Born to a housemaid and a coalminer, Oprah definitely did not grow in the lap of luxury. Living the life of poverty, where she used to have to wear dresses made out of potato sacks and was molested by relatives. She entered the world of media after getting the job of a news-reader in a local black radio station. After she got her first talk-show in Chicago, there was no looking back for this TV personality.
奥普拉的母亲是女佣，父亲是煤矿工人，显然她的出身一点也不富贵。她的生活非常贫穷，曾经穿着装土豆的麻袋做成的裙子，遭遇过亲戚的猥亵。当她得到了一家当地黑人之声的新闻播报工作后，奥普拉进入了媒体圈。她在芝加哥开始了自己的第一场脱口秀节目，从此成为了电视名人。