Oprah Winfrey Awards

Academy Awards, USA

1986

Got nomination for Oscar
category Best Actress in a Supporting Role for The Color Purple (1985)

Acapulco Black Film Festival

1999

Got nomination for Black Film Award
category Best Actress for Beloved (1998)

Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden

1994

Won TV Prize
category Best Foreign TV Personality - Female (Bästa utländska kvinna)

Association of American Publishers

2003

Won AAP Honors Award

Black Movie Awards

2005

Got nomination for Black Movie Award
category Outstanding Television Movie for Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) (TV Movie)
shared with Quincy Jones; Matthew Carlisle; Kate Forte

Daytime Emmy Awards

2002

Got nomination for Daytime Emmy
category 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)

1999

Got nomination for Daytime Emmy
category Outstanding Talk Show for The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
shared with Dianne Atkinson Hudson (executive producer); Ellen Rakieten (supervising senior producer)

1998

Won Daytime Emmy
category Outstanding Talk/Service Show Host for The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
shared with Rosie O'Donnell for "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996).

Emmy Awards

2002

Won Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

2000

Won Emmy
category Outstanding Made for Television Movie for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999) (TV)
shared with Kate Forte (executive producer); Jennifer Ogden (supervising producer)

1993

Got nomination for Emmy
category 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

Got nomination for Emmy
category Outstanding Miniseries for The Women of Brewster Place (1989) (TV)
shared with Carole Isenberg (executive producer); Karen Hall (supervising producer); Reuben Cannon (producer)

George Foster Peabody Awards

1995

Won George Foster Peabody Individual Achievement Award

Golden Apple Awards

1987

Won Golden Apple
category Female Star of the Year

Golden Globes, USA

1986

Got nomination for Golden Globe
category Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for The Color Purple (1985)

International Emmy Awards

2005

Won International Emmy Founders Award

International Radio & Television Society Foundation

1996

Won Gold Medal Award

NAACP Image Awards

2005

Won NAACP Hall of Fame

1999

Got nomination for NAACP Image Award
category Outstanding Lead Actress in a Motion Picture for Beloved (1998)

1991

Won NAACP Image Special Award
category Entertainer of the Year

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

1998

Won National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

2005

Won National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Hall of Fame

National Association of Broadcasters

2004

Won Distinguished Service Award

Peabody Awards

1996

Won Peabody Personal Award

People's Choice Awards, USA

2008

Got nomination for People's Choice Award
category Favorite Talk Show Host

2007

Got nomination for People's Choice Award
category Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host

2006

Got nomination for People's Choice Award
category Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host

2005

Got nomination for People's Choice Award
category Favorite Daytime Talk Show Host

2004

Won People's Choice Award
category Favorite Talk Show Host

1998

Won People's Choice Award
category Favorite Female Television Performer

1997

Won People's Choice Award
category Favorite Female Television Performer

PGA Golden Laurel Awards

2000

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

TV Guide Awards

2001

Got nomination for TV Guide Award
category Talk-Variety Star of the Year

United Nations Association of the United States of America

2004

Won Global Humanitarian Action Award