Oprah winfrey pictures and biography photo gallery

Oprah Winfrey has had a legendary media career spanning several decades. The entertainment mogul took daytime TV by storm in the 1980s, produced several movies and TV shows, helmed a self-titled lifestyle magazine and launched her own TV network, rightfully named OWN.

We are looking back on Winfrey's career in honor of her 70th birthday on Jan.

29, 2024. Here, Winfrey arrives for the world premiere of "The Color Purple" at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on Dec. 6, 2023. Scroll through for more.

Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph, left, opens up to Winfrey in the special "'The Life You Want' Class: A Conversation with Sheryl Lee Ralph," which aired Jan.

24, 2024.

Winfrey presents the award for best actor during the 29th Critics Choice Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on Jan. 14, 2024.

Winfrey rocks an off-the-shoulder,