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Oprah's hometown
Winfrey was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi -
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Oprah's youth
Winfrey spent her first six years living in rural poverty with her maternal grandmother -
Color purple
In 1985, Winfrey co-starred in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple as distraught housewife, Sofia. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance. -
Charity
Winfrey created the Oprah's Angel Network, a charity that supported charitable projects and provided grants to nonprofit organizations around the world. Oprah's Angel Network raised more than $80,000,000 -
powerful woman
Winfrey became the first woman and first African American to top Entertainment Weekly's list of the 101 most powerful people in the entertainment industry -
NAACP
she was awarded the Spingarn Medal from the NAACP -
leader
Christianity Today published an article called "The Church of O" in which they concluded that Winfrey had emerged as an influential spiritual leader. -
O' Magazines
Winfrey published the magazines O, The Oprah Magazine from 2004 to 2008 -
Forbes list
Forbes' international rich list has listed Winfrey as the world's only black billionaire from 2004 to 2006 and as the first black woman billionaire in world history. As of 2014 Winfrey has a net worth in excess of 2.9 billion dollars -
south africa
Nelson Mandela praised Winfrey for overcoming her own disadvantaged youth to become a benefactor for others. -
highest paid
Winfrey was the highest paid TV entertainer in the United States in 2006, earning an estimated $260 million during the year. -
radio
it was announced that Winfrey had signed a three-year, $55 million contract with XM Satellite Radio to establish a new radio channel. The channel, Oprah Radio, features popular contributors to The Oprah Winfrey Show and O, The Oprah Magazine including Nate Berkus, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Bob Greene, Dr. Robin Smith and Marianne Williamson. -
charlotte's web
Oprah voiced Gussie the goose for Charlotte's Web -
campaign
Winfrey joins Barack and Michelle Obama on the campaign -
Her show
The Oprah Winfrey Show begins its 25th and final season -
OWN network
OWN, or the Oprah Winfrey Network, launches on New Year's Day -
inflential
"one of the most influential people" from 2004 to 2011 by TIME. Winfrey is the only person in the world to have appeared in the latter list on all eight occasions -
education
she had given away about $400 million to educational causes -
awards
she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama and an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard. -
currentlty lives
Winfrey currently lives on "The Promised Land", her 42-acre (170,000 m2) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California.