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

• 2024AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• 2024An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution — Self, Executive Producer
• An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2024Piece by Piece — Oprah Winfrey (voice) (archive footage)
• 2024The Six Triple Eight — Mary McLeod Bethune
• Black Cake — Executive Producer
• 2023Oprah & The Color Purple Journey — Self, Executive Producer
• The 1619 Project — Executive Producer
• 2023The Color Purple — Producer
• 2022Sidney — Self, Producer
• 2022The Color of Care — Self, Executive Producer
• The Hair Tales — Self, Executive Producer
• The Kings of Napa — Executive Producer
• The Me You Can't See — Self, Executive Producer
• Cherish the Day — Executive Producer
• 2020Dark Girls 2 — Thanks
• 2020John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
• OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here? — Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2020On the Record — Executive Producer
• 2020The Water Man — Executive Producer
• David Makes Man — Executive Producer
• 2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland — Self, Executive Producer
• Oprah's Book Club — Self - Host, Creator
• When They See Us — Executive Producer
• 2018A Wrinkle in Time — Mrs. Which
• 2018Crow: The Legend — The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
• 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Deborah Lacks, Executive Producer
• 2017The Star — Deborah (voice)
• 201613th — Thanks
• Greenleaf — Mavis McCready, Executive Producer
• 2015Dr. Phil meets Tracey Armah — Creator
• 2014Selma — Annie Lee Cooper, Producer
• 2014The Hundred-Foot Journey — Producer
• 2013Making a Scene | 11 Performances
• 2013The Butler — Gloria Gaines
• 2012Jesus Henry Christ — Oprah
• Oprah's Next Chapter — Self - Host, Producer
• Oprah's Master Class — Executive Producer
• 2011Serving Life — Executive Producer
• Super Soul Sunday — Herself - Host, Creator
• Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star — Creator
• 2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire — Executive Producer
• The Dr. Oz Show — Creator
• 2009The Princess and the Frog — Eudora (voice)
• Oprah's Big Give — Producer, Creator
• 2007Bee Movie — Judge Bumbleton (voice)
• 2007Ocean's Thirteen — Oprah Winfrey
• 2007The Great Debaters — Producer
• 30 Rock — Oprah Winfrey
• 2006Charlotte's Web — Gussy the Goose (voice)
• Rachael Ray — Executive Producer
• Web Junk 20
• 2005Emmanuel's Gift — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God — Executive Producer
• Drake & Josh — Oprah Winfrey
• 2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
• Dr. Phil — Creator
• Oprah After the Show — Herself - Host, Creator
• 2001Amy & Isabelle — Executive Producer
• 1999Our Friend, Martin — Coretta Scott King (voice)
• 1999Tuesdays with Morrie — Producer
• 1998Beloved — Sethe, Producer
• 1998David and Lisa — Executive Producer
• The Hughleys — Oprah Winfrey
• 1998The Wedding — Executive Producer
• 1997About Us: The Dignity of Children — Host
• 1997Before Women Had Wings — Zora Williams, Producer
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Ellen — Therapist
• 1993Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah — Self, Executive Producer, Writer
• 1993There Are No Children Here — LaJoe Rivers
• 1992Lincoln — Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
• 1992Malcolm X — Thanks
• 1992Overexposed — Executive Producer
• Home Improvement — Oprah Winfrey
• Brewster Place — Mattie Michael, Producer, Creator
• Gabriel's Fire
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Oprah Winfrey
• 1989The Women of Brewster Place — Mattie Michael, Executive Producer
• The Women of Brewster Place — Mattie Michael, Executive Producer
• 1987Throw Momma from the Train — Oprah Winfrey
• 1986Native Son — Mrs. Thomas
• The Oprah Winfrey Show — Self - Host, Creator
• 1985The Color Purple — Sofia
• American Playhouse — Mrs. Thomas
• The Daytime Emmy Awards
• The Majorettes — Producer
• The Water Dancer — Producer

Appearances as themselves (141)

