19
TV • 2020
Self - Host
Some Good News
TV • 2020
Self
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
TV • 2020
Host
The Oprah Conversation
TV • 2020
Self - Host
First Ladies
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV • 1979
Self
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Dolly
TV • 1987
Self
Life
TV • 2009
Self - Narrator, U.S. Broadcast (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV • 2025
Self
The Women of Brewster Place
TV • 1989
Mattie Michael
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
CBS Mornings
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
TV • 2025
Self (archive footage)