Line #14 Creator/OprahWinfrey


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:“When you undervalue what you do, the world will undervalue who you are.”]]
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4	->''"In my career, what I've always tried my best to do, whether on television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. To say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere and how we overcome. I've interviewed and portrayed people who've withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope for a brighter morning, even during our darkest nights. So I want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say 'Me too' again."''
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6	Oprah Gail Winfrey (born [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Orpah]] Gail Winfrey[[note]]She was named after Orpah, a Biblical character from the Literature/BookOfRuth. It was the one written on her birth certificate, but people kept misspelling it until it stuck[[/note]]; January 29, 1954) is a highly influential American journalist, talk show host, actress, and mogul. Being one of the most respected and admired media figures in the entire world, she has used her various platforms to spotlight black American people, women of all races, LGBT people, victims of sexual abuse, among others. Her talk show ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'' is the TropeCodifier for daytime talk-TV.
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8	Despite growing up living poverty as well as surviving child molestation, she was able to secure a scholarship to college and win a beauty pageant, which attracted local news media. She began her career as a journalist and eventually ending up in Chicago in 1983, hosting their morning talk show, which was low-rated until she joined the team. Within ''months'' of her joining the crew, viewership grew and eventually overtook ''[[Creator/PhilDonahue The Phil Donahue Show]]'' as the most watched show in Chicago. From there, Creator/RogerEbert persuaded her to accept an offer from King World for a syndicated talk show.
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10	The rest, as they say, is history. From there, her talk show became a huge hit and launched her career from TV journalist to media mogul. She acted in several films, started her own production company (Harpo Productions, named after her first name [[SdrawkcabName spelled backwards]]) and eventually, launched her own television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), a joint venture with [[Creator/DiscoveryChannel Discovery Communications]] (later known as Creator/WarnerBrosDiscovery)
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12	!!Selected filmography
13	!!!Acting roles
14	* ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' (1985) as Sofia
15	* ''Literature/NativeSon'' (1986) as Mrs. Thomas
16	* ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain'' (1987) as herself
17	* ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' (1992) as herself
18	* ''Series/AllAmericanGirl1994'' (1995) as herself
19	* ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' (1997) as Therapist
20	* ''Film/{{Beloved}}'' (1998, also producer) as Sethe
21	* ''Series/HomeImprovement'' (1999) as herself
22	* ''Series/TheHughleys'' (1999) as herself
23	* ''WesternAnimation/OurFriendMartin'' (1999) as Coretta Scott King (voice)
24	* ''Film/CharlottesWeb'' (2006) as Gussy the Female Goose (voice)
25	* ''[[Film/OceansEleven Ocean's Thirteen]]'' (2007) as herself
26	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' (2008) as herself
27	* ''WesternAnimation/BeeMovie'' (2007) as Judge Bumbleton (voice)
28	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'' (2009) as Eudora (voice)
29	* ''Series/SesameStreet'' (2010) as O (voice)
30	* ''Film/TheButler'' (2013) as Gloria Gaines
31	* ''Film/{{Selma}}'' (2014, also producer) as Annie Lee Cooper
32	* ''Series/{{Greenleaf}}'' (2016-17, also executive producer) as Mavis [=McCready=]
33	* ''WesternAnimation/TheStar'' (2017) as Deborah (voice)
34	* ''Film/{{A Wrinkle in Time\|2018}}'' (2018) as Mrs. Which
35	* ''Series/TheHandmaidsTale'' (2018-19) as Radio Free America Announcer (voice)
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37	!!!Other credits
38	* ''Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow'' (1986-2011, creator, host, and producer from 1988 onward[[note]]The first two years, the show was produced solely by WLS-TV, an ABC owned-and-operated station in Chicago.[[/note]])
39	* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' (1986, host)
40	* ''Film/DavidAndLisa'' (1998, producer)
41	* ''Literature/TheirEyesWereWatchingGod'' (2005, producer)
42	* ''Film/{{Precious}}'' (2009, producer)
43	* ''Series/QueenSugar'' (2016-present, executive producer)
44	* ''Series/WhenTheySeeUs'' (2019, executive producer)

Context Creator / OprahWinfrey