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Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1986 Nominated Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role
for: The Color Purple (1985)
 
Acapulco Black Film Festival
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1999 Nominated Black Film Award Best Actress
for: Beloved (1998/I)
 
Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1994 Won TV Prize Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (Bästa utländska kvinna)
 
Black Movie Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 Nominated Black Movie Award Outstanding Television Movie
for: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV)
Shared with:
Kate Forte
Quincy Jones
Matthew Carlisle

 
Christopher Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Christopher Award Feature Films
for: The Great Debaters (2007)
Shared with:
Denzel Washington (director)
Robert Eisele (screenwriter)
Todd Black (producer)
Kate Forte (producer)
Joe Roth (producer)
Molly Allen (co-producer)
Bob Weinstein (executive producer)
Harvey Weinstein (executive producer)
David Crockett (executive producer)

 
Daytime Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Special Class Special
for: A Prayer for America: Yankee Stadium Memorial (2001) (TV)
Shared with:
David Stern (executive producer)
Marcia Lee (executive producer)
Adam Cooper (producer)
Annette Jolles (producer)
Eric Duke (producer)

 
1999 Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk Show
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (executive producer)
Ellen Rakieten (supervising senior producer)
Dana Newton (supervising senior producer)
Michael Tanaka (supervising senior producer)
Randall Barone (senior producer)
Alice McGee (supervising senior producer)
Mollie Allen
Kandi Amelon
Amy Craig
Katy Murphy Davis (senior producer)
Lisa Erspamer
Angie Kraus-Bell
Laura Grant Sillars
Jill Van Lokeren

 
1998 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Tied with Rosie O'Donnell for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996).
- Lifetime Achievement Award 
 
1995 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk Show
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (executive producer)
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Ellen Rakieten (senior producer)
David Boul (senior producer)
Alice McGee (senior producer)
Dana Newton (producer)
LaGrande Green (producer)

Outstanding Talk Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
1994 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk Show
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (supervising senior producer)
Alice McGee (senior producer)
Ellen Rakieten (senior producer)
Mary Kay Clinton (senior producer)
David Boul (producer)
LaGrande Green (producer)
Rudy Guido (producer)
Dana Newton (producer)

Outstanding Talk Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
1993 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Children's Special
for: "ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Tod Lending (coordinating producer)
Ray Nunn (senior producer)
John Watkin (producer)
Eamon Harrington (producer)
For episode "Shades of a Single Protein".
Outstanding Talk Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
1992 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk/Service Show
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Mary Kay Clinton (producer)
Ellen Rakieten (producer)
David Boul (producer)
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (producer)
Rudy Guido (producer)
Alice McGee (producer)

Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
1991 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk/Service Show
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Ray Nunn (senior producer)
David Boul (producer)
Mary Kay Clinton (producer)
Rudy Guido (producer)
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (producer)
Alice McGee (producer)
Lou Oaks (producer)
Ellen Rakieten (producer)

Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
1989 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk/Service Program
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (executive producer)
Ellen Rakieten (producer)
Dianne Atkinson Hudson (producer)
Mary Kay Clinton (producer)
Angela Thame (producer)
Alice McGee (producer)

 
1987 Won Daytime Emmy Outstanding Talk or Service Show Host
for: "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)
 
Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2002 - Bob Hope Humanitarian Award 
 
2000 Won Emmy Outstanding Made for Television Movie
for: Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV)
Shared with:
Kate Forte (executive producer)
Jennifer Ogden (supervising producer)

 
1993 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Informational Special
for: Michael Jackson Talks... to Oprah: 90 Primetime Minutes with the King of Pop (1993) (TV)
Shared with:
Debra Di Maio (producer)
Wendy Roth (coordinating producer)

 
1989 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Miniseries
for: The Women of Brewster Place (1989) (TV)
Shared with:
Carole Isenberg (executive producer)
Karen Hall (supervising producer)
Patricia K. Meyer (producer)
Reuben Cannon (producer)
Barbara Black (line producer)

 
Golden Apple Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 Won Golden Apple Female Star of the Year
 
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1986 Nominated Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
for: The Color Purple (1985)
 
Image Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 - Hall of Fame 
 
1999 Nominated Image Award Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture
for: Beloved (1998/I)
 
1991 - Special Award Entertainer of the Year
 
International Emmy Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2005 - Founders Award 
 
PGA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Won Stanley Kramer Award
for: The Great Debaters (2007)
Shared with:
Todd Black
Kate Forte

 
2000 Won Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform
for: Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV)
Shared with:
Kate Forte (executive)

 
Peabody Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1996 Won Personal Award 
 
People's Choice Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2008 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Talk Show Host
 
2007 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Talk Show Host
 
2006 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host
 
2005 Nominated People's Choice Award Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host
 
2004 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Talk Show Host
 
1998 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Female Television Performer
 
1997 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Female Television Performer
 
1988 Won People's Choice Award Favorite Talk Show Host
 
TV Guide Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2001 Nominated TV Guide Award Talk-Variety Star of the Year
 
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