Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host
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| 2024 | Cast in 'The Six Triple Eight' as Mary McLeod Bethune. |
| September 12 2024 | Scheduled to air ABC television special 'AI and the Future of Us: An Oprah Winfrey Special'. |
| August 21 2024 | Winfrey endorses Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention for the 2024 United States presidential election. |
| 2023 | Variety ranks The Oprah Winfrey Show #17 on its list of the 100 greatest TV shows of all time. |
| 2023 | Purchased 870 acres of land in Maui for $6.6 million. |
| 2023 | A portrait of Oprah Winfrey by Shawn Michael Warren was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, further cementing her historical significance. |
| 2023 | Produced The Color Purple film. |
| 2023 | Ranked 31st on Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women. |
| January 18 2023 | Winfrey attends and speaks at Wes Moore's gubernatorial inauguration. |
| 2022 | Winfrey established OWN Your Vote, a nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaign focused on Black women. |
| 2022 | Winfrey endorses Democrat John Fetterman for Pennsylvania Senate and Baltimore author Wes Moore for Maryland governor. |
| 2022 | Produced the documentary film Sidney. |
| 2022 | Sold split properties from her Montecito compound, with one portion sold to her property manager and longtime personal trainer Bob Greene, and another to actress Jennifer Aniston. |
| 2021 | Hosts CBS primetime special 'Adele One Night Only', featuring the singer Adele. |
| 2021 | Features in documentary 'Tina' about Tina Turner's life. |
| 2021 | Produces and appears in Apple TV+ docuseries 'The Me You Can't See' about mental health. |
| 2021 | Elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| 2021 | Sold her Orcas Island compound and purchased another compound in Montecito. |
| 2021 | Conducted high-profile interview with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry. |
| 2020 | Media figures urged Oprah Winfrey to run for the presidential election, drawing comparisons to her previous endorsement of Barack Obama. President Donald Trump publicly commented on her potential candidacy. |
| 2020 | Appears in HBO special 'Between the World and Me', an adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates' book. |
| 2020 | A mural featuring her image by artist Shawn Michael Warren was painted in Chicago, celebrating her cultural impact. |
| December 2020 | Published the final monthly print edition of O Magazine, with Oprah personally thanking readers in the issue. |
| July 2020 | Announced that O Magazine would end its regular print publications after the December 2020 issue. |
| July 30 2020 | Launched The Oprah Conversation on Apple TV+. |
| March 21 2020 | Debuted Oprah Talks COVID-19 show during the pandemic. |
| 2019 | Oprah appears in 'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' as herself through archive footage. |
| 2019 | Oprah Winfrey continues her voice role as Radio Free America Announcer in The Handmaid's Tale |
| 2019 | Expanded her Montecito home-base compound to 70 contiguous acres by purchasing a four-acre complex from actor Jeff Bridges. |
| November 1 2019 | Premiered Oprah's Book Club on Apple TV+. |
| 2018 | Oprah Winfrey begins her voice role as Radio Free America Announcer in The Handmaid's Tale, appearing in 2 episodes during the 2018-2019 period |
| 2018 | Oprah Winfrey did a voice role as 'The One Who Creates Everything by Thinking' in the short film 'Crow: The Legend'. |
| 2018 | Winfrey canvasses door-to-door for Georgia gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams and donates $500,000 to the March for Our Lives student demonstration for gun control. |
| 2018 | Obtained two adjoining parcels totaling 23 acres, including the Madroneagle compound on Orcas Island, Washington. Sold her last home property in the Chicago area from Elmwood Park. |
| 2018 | Left 60 Minutes by the end of the year. |
| 2018 | Starred as Mrs. Which in the film adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's novel A Wrinkle in Time and lent her voice to an animated virtual-reality short film Crow: The Legend. |
| June 2018 | Announced multi-year content partnership with Apple TV+. |
| 2017 | Oprah Winfrey provided voice acting for the animated film 'The Star' |
| 2017 | In a Vanity Fair interview, Winfrey openly discussed her decision not to have children, citing her lack of patience for raising babies, though she noted having patience for puppies. |
| September 2017 | Joined 60 Minutes as a special contributor. |
| 2016 | Began executive producing the TV series 'Greenleaf', playing Mavis McCready. |
| 2016 | Selected 100 people for the SuperSoul 100 list of 'innovators and visionaries who are aligned on a mission to move humanity forward' through her SuperSoul TV platform. |
| 2016 | Her planned memoir 'The Life You Want' was indefinitely postponed. |
| 2016 | Became co-creator and executive producer of the TV series Queen Sugar, and executive producer of Greenleaf. |
| 2015 | Purchased another property in Telluride and expanded her Montecito compound by acquiring a 23-acre estate and a 44-acre crop and equestrian preserve. Sold both of her downtown Chicago homes. |
| 2015 | Announced her memoir 'The Life You Want', planned for publication in 2017 in conjunction with her tour of the same name. |
| 2014 | Purchased a 60-acre lot in Telluride, Colorado with plans to build, and successfully resolved a lawsuit regarding trail access rights. |
| 2014 | Ranked 14th on Forbes' list of the world's 100 most powerful women. |
| April 2014 | Winfrey speaks for over 20 minutes at a fundraiser in Arlington, Virginia, for Democratic candidate Lavern Chatman. |
| 2013 | Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama. |
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