2. • Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in
Kosciusko, Mississippi.
• She lived with her grandmother until she was 6 years
old, then, she moved on with her single mother.
3. • When she was 14, she was the victim of sexual abuse and
rape, becoming pregnant and suffering an abortion.
• After that, she moved to Tennessee with her father and there
she got a job on the radio while she was studying.
4. • Her TV presenter
career began at
Baltimore, where she
presented a TV
programme for 8
years: People are
talking.
TELEVISION
5. • It was broadcasted for the first time in 1985.
• It is the talk show most seen in the TV history.
• It won the Emmy Awards several times.
• It finished in 2011.
8. Cinema
• The Color Purple(1985) from Steven Spielberg.
• Beloved (1998) .
• The Butler (2013).
• Selma (2014).
• .
9. Other Achievements
She founded :
• Her own Production Company:
Harpo Productions.
• Her own television network: the
Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
• The Oprah's Book Club.
• The Oprah Magazine.
• She became the first
African-American billionaire.
10. She also created…
• The movement #MeToo in 2017 against bullying.
• The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, in 2015.
• The law Oprah-Bill against pederasts in 1991.
• The Oprah Winfrey foundation dedicated to support kids and women;
it allocated millions of dollars every year to help studying many poor
children.