Awards & Winners

Oprah Winfrey

Date of Birth 29-January-1954
Place of Birth Kosciusko
(Attala County, Mississippi, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Oprah, Oprah Gail Winfrey, O, Lady O, Deepak Oprah, Orpah Gail Winfrey, The Preacher, The Little Speaker
Profession Media proprietor, Actor, Presenter, Businessperson, Television producer, Film Producer, Journalist, Philanthropist, Voice Actor
Quotes
  • All my life I have always known I was born to greatness.
  • I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives.
  • Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.
  • If all this happened to you what paradigm might you develop? How might that paradigm affect you in terms of your life from that point on? What does this tell you about Abe? There are no failures, only lessons to be learned.
  • That guy just cut right in front of me. But I'm not going to let it bother me. No. I'm on my way to work and I decided it doesn't matter who wants to cut in front of my lane today. I'm not going to let it bother me one bit. Once I get to work, find myself a parking space, if somebody wants to jump ahead of me and take it, I'm going to let them.
  • Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
  • Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
  • Everyone has to learn to think differently, bigger, to open to possibilities.
  • The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
  • If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the Spirit.
  • Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.
  • When I look into the future, it is so bright it burns my eyes.
  • Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.
  • The man who believes he can do something is probably right, and so is the man who believes he can t. Anonymous I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as someone who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
  • My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
  • Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
  • You can have it all. You just can't have it all at one time.
  • Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
  • For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
  • I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism and sexism.
  • Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Gail Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her multi-award-winning talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show which was the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she has been ranked the richest African-American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world. In 2013, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard. Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, saying she was raped at age nine and became pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy.

Awards by Oprah Winfrey

Check all the awards nominated and won by Oprah Winfrey.

2014


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series
Honored for : Super Soul Sunday

Nominations 2014 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture The Butler
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role The Butler
Role: Gloria Gaines
BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Butler
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Butler
Role: Hattie Pearl","Role: Richard Nixon","Role: Nancy Reagan","Role: Carter Wilson","Role: Howard","Role: James Holloway","Role: John F. Kennedy","Role: Louis Gaines","Role: Thomas Westfall","Role: Annabeth Westfall","Role: Ronald Reagan","Role: Lyndon B. Johnson","Role: Cecil Gaines","Role: Dwight D. Eisenhower","Role: Gloria Gaines
BET Award for Best Actress The Butler
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Series Super Soul Sunday
NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress The Butler
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special Running from Crazy

2013


Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Butler
Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress The Butler
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Series Or Special Oprah's Master Class

2011


TCA Career Achievement Award

Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
TCA Career Achievement Award
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

2008


Stanley Kramer Award
Honored for : The Great Debaters

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama The Great Debaters

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Musical The Color Purple

2005


NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
International Emmy Award for Founders
(Chairman, Harpo Inc.)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Black Movie Award for Outstanding Television Movie Their Eyes Were Watching God
People's Choice Award for Favorite Daytime TV Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

2004


People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host

2003


Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host
TCA Career Achievement Award

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Special A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial

2000


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie
Honored for : Tuesdays with Morrie
(Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays With Morrie)
David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television
Honored for : Tuesdays with Morrie

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television Tuesdays with Morrie
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie Tuesdays with Morrie

1999


Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Beloved
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Beloved
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1998


People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1997


People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

1996


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

1995


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Peabody Award
(a Personal Award)

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1994


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Performer The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1993


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special
Honored for : ABC Afterschool Special
(Shades of a Single Protein)

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children/Youth/Family Special ABC Afterschool Special
Shades of a Single Protein
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show The Oprah Winfrey Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Special The Oprah Winfrey Show
Michael Jackson Talks to... Oprah Live

1992


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1991


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show
NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Entertainer of the Year
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show The Oprah Winfrey Show

1989


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries The Women of Brewster Place

1988


People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
People's Choice Award for Favorite Talk Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

1987


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host
Honored for : The Oprah Winfrey Show

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host The Oprah Winfrey Show

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Color Purple
role: Sofia

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Color Purple
Role: Sofia