Oprah Winfrey was born into rural poverty on January 29, 1954 in Mississippi to a teenage single mother, Vernita Lee, a house maid. Until the age of six, Oprah lived with her grandmother, who was reportedly so poor that Oprah was sent to school wearing dresses made of potato sacks. She was later sent to live with her father, Vernon Winfrey, a coal miner in Nashville, Tennessee.
She was raped when she was 9 years old by a cousin, then again by a family member and another family member. Oprah has admitted, first opening up about the subject on her show in 1986.
She became pregnant at 14, as a result of sexual abuse but her son was born prematurely and died shortly after birth. She won a full scholarship to Tennessee State University.
She dropped out of her degree when she was offered a job as the youngest, and the first black female news anchor at Nashville's WLAC-TV.
She relocated to Chicago to take over a morning chat show, it was syndicated nationally, quickly becoming the No.1 talk show in the U.S.
She wanted to be an actress as a teenager but her father refused. Her first formal role came, however, in 1985 and her performance as Sofia in the 'The Color Purple' won her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. She has since appeared in films including 'Beloved, The Butler and Selma'. Oprah reflects, 'You want to see changes? Then get out there and make those changes yourself'.
Oprah has been in a relationship with Stedman Graham for 30 years. The couple did plan to marry in the early 1990s but postponed their wedding because of a clash with a book launch. The relationship works, she says.
The 65 year old talk show host and media proprietor fronted the highest rated television show of all time in the U.S. she has her own glossy magazine. She runs a television network, OWN. She's the richest African American and the first and only black multi-billionaire in America and is a highly significant philanthrophist.click here
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