Oprah Winfrey Facts
Interesting information and fun Facts about Oprah Winfrey for kids. Learn and share!
- Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on 29 January 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
- Oprah’s most public love relationship is with her dogs.
- She begins her days with a prayer or meditation.
“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
- Oprah’s Angel Network has raised more than $51 million for various charities, and she regularly matches the public’s sum donations, as she did with the Hurricane Katrina relief fund.
- In January 2007, The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls was opened in Meyerton, South of Johannesburg.
- Oprah Winfrey has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century.
- She was a victim of childhood sexual abuse and helped bring the issue more public attention through her show and legislation.
- In 1998 she received the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Lifetime Achievement Award.
- In 2002, she became the first recipient of the Television Arts & Sciences’ Bob Hope Humanitarian award.
- She was elected the 2008 Person of the Year by animal-rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
- Oprah Winfrey was also nominated for an Oscar in the film – A Color Purple.
- Over the several years, she sponsored about 100 black men through college with a $7 million in scholarships.
- By 2012 she had given away about $400 million to educational cause.
- Oprah has also remained a powerful role model for women, and black American women in particular.
- Her favorite book is the American classic, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
