Photos: Oprah Winfrey through the years

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Photos: Oprah Winfrey through the years

Photos: Oprah Winfrey through the years

Oprah Winfrey joins Roger King, left, chairman of the board of King World, and Joseph Ahern, right, former general manager of WLS-TV, at a news conference in Chicago in July 24, 1985 where it was announced that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be syndicated nation-wide beginning Sept. of 1986. (AP Photo/Charlie Bennet)

Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey puts her feet up as she relaxes in her studio office following a morning broadcast in Chicago, Ill. Winfrey was set to announce Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 that her powerhouse daytime television show, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. (AP Photo/Charlie Knoblock, File)

Talk show personality Oprah Winfrey poses in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 19, 1986. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)

Oprah Winfrey appears at the wedding of Maria Shriver and Armold Schwarzenegger, at Hyannis, Mass., on April 26, 1986. (AP Photo)

American actress Cybill Shepherd and talk show host Oprah Winfrey pose with their respective awards at the 20th Century Fox Studios during the People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., March 15, 1987. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)

Television performer Oprah Winfrey during the broadcast from Cumming, Georgia on Feb. 9, 1987. Program officials said 'we want them to explore for themselves' whether or not they are responsible for the negative image drawn to their community, what they hope to do about their public image and if they truly support segregation in this day and age. (AP Photo/Linda Schaefer)

Television talk show host Oprah Winfrey shows off her Daytime Emmy award, 1987. (AP Photo)

Comedian Robin Williams, left, reaches out as if to touch talk show host Oprah Winfrey, right, after taping of her show, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," at the Improvisation in Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 8, 1987. Looking on are comedians Billy Crystal, second from left, and Dudley Moore. The show which will air, Nov. 12 examines the upcoming "Comic Relief" benefit comedy show which will air November 14 on HBO. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey holds the trophy she was presented at the 14th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies in New York, July 11, 1987. Her program, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," was named the Outstanding Talk/Service Show and she was named Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey at People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles, California on March 13, 1988. (AP Photo)

Television talk-show host Oprah Winfrey shows off her new figure during taping of her show in Chicago after she lost 67 pounds following a liquid diet and exercise. Winfrey's talk show, which has taped in Chicago for 25 years, ends May 25. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)

Daytime talk show hostess Oprah Winfrey gestures to the crowd at the Southwestern High School in Baltimore on Nov. 29, 1988, for quiet during the taping of her show on school violence. (AP Photo/Jason Lee)

Oprah Winfrey and employees celebrate the opening of her new restaurant "the Eccentric" on Tuesday Feb. 21, 1989 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kirn)

Television personality Oprah Winfrey stands next to a Stairmaster exercise machine during her talk show in Chicago on Nov. 15, 1989. Although Winfrey said she's managed to keep most of her weight off by adhering to an exercise routine, she acknowledged she has regained 17 of the 67 pounds she lost last year. (AP Photo/Mark Elias)

Entertainer Oprah Winfrey pauses backstage before the taping of the NAACP's 22nd annual Image Awards program at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 9, 1989. Winfrey dominated the awards, receiving honors for her work as actress, producer, newswoman and overall entertainer. The awards honor artistic excellence and the positive portrayal of blacks in the entertainment industry, sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. (AP Photo/Tonya A. Evatt)

This is a copy of the Aug. 26, Sept 1, 1989 issue of TV guide, figuring Oprah Winfrey's face Superimposed on actress Ann -Margret's classic hourglass figure. The illustration is not identified as a composite. TV guide said Monday that unsuspecting readers might think it's a real photograph. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Comedian Bob Hope laughs with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey during the taping of the Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago, May 22, 1990. Hope reminisced before an audience that included war veterans that he entertained overseas. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett)

