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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

25 movies on Netflix

Biography

Oprah Winfrey is an American television host, actress, and producer. Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, she began her career in radio while in high school and became a news co-anchor by age 19. She moved to Chicago to host a morning talk show, which she turned into The Oprah Winfrey Show, nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. She is credited with fostering a more intimate, confessional style of media communication and popularizing the tabloid talk show genre. Her film work includes an Academy Award nomination for The Color Purple (1985) and roles in Beloved (1998) and The Butler (2013). She voiced characters in Charlotte's Web (2006), Bee Movie (2007), and The Princess and the Frog (2009). She also produced the Broadway musical The Color Purple. She has won 19 Daytime Emmy Awards, 3 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a Peabody Award, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.

72years old

Turns 73 on January 29in 79 days

  • Born Kosciusko
  • Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
  • Orpah Gail Winfrey (birth name)Also credited as Oprah Gail Winfrey and Oprah

Movie Career

Films
25
Career span
39 years1985 to 2024

Genres

First and latest

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  1. A first

    At Nashville's WLAC-TV, Winfrey became the first black female news anchor and also the youngest. She and John Tesh, who was at a rival Nashville station, often reported on the same stories.

  2. Getting ready for a role

    In October 1998, Winfrey produced and starred in Beloved, based on Toni Morrison's novel. To prepare to play Sethe, a former slave, she went through a 24-hour slavery simulation that involved being bound, blindfolded and abandoned in the woods.

  3. First role

    At 17, Winfrey won the Miss Black Tennessee beauty pageant. The local black radio station WVOL noticed her and gave her a part-time news job, which she kept through her senior year of high school.

  4. Big break

    In 1984, Dennis Swanson, general manager of WLS-TV, hired Winfrey to host AM Chicago, a half-hour morning show with poor ratings. After she took over, it rose from last place to pass Donahue as Chicago's top-rated talk show.

  5. Behind the camera

    Winfrey's company Harpo Productions is named for Oprah spelled backwards, and it produced The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, Rachael Ray, and The Dr. Oz Show.

Oprah Winfrey movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Butler2013 Biography, Dramaas Gloria Gaines

    IMDb rating 7.2124K votes

  2. The Color Purple1985 Dramaas Sofia

    IMDb rating 7.7105K votes

  3. A Wrinkle in Time2018as Mrs. Which

    IMDb rating 4.350K votes

  4. The Princess and the Frog2009as Eudoravoice

    IMDb rating 7.2190K votes

  5. Charlotte's Web2006as Gussy the Goosevoice

    IMDb rating 6.351K votes

  6. The Six Triple Eight2024as Mary McLeod Bethune

    IMDb rating 6.733K votes

  7. Beloved1998as Sethe

    IMDb rating 6.18.8K votes

  8. Bee Movie2007as Judge Bumbletonvoice

    IMDb rating 6.1201K votes

Most often with

Ava DuVernay directed two of these films. David Oyelowo appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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David Oyelowo, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with David OyelowoDanny Glover, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Danny GloverJohn Goodman, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with John GoodmanJim Cummings, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jim CummingsKathy Bates, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Kathy BatesTerrence Howard, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Terrence HowardAva DuVernayDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Ava DuVernay

Films together

  • David Oyelowo3 films together, 2013 to 2018
    David Oyelowo's page
    • A Wrinkle in Time2018IMDb rating 4.3Winfrey as Mrs. WhichOyelowo as The Itvoice
    • Selma2014IMDb rating 7.5Winfrey as Annie Lee CooperOyelowo as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    • The Butler2013IMDb rating 7.2Winfrey as Gloria GainesOyelowo as Louis Gaines
  • Danny Glover2 films together, 1985 to 1998
    Danny Glover's page
    • Beloved1998IMDb rating 6.1Winfrey as SetheGlover as Paul D
    • The Color Purple1985IMDb rating 7.7Winfrey as SofiaGlover as Albert
  • John Goodman2 films together, 2007 to 2009
    John Goodman's page
    • The Princess and the Frog2009IMDb rating 7.2Winfrey as EudoravoiceGoodman as 'Big Daddy' La Bouffvoice
    • Bee Movie2007IMDb rating 6.1Winfrey as Judge BumbletonvoiceGoodman as Layton T. Montgomeryvoice
  • Jim Cummings2 films together, 2007 to 2009
    Jim Cummings's page
    • The Princess and the Frog2009IMDb rating 7.2Winfrey as EudoravoiceCummings as Rayvoice
    • Bee Movie2007IMDb rating 6.1Winfrey as Judge BumbletonvoiceCummings as Title Narrator / Graduation Announcervoice
  • Kathy Bates2 films together, 2006 to 2007
    Kathy Bates's page
    • Bee Movie2007IMDb rating 6.1Winfrey as Judge BumbletonvoiceBates as Janet Bensonvoice
    • Charlotte's Web2006IMDb rating 6.3Winfrey as Gussy the GoosevoiceBates as Bitsy the Cowvoice
  • Terrence Howard2 films together, 2009 to 2013
    Terrence Howard's page
  • Ava DuVernayDirector, 2 films, 2014 to 2018
    All films by Ava DuVernay
  • Also two films together9 more actors
    • Reese WitherspoonBecoming (2020) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
    • Larry KingMike Wallace Is Here (2019) and Bee Movie (2007)
    • Quincy JonesSidney (2022) and Quincy (2018)
    • Michelle ObamaThe Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey (2023) and Becoming (2020)
    • Johnny CarsonMike Wallace Is Here (2019) and Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
    • André HollandA Wrinkle in Time (2018) and Selma (2014)
    • Lenny KravitzSidney (2022) and The Butler (2013)
    • Malia AnnThe Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey (2023) and Becoming (2020)
    • Sasha ObamaThe Light We Carry: Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey (2023) and Becoming (2020)

    When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.

Box office

What Oprah Winfrey's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$1.3 billion

13 of the 24 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 24 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 2 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 1Streaming, short cinema run
  • 2Figure not found

Top grosser

Bee Movie2007as Judge Bumbleton (voice)$288 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Bee Movie2007as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
    $288M21.7% of the total
  2. 2
    The Princess and the Frog2009as Eudora (voice)
    $271M20.5% of the total
  3. 3
    The Butler2013as Gloria Gaines
    $177M13.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Charlotte's Web2006as Gussy the Goose (voice)
    $149M11.3% of the total
  5. 5
    The Color Purple1985as Sofia
    $146M11.1% of the total
  6. 6
    A Wrinkle in Time2018as Mrs. Which
    $133M10.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Selma2014as Annie Lee Cooper
    $67M5.0% of the total
  8. 8
    Throw Momma from the Train1987as Herself
    $58M4.4% of the total
Beloved (1998), $22.9 millionPiece by Piece (2024), $10.7 millionThe Armstrong Lie (2013), $383,294Emmanuel's Gift (2005), $23,578Jesus Henry Christ (2011), $20,184

$34.0 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total

Awards

Twelve awards and honors from 2005 to 2022, two of them major.

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Oprah Winfrey's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Golden Globes
2018AwardsWon
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Television MovieWon
Other honors
2022Time 100Honored
2018Time 100Honored
2017Disney LegendsHonored
2013Honorary doctor of Harvard UniversityHonorary
2013Presidential Medal of FreedomWon
2011Genesis AwardWon
2011Jean Hersholt Humanitarian AwardWon
2010Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsWon
2010Kennedy Center HonorsWon
2005NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame AwardWon

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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