It was several times winner of the Emmy Award for his show The Oprah Winfrey Show, the talk show most watched in the history of television.
He is also an influential book critic , nominated for an Oscar Award, and editor of his own magazine actress. According to Forbes magazine , he was the richest African American person of the twentieth century and the only black origin possess in the world , over a billion dollars for three consecutive years. It is also said that it was the most powerful woman according to Forbes 2005 . Life magazine has described as the most influential woman of her generación5 and Time magazine has named one of four people who have shaped the twentieth century [citation needed] and the beginning of the XXI century. In 2005 , Business Week magazine rated it as the greatest philanthropist of black origin in the history of the United States. In 2010 , Forbes magazine estimated as the most influential world famous.
In 2008 he appeared on the series Drake & Josh episode I came across Oprah! It appeared thanks to Josh Nicols character is a big fan of it.
In addition to presenting his show for 25 years, Oprah continues to make unionized competition with 2 shows: Dr Phil and Dr Oz show, which are handled under HARPO production and obviously not the Oprah show, but if you participate in their productions and sometimes is invited.
Winfrey made her film debut playing the role of Sofia in the movie The Color Purple (1985) by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel by Alice Walker, with whom he won an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress. In 1998, Oprah produced and starred in the film Beloved, based on the novel by the winner, Toni Morrison Nobel Prize for Literature.
On August 3, 2011, the Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences announced that Winfrey would be awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Oscar in recognition of his work for social and philanthropic causes.