• America Who Are You? — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Jane Elliott Against the World — Self (Archive Footage)
• 2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World — Self
• 2026Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland — Self (archive footage)
• Soccer's American Dream — Self (archive footage)
• 2026Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom — Self - Interviewer (archive footage)
• 2025An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution — Self - Host
• 2025Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything — Self
• 2025Brunello: The Gracious Visionary — Self
• Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action — Self (archive footage)
• Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television — Self
• 2025The Secret of Me — Self - Host (archive footage)
• 2025This Is the Tom Green Documentary — Self (archive footage)
• 2024An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley — Self - Host
• 2024Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge — Self
• Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)
• 2024La piqûre de la minceur — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2024OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett — Self
• 2024Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude — Self
• 2024South Park: The End of Obesity — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2024The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump — Self (archive footage)
• 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self
• 2023Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love — Self - Guest
• Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Satan Wants You — Self (archive footage)
• 2023The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey — Self
• The Super Models — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story — Self
• 2022Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon — Self
• 2022Maradona: The Fall — Self (archive footage)
• 2022Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event — Self
• 2022Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary — Herself
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising — Self
• The Checkup with Dr. David Agus — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• 2022Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Adele One Night Only — Self
• CBS Mornings — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Fatal Distraction — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life — Herself
• 2021Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special — Self
• 2021Parkinson at 50 — Self (archive footage)
• Super Soul — Self
• 2021TINA — Self
• 2021The Perfect Victim — Self (archive footage)
• 2021The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey — Self
• 2021Val — Self (archive)
• America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Becoming — Self
• 2020Between the World and Me — Self
• 2020Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King — Self
• Dear... — Self
• First Ladies — Self (archive footage)
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• Oprah Talks COVID-19 — Self - Host
• Some Good News — Self
• 2020The Accidental President — Self (archive footage)
• 2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden — Self (archive footage)
• The Oprah Conversation — Self - Host
• Visible: Out on Television — Self
• 2020You Cannot Kill David Arquette — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2019Mike Wallace Is Here — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now — Self
• RuPaul — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am — Self
• 2018Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama — Self - Host
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones — Self - Host
• 2018Quincy — Self
• 2018The Steve Irwin Story — Self (archive footage)
• 201713th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay — Herself
• 2017Get Me Roger Stone — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief — Self
• 2017Spielberg — Self
• 2017Whitney: Can I Be Me — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2016An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House — Self
• 2016Before the Flood — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women — Self
• 2016Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise — Self
• 2016National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2015The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson — Self (archive footage)
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2014Life Itself — Self - TV Host (archive footage)
• Lindsay — Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• 2013Are All Men Pedophiles? — Self (archive footage)
• Makers: Women Who Make America — Self
• 2013Martin Luther King and the March on Washington — Self
• 2013The Armstrong Lie — Self (archive footage)
• Oprah: Where Are They Now? — Herself - Host
• Steve Harvey — Self
• 2011Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird — Self
• 2011There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane — Self (archive footage)
• The Talk — Self
• 2009It's Complicated — Self (uncredited)
• 2009My White Baby — Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Everything's Cool — Self (archive footage)
• Keeping Up with the Kardashians — Self
• 2006A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp — Self
• On Air with Ryan Seacrest — Self
• 2003ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self
• Anderson Cooper 360° — Self
• Celebrities Uncensored — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• 2002The Cosby Show: A Look Back — Self
• 2001Quincy Jones: In the Pocket — Self
• Life & Cooking — Self
• 1999Tina Turner : Celebrate! — Self
• Parkinson — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• MADtv — Self
• All-American Girl — Self
• 1994I Hate the Way I Look — Self
• Late Show with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• 1993Learning Not to Hurt — Self
• 1993Shades of a Single Protein — Self
• 1992Surviving a Break-Up — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1988Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special — Self
• Dolly — Self
• American Masters — Self
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• CBS News Sunday Morning — Self
• People Are Talking — Herself - Host
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 60 Minutes — Self, Self (archive footage)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Grammys — Self
• The Oscars — Self, Self - Presenter
• The Emmy Awards — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter