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She co-hosted a Baltimore morning show for six years before making her way to the Windy City, where in 1984 she hit the airwaves as co-host of "A.M.

At just 19, she was the first African-American news anchor on Nashville television. Winning the Nashville Miss Fire Prevention pageant and the Miss Black Tennessee title in 1971 helped Winfrey gain a foothold in local broadcasting. Extremely bright and encouraged by her grandmother, Winfrey could read at age three and began reciting poems and Bible verses in church. Born in rural Mississippi, she lived with her grandmother in a house without indoor plumbing. Winfrey spent the first six years of her life in abject poverty. Directed by Lee Daniels, Precious was nominated for six Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, and won two. In the years since she earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her debut performance in Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple (1985), Winfrey has become a force in the film world as a producer or executive producer of acclaimed, socially conscious films such as Beloved (1998), The Great Debaters (2007) and Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (2009). Rather than championing a single cause or campaign, Winfrey has shone a spotlight on a host of social issues including education, basic rights, child abuse and disaster relief.

With her legendary generosity she reaches across borders to touch the lives of millions by marshaling resources, building awareness and giving hope to those in need. Though she is often called "America’s best friend," in truth Oprah Winfrey is a friend to those in need all over the world.