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley plants a kiss on television personality Oprah Winfrey as Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, looks on from the background during opening remarks of the 81st annual NAACP convention at the convention center in Los Angeles, July 8, 1990. At left is Oprah's longtime companion Stedman Graham, and at right is Dr. William F. Gibson, chairman of the NAACP. (AP Photo/Alan Greth)

Oprah Winfrey, right, and Faye Dunaway arrive at the opening night party for "From the Mississippi Delta" in New York, Nov. 12, 1991. The autobiographical play, written by Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland, chronicles the playwright's life from prostitute to Ph. D. Winfrey is one of the show's producers and it marks her first time as a New York theater producer. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Television personality, Oprah Winfrey, testifies on Capitol Hill, Nov. 12, 1991, before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was holding hearings on legislation that would provide for criminal background checks for childcare workers. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey hams it up for the cameras after winning an Emmy for the outstanding talk/service show host during the 19th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Tuesday June 23, 1992 in New York. (AP Photo/Luiz Ribeiro)

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey gives the thumbs-up sign as she arrives at the Ed Sullivan Theater for the taping of Donohue: The 25th Anniversary, Saturday, Oct. 17, 1992, New York. (AP Photo/Joe Major)

Television Star Oprah Winfrey smiles with her award at the Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Wednesday, May 26, 1993, New York. Winfrey beat Phil Donahue, Joan Rivers, Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford, and Vicki Lawrence for best talk show host. (AP Photo/Paul Hurshman)

President Clinton signs the National Child Protection Act on Monday Dec. 20, 1993 at the White House as, from left, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, Oprah Winfrey, former Ill. Governor Jim Thompson, and Rep. Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo., look on. The act will establish a national database that will track child abusers and help keep them out of daycare centers. Man second left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

Canadians Lucy Nadeau, left, and father-in-law Armand Nadeau, center, of Montreal, wipe tears from their eyes, as they talk with Oprah Winfrey during the taping of her talk show in Miami, Fla., Sept. 13, 1993. Nadeau's husband was shot to death during a robbery in Forth Worth, Fla. last December while her 5-year-old son looked on and his father, Armand was shot in the back and as a result his right arm is paralyzed. Winfrey brought her show to Miami to focus on crimes against tourists after Uwe-Eilhelm Rakebrand of Germany was shot to death last week outside Miami International Airport. (AP Photo/Ray Fairall)

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: Presenter/actress Oprah Winfrey arrives at the12th Annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Gala at the Marriott Marquis November 11, 2002 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

PASADENA - JANUARY 11: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey attends the 30th Annual People's Choice Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium January 11, 2004 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 11: Television Star Oprah Winfrey poses backstage during the 30th Annual People's Choice Awards at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium January 11, 2004 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - MAY 24: Oprah Winfrey stands for photos before the U.S. Dream Academy's 4th Annual Gala fund-raiser on April 24, 2005 in Washington, DC. The Dream Academy supports mentoring and enrichment programs for nearly 1000 at risk children in 11 major markets. (Photo by Stephen Boitano/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - MAY 11: Oprah Winfrey attends the screening of 'Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball' at JP Morgan Library May 11, 2006 in New York City. (Photo by Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 18: TV personality Oprah Winfrey hosts The Oprah Winfrey Show: Fridays Live From New York at Rumsey Playfield on September 18, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - OCTOBER 1: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama sits with television talk show host Oprah Winfrey, second right, and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, right, at the opening Ceremony of the 121st IOC Session at the Copenhagen Opera House on October 1, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 121st session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will vote on October 2 on whether Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Madrid will host the 2016 Olympic Games. (Photo by Charles Dharapak-Pool/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 01: Director Tyler Perry (L) and Oprah Winfrey arrive at the screening of "Precious: Based On The Novel 'PUSH' By Sapphire" during AFI FEST 2009 held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 1, 2009 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI)

