Oprah Winfrey is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and ran in national syndication for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.
The power of Winfrey's opinions and endorsement to influence public opinion, especially consumer purchasing choices, has been dubbed "the Oprah Effect". The effect has been measured and observed to be as diverse as book sales, beef markets, and election voting. Besides cultivating this "effect", Winfrey has won numerous Emmy Awards, NAACP Image Awards and People’s Choice Awards. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a Golden Globe Award in the same category for her 1986 role in The Color Purple. Another Academy Award nomination came in 2015, when the film Selma was nominated for Best Picture.
Considered as one of the best TV talk show hosts of all time, Winfrey is well known for her generosity. She has donated millions of dollars to organizations or charities hoping to help unfortunate people grow and get better lives for their futures. She supports 31 charities which are all aiming to help people around the world. She also has numerous awards in both for her tv show and her speeches around the world. She had also won the presidential medal of freedom and she has won humanitarian awards for her support to causes. Oprah Winfrey, with her heart of gold, is truly a blessing from the heavens above.
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