Her charities make it obvious Winfrey never forgot where she came from. Winfrey was born on January 9, That makes her 64 years old this year Many are shocked to learn the superstar is already in her sixties because it almost appears that she ages in reverse. Aside from her hit TV show, Winfrey is also known for her roles in multiple hit movies.
Her friends were farm animals, and she would use her vivid imagination to give them a voice. As a young child, Winfrey made up stories and acted out plays with her animal friends. She thinks this contributed to her love of acting. In , Winfrey finally got her break on the big screen when she played the role of Sofia in The Color Purple.
The movie is based in the deep south and explores the taboo topics of rape, incest, racism, and sexism. Winfrey is referred to as the Queen of All Media and is repeatedly included in the list of one of the most influential and the richest black women of our times.
Oprah is a known philanthropist, a political and social activist. She was born in in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to a teenage mom, and Oprah had a very rough poor childhood. She reported about being molested by her relatives, and even becoming pregnant when she was only Shortly after that, young Oprah moved to her father, who managed to give her a quite good education and helped her enter Tennessee State University, where she studied telecommunication.
Very soon Oprah started appearing on Nashville local radio and TV channels, which contributed to the increasing popularity of both the channels and the young presenter. She has been working on American national TV since , and she started her famous talk show in It has become the most watched TV show by the beginning of the s, and Oprah has become an iconic personality, in all kinds of social or political life branches.
In she took parts in Democratic Party election campaign and publicly supported Obama. She is involved in plenty of other social and religious activities, including supporting churches and promoting the ideas of Christianity. She is strong enough to criticize certain governmental campaigns in particular, she was strictly against the US involvement in Iraq , she is a big friend with plenty of important American women like Hillary Clinton , Michelle Obama , etc.
She became the first celebrity voice behind Alexa, the company's voice-control system, allowing shoppers to hear Winfrey herself explain her top picks for the season. In the final season of her talk show, Winfrey made ratings soar when she revealed a family secret: she has a half-sister named Patricia. Winfrey's mother, Vernita Lee, gave birth to a baby girl in At the time, Winfrey was 9 years old, and living with her father.
Lee put the child up for adoption because she believed that she wouldn't be able to get off public assistance if she had another child to care for. Patricia lived in a series of foster homes until she was seven years old.
Patricia tried to connect with her birth mother through her adoption agency after she became an adult, but Lee did not want to meet her. After doing some research, she approached a niece of Winfrey's, and the two had DNA tests done, which proved they were related.
Winfrey only learned of her sister's existence a few months before she made the decision to publicize the knowledge. Winfrey has publicly struggled with her weight, and her numerous weight loss efforts have been well-documented. In , she revealed on her talk show that she lost 67 pounds on a liquid diet and exercise. By , she had gained most of the weight back. In , she lost an estimated 90 pounds dropping to her ideal weight of around pounds. In the wake of her highly publicized success, Winfrey's personal chef, Rosie Daley, and trainer, Bob Greene, both published best-selling books.
She also became and advisor for the company and secured herself a seat on the board, and she appeared in TV ads as a spokesperson for the company. In early , Winfrey revealed that she had again lost 42 pounds, which she credited to WW. More than two years later, she wrote a letter to WW members saying that she was diagnosed with pre-diabetes before her most recent weight loss journey, but that her blood pressure and sugar were now under control.
In doing so, Winfrey ensured her spot in the forefront of the media industry as one of the most powerful and wealthy people in show business. In , she concluded a deal with the network to air a prime-time complement to her syndicated talk show.
Despite a financially rocky start, the network made headlines in January , when it aired an interview between Winfrey and Lance Armstrong , the American cyclist and seven-time Tour de France winner who was stripped of his Tour titles in due to doping charges. During the interview, Armstrong admitted to using performance-enhancing substances throughout his cycling career, including the hormones cortisone, testosterone and erythropoietin also known as EPO.
I deserve this," he stated. The interview reportedly brought in millions of dollars in revenue for OWN. Of her interview with Armstrong, Winfrey said in a statement, "He did not come clean in the manner I expected. It was surprising to me. I would say that, for myself, my team, all of us in the room, we were mesmerized by some of his answers. I felt he was thorough. He was serious.
He certainly prepared himself for this moment. I would say he met the moment. At the end of it, we both were pretty exhausted. It will be sad to say goodbye," said Winfrey, "but I look ahead with such a knowing that what the future holds is even more than I can see.
Winfrey returned to acting in Greenleaf , which marked her first recurring scripted television role. The original family drama, which revolves around a Memphis megachurch, premiered on OWN in June In December , it was announced that Discovery had become the majority owner of OWN, with the purchase of Winfrey retained
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