Oprah Winfrey Updates

Academy Awards nominated performances I've seen (446 person items)

" 1986 - NOMINEE Best Actress in a Supporting Role OPRAH WINFREY as Sofia Johnson in THE COLOR PURPLE 1985 | dir: Steven Spielberg "

SCREEN WORLD'S Promising Actors of 1985 (12 person items)

" Oprah Winfrey Starred in: The Color Purple (1985, Steven Spielberg) "

Maybe There's Still Hope for Love in Hollywood (314 person items)

"♥ Oprah Winfrey & Stedman Graham ♥ Together since 1986. "

Melting Pot (2272 person items)

"Orpah Gail WinfreyAmerican Talk Show Host, TV Producer, Actress, Author & Philanthropist• African-American;• Kpelle;• Bamileke;• Zambian; "

Black American Firsts in Film and Theatre (70 person items)

"Daytime Television HostIn 1986 Oprah pioneered the field of daytime television when she became the first black woman to have her own talk show. In 1998 she won the Daytime Emmy’s Lifetime Achievement award for her extensive contributions to the field of media. "

Notable African Americans who helped pave the way (64 person items)

"When Oprah Winfrey launched her production company, Harpo Studios, in 1986, she became the first Black woman (and third woman overall, after silent film star Mary Pickford and comedy legend Lucille Ball) to run her own Hollywood studio. But that's not the only way the media mogul has made history: When her eponymous television network, OWN, launched in 2011, it became the first and only network named for and inspired by a single individual. And in 2014, she became the first Black female produc"

Women Who Rock Wearing Pants at Red Carpet (1057 person items)

"Oprah Gail WinfreyAmerican Talk Show Host, TV Producer, Actress, Author & Philanthropist "

Nominated For An Acting Oscar Yet Never Won (150 person items)

"1 Nomination1986: Best supporting actress nominee for 'The Color Purple'"