NEW YORK - MAY 09: Singer Mary J. Blige, media personality Oprah Winfrey and singer Jennifer Hudson prepare to cut the ribbon to signal the start of the "Live Your Best Life Walk" to celebrate O, The Oprah Magazine's 10th Anniversary at Intrepid Welcome Center on May 9, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 4: (AFP OUT) Oprah Winfrey, one of the 2010 Kennedy Center honorees, arrives with Stedman Graham for the formal artist's dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors at the United States Department of State December 4, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 5: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the 2010 Kennedy Center Honorees to a reception in the East Room of the White House before going to the Kennedy Center on December 5, 2010 in Washington, DC. The recipients for the 33rd annual awards are singer and songwriter Merle Haggard, composer and lyricist Jerry Herman; dancer, choreographer and director Bill T. Jones, songwriter and musician Paul McCartney, and producer, television host and actress Oprah Winfrey. (Photo by Gary Fabiano - Pool/Getty Images)

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 14: Oprah Winfrey and Jay-Z talk on stage during the first taping of the "Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Sydney Opera House on December 14, 2010 in Sydney, Australia. 12,000 audience members were selected from 350,000 applicants to participate in two tapings of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" at the Sydney Opera House. Oprah descended on Australia last week with 302 super fans from the US, Canada and Jamaica to produce four shows for the 25th and final season of the program. the shows will air in the US and Australia in January 2011. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)

MEYERTON, HENLEY ON KLIP - JANUARY 14: Oprah Winfrey poses with the Graduates at the inaugural graduation of the class of 2011 at Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls on January 14, 2012 in Henley on Klip, South Africa. (Photo by Michelly Rall/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 18: Inductee Quincy Jones (L) accepts the Ahmet Ertegun Award from presenter Oprah Winfrey onstage at the 28th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on April 18, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (L) speaks during the Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. The event was to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 20: U.S. President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Oprah Winfrey as former U.S. President Bill Clinton claps in the East Room at the White House on November 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

SELMA, AL - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Congresswoman Terri Sewell, Ava DuVernay, Common, David Oyelowo, Oprah Winfrey, and John Legend address the audience at a special performance on January 18, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 02: Oprah Winfrey on stage during her An Evening With Oprah tour on December 2, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 12: Oprah Winfrey speaks onstage during the 70th Annual Tony Awards at The Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions)

ANAHEIM, CA - JULY 15: (L-R) Actors Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling and Reese Witherspoon of A WRINKLE IN TIME took part today in the Walt Disney Studios live action presentation at Disney's D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, Calif. A WRINKLE IN TIME will be released in U.S. theaters on March 9, 2018. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

MONTECITO, CA - OCTOBER 15: Author Oprah Winfrey attends Oprah Winfrey's Gospel Brunch celebrating her new book "Wisdom of Sundays" on October 15, 2017 in Montecito, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 07: Oprah Winfrey poses with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in the press room during The 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2018 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

ANAHEIM, CA - FEBRUARY 22: In this handout photo provided by Disney Resort, the stars of Disney's upcoming film, "A Wrinkle in Time," visited the Disneyland Resort on February 22, 2018 in Anaheim, California. Actresses Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon, Storm Reid and Oprah Winfrey surprised guests at the Sunset Showcase Theater in Disney California Adventure Park with a special appearance after a preview of the film was shown. "A Wrinkle in Time" opens in theaters nationwide March 9, 2018. (Photo by Todd Wawrychuk/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images)

WINDSOR, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 19: Oprah Winfrey arrives at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle before the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Ian West - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

CHICAGO, IL - NOVEMBER 13: Oprah Winfrey introduces former first lady Michelle Obama as she kicks off her 'Becoming' arena book tour on November 13, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. In the book, which was released today, Obama describes her journey from Chicago's South Side to the White House. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Oprah Winfrey joins Roger King, left, chairman of the board of King World, and Joseph Ahern, right, former general manager of WLS-TV, at a news conference in Chicago in July 24, 1985 where it was announced that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will be syndicated nation-wide beginning Sept. of 1986. (AP Photo/Charlie Bennet)

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