Brief biography on oprah winfrey

Oprah Winfrey — Influential talk show host, author, philanthropist, actress and media personality.

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Oprah Winfrey has played a key role in modern American life, shaping cultural trends and promoting various liberal causes. Through her talk shows and books, she has focused on many issues facing American women. She has been an important role model for black American women, breaking down many invisible barriers. Oprah Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi.

Her parents were unmarried and separated soon after conception. Oprah had a difficult childhood. She lived in great poverty and often had to dress in potato sacks for which she was mocked at school. She was also sexually abused at an early age. From the age of 14, she went to live with her father. Oprah says he was strict, but she was in the mood to be disobedient during her teenage years.

After working her way through college, she became interested in journalism and media and got her first job as a news anchor for a local TV station. Her emotional style did not go down well for a news programme, so she was transferred to an ailing daytime chat programme. After Oprah had taken over, the daily chat show took off, and this later led to her own programme — The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The Oprah Winfrey show has proved to be one of the most successful and highly watched TV show of all time.