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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2013
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1985
The Daily Show
2022
Late Show with David Letterman
2013
Saturday Night Live
1986
The View
2006
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2012
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2023
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
2025
Sherri
2023
CBS News Sunday Morning
2022

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
203
Writing
1
Producing
44
Crew
4
2026
Jane Elliott Against the World
as Self (Archive Footage)
2026
Remember Mulugeta: Confronting Hate in Portland
as Self (archive footage)
2026
Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
as Self
2026
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom
as Self - Interviewer (archive footage)
2026
Soccer's American Dream
as Self (archive footage)
2026
America Who Are You?
as Self (archive footage)
2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
2025
An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution
as Self - Host
2025
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
as Self
2025
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary
as Self
2025
The Secret of Me
as Self - Host (archive footage)
2025
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
as Self
2025
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
2025
CBS Mornings
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action
as Self (archive footage)
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
as Self
2024
The Six Triple Eight
as Mary McLeod Bethune
2024
La piqûre de la minceur
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
South Park: The End of Obesity
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
as Self
2024
AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special
as Self - Host
2024
Robert Downey Jr.: High Altitude
as Self
2024
An Oprah Special: The Presleys - Elvis, Lisa Marie and Riley
as Self - Host
2024
Piece by Piece
as Oprah Winfrey (voice) (archive footage)
2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
as Self (archive footage)
2024
OWN Spotlight: Oprah & Angela Bassett
as Self
2024
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
2024
The Grammys
as Self
2024
An Oprah Special: Shame, Blame and the Weight Loss Revolution
as Self
2024
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)
2023
The Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey
as Self
2023
Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love
as Self - Guest
2023
Satan Wants You
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
2023
Unstuffed: A Build-A-Bear Story
as Self
2023
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
as Self (archive footage)
2023
100 Years of Warner Bros.
as Self
2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2023
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2023
The Super Models
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising
as Self
2022
Oprah + Viola: A Netflix Special Event
as Self
2022
Sidney
as Self
2022
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon
as Self
2022
Oprah and Quinta Brunson Abbott Elementary
as Herself
2022
The Color of Care
as Self
2022
Maradona: The Fall
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Checkup with Dr. David Agus
as Self
2022
The Hair Tales
as Self
2022
CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self
2022
The Daily Show
as Self
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Oprah Winfrey: Fight for Better Life
as Herself
2021
TINA
as Self
2021
Oprah with Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special
as Self
2021
The United States vs. Billie Holiday Special: Lee Daniels and Cast Interviewed by Oprah Winfrey
as Self
2021
The Perfect Victim
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Adele One Night Only
as Self
2021
Val
as Self (archive)
2021
Fatal Distraction
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Super Soul
as Self
2021
The Me You Can't See
as Self
2020
One World: Together at Home
as Self
2020
Between the World and Me
as Self
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self
2020
Becoming
as Self
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Accidental President
as Self (archive footage)
2020
John Lewis: Celebrating a Hero
2020
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest
2020
Dear...
as Self
2020
Visible: Out on Television
as Self
2020
Oprah Talks COVID-19
as Self - Host
2020
Some Good News
as Self
2020
OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?
as Host
2020
The Oprah Conversation
as Self - Host
2020
First Ladies
as Self (archive footage)
2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: After Neverland
as Self
2019
Oprah Winfrey Presents: When They See Us Now
as Self
2019
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
as Self
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019
RuPaul
as Self
2019
Oprah's Book Club
as Self - Host
2019
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Crow: The Legend
as The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking (voice)
2018
A Wrinkle in Time
as Mrs. Which
2018
Quincy
as Self
2018
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama
as Self - Host
2018
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
as Self - Host
2018
The Steve Irwin Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
60 Minutes
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Deborah Lacks
2017
The Star
as Deborah (voice)
2017
13th: A Conversation with Oprah Winfrey & Ava DuVernay
as Herself
2017
Whitney: Can I Be Me
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Hand In Hand: A Benefit For Hurricane Relief
as Self
2017
Spielberg
as Self
2017
Get Me Roger Stone
as Self (archive footage)
2017
60 Minutes
as Self
2017
American Masters
as Self
2017
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2017
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2016
An Oprah Winfrey Special: First Lady Michelle Obama Says Farewell To The White House
as Self
2016
Before the Flood
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
as Self
2016
Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women
as Self
2016
National Museum of African American History and Culture Grand Opening Ceremony
as Self
2016
Enlighten Us: The Rise and Fall of James Arthur Ray
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Greenleaf
as Mavis McCready
2015
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2014
Selma
as Annie Lee Cooper
2014
Life Itself
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
2014
Lindsay
as Self
2014
Steve Harvey
as Self
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
2013
The Butler
as Gloria Gaines
2013
Are All Men Pedophiles?
as Self (archive footage)
2013
The Armstrong Lie
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013
Oprah's Next Chapter
as Self - Host
2013
Makers: Women Who Make America
as Self
2013
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2013
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
2012
Jesus Henry Christ
as Oprah
2012
Oprah: Where Are They Now?
as Herself - Host
2012
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2012
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2011
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
as Self
2011
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Super Soul Sunday
as Herself - Host
2011
The Talk
as Self
2009
The Princess and the Frog
as Eudora (voice)
2009
My White Baby
as Self (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
It's Complicated
as Self (uncredited)
2009
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
2008
30 Rock
as Oprah Winfrey
2008
Oprah's Big Give
2008
Life & Cooking
as Self
2007
Ocean's Thirteen
as Oprah Winfrey
2007
Everything's Cool
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Anderson Cooper 360°
as Self
2006
Charlotte's Web
as Gussy the Goose (voice)
2006
A Special Presentation Oprah and Elie Wiesel at Auschwitz Death Camp
as Self
2006
The View
as Self
2006
Rachael Ray
2006
Web Junk 20
2005
Emmanuel's Gift
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Drake & Josh
as Oprah Winfrey
2004
E! True Hollywood Story
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2002
Bee Movie
as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
2002
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
as Self
2002
MADtv
as Self
2002
Oprah After the Show
as Herself - Host
2001
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
1999
Tina Turner : Celebrate!
as Self
1999
Our Friend, Martin
as Coretta Scott King (voice)
1999
Home Improvement
as Oprah Winfrey
1999
The Hughleys
as Oprah Winfrey
1999
Parkinson
as Self
1998
Beloved
as Sethe
1997
About Us: The Dignity of Children
as Host
1997
Before Women Had Wings
as Zora Williams
1997
Ellen
as Therapist
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
1996
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1995
The Oscars
as Self
1995
All-American Girl
as Self
1994
I Hate the Way I Look
as Self
1993
There Are No Children Here
as LaJoe Rivers
1993
Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah
as Self
1993
Shades of a Single Protein
as Self
1993
Learning Not to Hurt
as Self
1992
Lincoln
as Elizabeth Keckley (voice)
1992
Surviving a Break-Up
as Self
1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Oprah Winfrey
1990
Gabriel's Fire
1990
Brewster Place
as Mattie Michael
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mattie Michael
1989
Wogan
as Self
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Mattie Michael
1988
Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special
as Self
1988
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Thomas
1987
Throw Momma from the Train
as Oprah Winfrey
1987
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1987
Dolly
as Self
1986
Native Son
as Mrs. Thomas
1986
Late Night with David Letterman
as Self
1986
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1986
The Oprah Winfrey Show
as Self - Host
1985
The Color Purple
as Sofia
1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1978
People Are Talking
as Herself - Host