| Year |
Award |
| 1971 |
Crowned Miss Fire Prevention, Nashville, TN |
| 1971 |
Won Miss Black Tennessee pageant |
| 1987 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1988 |
International Radio and Television Society,
Broadcaster of the Year; youngest recipient |
| 1989 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1991 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1991 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1991 |
NAACP Image (Outstanding News, Talk or Information
Series, The Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1992 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1992 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1993 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1993 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Children's Special, Shades
of a Single Protein, ABC After-school Special) |
| 1994 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1994 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1995 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host, The
Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1995 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1996 |
George Foster Peabody Individual Achievement Award |
| 1996 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk/Service Show, The Oprah
Winfrey Show) |
| 1997 |
People's Choice Award, Favorite Female Television
Performer |
| 1997 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk Show, The Oprah Winfrey
Show) |
| 1997 |
NAACP Image (Outstanding News, Talk or Informational
Special, Dinner with Oprah: A Lifetime Exclusive-Toni Morrison;
shared award) |
| 1997 |
NAACP Image (Outstanding News, Talk or Informational
Series, The Oprah Winfrey Show: Oprah's Book Club-Dinner with
Maya Angelou; shared award) |
| 1998 |
People's Choice (Favorite Female Performer in a TV
Series, The Oprah Winfrey Show) |
| 1998 |
Daytime Emmy (Lifetime Achievement; presented by the
National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) |
| 1998 |
Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Talk Show Host, The Oprah
Winfrey Show; tied with Rosie O'Donnell) |
| 1999 |
National Book Foundation's 50th Anniversary Gold Medal
(For influential contribution to reading and books). |
| 2001 |
Woman of the Century'Award from Newsweek |
| 2002 |
Emmy (Bob Hope Humanitarian Award) |
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