Acting · age 72

Oprah Winfrey

Best rated: The Color Purple (7.7)

Films: 8
Avg rating: 6.61
Peak run: 1985’13
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 8
Avg rating: 6.61
Peak run: 1985’13
Oscar noms: 1

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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Oprah Winfrey, acting career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19858 films2018

Current formLast 5: 6.50 vs career 6.61 (−0.11)

As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes

Oprah by the numbers

Average

6.61

7 rated films

Vote weighted

6.66

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±1.18

rating spread

Career

34y

1985 to 2018

Total votes

631K

across every film

Best

7.7

The Color Purple

Worst

4.3

A Wrinkle in Time

Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography

2018	A Wrinkle in Time	Mrs. Which	4.3	50,318
2014	Selma	Annie Lee Cooper	7.5	99,830
2013	The Butler	Gloria Gaines	7.2	125K
2009	The Princess and the Frog	Eudora	7.2	191K
2006	Charlotte's Web	Gussy the Female Goose	6.3	50,629
1998	Beloved	Sethe	6.1	8,866
1986	Native Son	Mrs. Thomas	·	669
1985	The Color Purple	Sofia	7.7	106K

Better together?

Oprah Winfrey's regulars

Ava DuVernayDirector and actor · 2 films · 5.90 avg▼−0.79

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Oprah Winfrey

3 nominations, 1 wins

Awards record

Best Picture · Academy Awards 2015
Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers
Nominated
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award · Academy Awards 2012
Oprah Winfrey
Won
Best Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1986
Oprah Winfrey
Nominated

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