Oprah Winfrey

Biography

Born 01/29/1954

Powerful. Inspirational. A legend. These were just some of the many words used to describe talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. She was arguably the most influential person on TV as well as one of the richest. Yet, with all her success, money and multiple honors, the Academy Award-nominated actress was...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2005, received NAACP Image Award for Hall of Fame
In 2004, received People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host
In 2002, received Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

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Highlights

In 2007, Invested $40 million and much of her time establishing the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls near Johannesburg in South Africa (opened in January)
In 2007, Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications announced plans to create OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network; will debut in 2009
In 2006, Signed a three-year, $55 million deal to debut a new XM Satellite Radio channel titled "Oprah & Friends"; the channel will air programming related to fitness, health, self-improvement

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Family & Companions

Roger Ebert: Companion (Briefly dated; Winfrey credits him with advising her to take her show into syndication)
Stedman Graham: together since 1986; announced engagement in November 1992
grandmother: Helped raise Winfrey on her farm in Mississippi; taught her to read at an early age

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